Straczynski contributed to the magazine from 1981 to 1991. Michael Straczynski, who has worked with the Wachowskis on Ninja Assassin and Sense8, has said that the sisters told him they were reading his column on scriptwriting for the Writer's Digest magazine, for inspiration and pointers. Taking advantage of the positive buzz, the Wachowskis asked to direct their next picture, The Matrix. The film was well received for its style and craft, and was noted as one of the first mainstream films to feature a same-sex relationship without it being central to the plot. Their next project was the 1996 neo-noir thriller Bound, for which they wrote the script and made their debut as directors. They say the experience gave them the perspective that they should become directors or " never survive as writers in this town". Donner had their script "totally rewritten" by Brian Helgeland and the Wachowskis tried unsuccessfully to remove their names from the film. bought the script and included two more pictures in the contract. In the mid-1990s they went into film writing, including the script for Assassins in 1994, which was directed by Richard Donner and released in 1995. Lilly (left) and Lana Wachowski at Fantastic Fest in 2012 They also wrote for the series Clive Barker's Hellraiser and Clive Barker's Nightbreed for Marvel's Epic Comics imprint.įilm File:Wachowskis, Fantastic Fest, Cloud Atlas.jpg Beginning in 1993 they wrote several issues of Ectokid for Marvel Comics' Razorline imprint (created by horror novelist Clive Barker), which were credited to Lana. Each dropped out before graduating.Īfter dropping out of college, the Wachowskis ran a house painting and construction business in Chicago. Lana went to Bard College in New York and Lilly attended Emerson College in Boston. Former classmates recall them playing Dungeons & Dragons and working in the school's theater and TV program. The Wachowskis attended the Kellogg Elementary School in Chicago's Beverly area, and graduated from Whitney Young High School, known for its performing arts and science curriculum, in 19, respectively, in both cases under their birth names. Julie was credited as assistant coordinator in the film Bound she is a novelist and screenwriter. They have two other sisters: Julie and Laura. Their uncle is the actor and Primetime Emmy Award-winning producer Laurence Luckinbill. Their father, Ron Wachowski, was a businessman of Polish descent. Their mother, Lynne ( née Luckinbill), was a nurse and painter. Lana was born in Chicago in 1965 Lilly was two and a half years later, in 1967. 2.7 As film producers and comic book publishers.Michael Straczynski, both debuted in 2015 the second season of Sense8 in 2016 was Lana's first major creative undertaking without Lilly, who needed to take some time off. Their film Jupiter Ascending and the Netflix series Sense8, which they co-created with J. Their next film, Cloud Atlas, based on the novel by David Mitchell and co-written and co-directed by Tom Tykwer, was released in 2012. They wrote and directed its two sequels: The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions (both in 2003), and were involved in the writing and production of other works in that franchise.įollowing the commercial success of The Matrix series, they wrote and produced the 2005 film V for Vendetta (an adaptation of the graphic novel by Alan Moore & David Lloyd), and in 2008 released the film Speed Racer, a live-action adaptation of the Japanese anime series. They made their directing debut in 1996 with Bound, and achieved fame with their second film The Matrix (1999), a major box office success for which they won the Saturn Award for Best Director. Ĭollectively known as the Wachowskis ( / w ə ˈ tʃ aʊ s k i /), they have worked as a writing and directing team through most of their professional film careers. Lana Wachowski (born June 21, 1965) and Lilly Wachowski (born December 29, 1967) are American film and television directors, writers and producers.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |