---
name: "Lilly Wachowski"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lilly-wachowski"
fi1m_id: "lilly-wachowski"
imdb_id: "nm0905152"
tmdb_id: 9339
wikidata_id: "Q9544977"
roles: ["Writer","Producer","Director"]
born: "29 December 1967"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-05T02:48:45.092833+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Lilly Wachowski

## Identity

Lilly Wachowski

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lilly-wachowski
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lilly-wachowski
- **IMDb ID:** nm0905152
- **TMDB ID:** 9339
- **Wikidata ID:** Q9544977
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilly_Wachowski, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9544977, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0905152/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9339

Writer and producer. Born 29 December 1967 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer, Director
- **Born:** 29 December 1967, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Active:** 1996–present
- **Also known as:** The Wachowskis, The Wachowski Sisters, The Wachowski Brothers, Andy Wachowski
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 6: 4 directing, 2 writing
- **Frequently works with:** [Lana Wachowski](https://film.one/person/lana-wachowski.md), [Hugo Weaving](https://film.one/person/hugo-weaving.md), [Joel Silver](https://film.one/person/joel-silver.md), [Carrie-Anne Moss](https://film.one/person/carrie-anne-moss.md), [Keanu Reeves](https://film.one/person/keanu-reeves.md), [Laurence Fishburne](https://film.one/person/laurence-fishburne.md), [Jada Pinkett Smith](https://film.one/person/jada-pinkett-smith.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 84 (2), 2000s 60 (3), 2020s 66 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilly_Wachowski, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9544977, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0905152/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9339

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Matrix*](https://film.one/film/the-matrix.md) (88), [*The Matrix Reloaded*](https://film.one/film/the-matrix-reloaded.md) (60), [*The Matrix Revolutions*](https://film.one/film/the-matrix-revolutions.md) (46)
- **The Criterion Channel:** [*Bound*](https://film.one/film/bound.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Lilly Wachowski

> Lilly Wachowski writes best when desire drives a crime or an idea changes how a fight works. Her work with Lana can be thrilling and funny, but the dialogue too often explains what we have already grasped.

In *Bound* (1996), two women plotting against a mobster have to hold our interest before the plotting grows complicated. Lilly and Lana Wachowski, writing and directing their debut feature, understand that the attraction between Corky and Violet gives each risk a reason. We cared about them because Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly made the romance matter as much as getting away with the scheme. The script also understands how easily a carefully planned crime can become farce. Some complications feel inserted to advertise the writers' ingenuity, but the film gives us people worth following through the muddle.

*The Matrix* (1999) makes the sisters' taste for elaborate invention work on a larger scale. They again write and direct, combining martial arts and computer effects so that questions about reality change what bodies can do. Their work with cinematographer Bill Pope draws on comic-book influences, and the action gives those ideas a satisfying physical force. Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss make the people worth attending to amid all that invention. It is an excellent action film, even when the dialogue makes us wish the next fight would start.

*V for Vendetta* (2006), directed by James McTeigue from the sisters' screenplay, makes that weakness harder to overlook. They want an action audience to think about power and personal responsibility, and Hugo Weaving makes the masked revolutionary persuasive enough to trouble us. We welcome the ambition, but the script has a habit of explaining a point after it has landed. It remains a good thriller; a little more faith in the audience would have made it a better one.

The career then expands through *Cloud Atlas* (2012), *Jupiter Ascending* (2015) and the interconnected lives of *Sense8* (2015–2018). Lilly later pursued separate projects, including *Work in Progress* (2019–2021). The long collaboration with Lana matters to any assessment: we would not pretend to know which sister wrote which line. What we value most in the shared scripts is the attention to what people want, especially when the complications threaten to take over. For an introduction, start with *Bound*, and give the women your attention before trying to second-guess the scheme.

## Biography

Lilly Wachowski is an American film and television director, writer and producer. She works in collaboration with her sister Lana as the Wachowskis, previously credited under names including The Wachowski Brothers and Andy Wachowski.

The pair made their feature directorial debut with *Bound* (1996), which they also wrote. They are known for *The Matrix* (1999) and its sequels *The Matrix Reloaded* (2003) and *The Matrix Revolutions* (2003), as well as *V for Vendetta* (2006), *Speed Racer* (2008), *Cloud Atlas* (2012) and *Jupiter Ascending* (2015). Wachowski was born on 29 December 1967 in Chicago, Illinois.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, the-numbers.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

### Directed (4)

- *The Matrix Reloaded* (2003), Fi1m 60, Director, Writer, Characters, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-matrix-reloaded.md)
- *The Matrix Revolutions* (2003), Fi1m 46, Executive Producer, Writer, Director, Characters — [page](https://film.one/film/the-matrix-revolutions.md)
- *The Matrix* (1999), Fi1m 88, Executive Producer, Director, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-matrix.md)
- *Bound* (1996), Fi1m 80, Screenplay, Executive Producer, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/bound.md)

### Wrote (2) — the average rests on these

- *The Matrix Resurrections* (2021), Fi1m 66, Characters — [page](https://film.one/film/the-matrix-resurrections.md)
- *V for Vendetta* (2006), Fi1m 73, Screenplay, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/v-for-vendetta.md)

## Complete filmography (49)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *In Her You'll Find Sanctuary* (2026), Executive Producer
- *Trash Mountain* (2026), Executive Producer
- *Castration Movie Chapter iii.ii Junior Ghosts—Premorphic Drift; a fragmentary passage* (2026), Executive Producer
- *Monstrous Me* (2026), Executive Producer
- *Wild Ones* (2026), Executive Producer
- *Something You Should Know About Me* (2026), Executive Producer
- *Again Again* (2026), Executive Producer
- *Castration Movie Expansion Pack i. You're Weird, But I Love You!* (2026), Thanks
- *Dolls* (2025), Executive Producer
- *Castration Movie Anthology ii. The Best of Both Worlds* (2025), Executive Producer
- *We Are Pat* (2025), Executive Producer
- *Hanging on by a Thread* (2024), Original Film Writer
- *Castration Movie Anthology i. Traps* (2024), Thanks
- *I'm in Love with Edgar Allan Poe* (2024), Executive Producer
- *all the words but the one* (2024), Executive Producer
- *Unbraided* (2024), Executive Producer
- *The Draft!* (2023), Thanks
- *The Matrix Resurrections* (2021), Characters — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/the-matrix-resurrections.md)
- *Work in Progress* (2019), series, Executive Producer, Writer
- *Happy F*cking New Year.* (2016), Creator
- *Sense8* (2015), series, Writer, Director, Creator
- *Jupiter Ascending* (2015), Director, Producer, Writer
- *Cloud Atlas* (2012), Screenplay, Director, Producer
- *Ninja Assassin* (2009), Producer
- *Speed Racer* (2008), Writer, Director, Producer
- *V for Vendetta* (2006), Producer, Screenplay — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/v-for-vendetta.md)
- *The Matrix Revolutions* (2003), Director, Executive Producer, Writer, Characters — Fi1m 46, [page](https://film.one/film/the-matrix-revolutions.md)
- *Kid's Story* (2003), Story, Original Film Writer
- *Matriculated* (2003), Original Film Writer
- *Beyond* (2003), Original Film Writer
- *World Record* (2003), Original Film Writer
- *Program* (2003), Original Film Writer
- *The Matrix Reloaded* (2003), Director, Executive Producer, Writer, Characters — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/the-matrix-reloaded.md)
- *The Animatrix* (2003), Producer, Story, Writer, Original Film Writer
- *The Second Renaissance Part II* (2003), Writer, Original Film Writer
- *Final Flight of the Osiris* (2003), Writer, Original Film Writer
- *The Animatrix* (2003), series, Writer, Story
- *The Second Renaissance Part I* (2003), Original Film Writer, Writer
- *The Matrix Revisited* (2001), Executive Producer
- *The Matrix* (1999), Writer, Executive Producer, Director — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-matrix.md)
- *Bound* (1996), Screenplay, Director, Executive Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/bound.md)
- *Assassins* (1995), Screenplay, Story
- *De Novo*, Executive Producer
- *The Hunted*, Writer
- *Manhunt*, Director, Writer
- *Hell Followed with Us*, Producer
- *The Matrix 5*, Characters
- *Confessions of the Fox*, Writer, Director
- *Replacer*, Executive Producer

## Gallery

- ![Andrew and Lana Wachowski. (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/87022/gallery-934a52598f01.jpg) Andrew and Lana Wachowski. (2012) — anna Hanks, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Andrew_and_Lana_Wachowski_%282012%29.JPG/1280px-Andrew_and_Lana_Wachowski_%282012%29.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Andrew Wachowski and Lana Wachowski. (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/87022/gallery-0ab2fb40a029.jpg) Andrew Wachowski and Lana Wachowski. (2012) — anna Hanks, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Andy_and_Lana_Wachowski_%282012%29.JPG/1280px-Andy_and_Lana_Wachowski_%282012%29.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Lana e Lilly Wachowski al Fantastic Fest durante la proiezione a sorpresa di Cloud Atlas (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/87022/gallery-aab8332aaeb2.jpg) Lana e Lilly Wachowski al Fantastic Fest durante la proiezione a sorpresa di Cloud Atlas (2012) — Anna Hanks, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Lana_and_Lilly_Wachowski.jpg/1280px-Lana_and_Lilly_Wachowski.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Lilly Wachowski at the Fantastic Fest screening of Cloud Atlas. (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/87022/gallery-f2fc68aa8479.jpg) Lilly Wachowski at the Fantastic Fest screening of Cloud Atlas. (2012) — Anna Hanks, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Lilly_Wachowski%2C_Fantastic_Fest%2C_Cloud_Atlas.jpg/1280px-Lilly_Wachowski%2C_Fantastic_Fest%2C_Cloud_Atlas.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Lilly Wachowski](https://film.one/media/person/87022/gallery-5b11ec0ebeaf.jpg) Lilly Wachowski — Image via TMDB
- ![Lilly Wachowski](https://film.one/media/person/87022/gallery-4e7306a62af7.jpg) Lilly Wachowski — Cmhlondon, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Lily_Wachowski%2C_London%2C_2018_by_Christa_Holka.jpg/1280px-Lily_Wachowski%2C_London%2C_2018_by_Christa_Holka.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won, 10 nominated

- German Film Award for Best Direction 2013: German Film Award for Best Direction (nominated), for *Cloud Atlas*
- German Film Award for Best Feature Film 2013: German Film Award for Best Feature Film (nominated), for *Cloud Atlas*
- Hugo Awards 2007: Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form (nominated), for *V for Vendetta*
- Nebula Award for Best Script 2007: Nebula Award for Best Script (nominated), for *V for Vendetta*
- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director 2003: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director (nominated), for *The Matrix Revolutions*
- Hugo Awards 2000: Best Dramatic Presentation (nominated), for *The Matrix*
- Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Screenplay 2000: Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Screenplay (nominated), for *The Matrix*
- Saturn Awards 2000: Best Director (won), for *The Matrix*
- Nebula Award for Best Script 1999: Nebula Award for Best Script (nominated), for *The Matrix*
- Saturn Awards 1999: Best Director (nominated), for *The Matrix*
- Saturn Awards 1999: Best Writing (nominated), for *The Matrix*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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