---
name: "Lorne Michaels"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lorne-michaels"
fi1m_id: "lorne-michaels"
imdb_id: "nm0584427"
tmdb_id: 56158
wikidata_id: "Q521221"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "17 November 1944"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T04:03:31.328944+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."
---

# Lorne Michaels

## Identity

Lorne Michaels

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lorne-michaels
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lorne-michaels
- **IMDb ID:** nm0584427
- **TMDB ID:** 56158
- **Wikidata ID:** Q521221
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorne_Michaels, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q521221, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0584427/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56158

Producer. Born 17 November 1944 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 17 November 1944, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- **Active:** 1992–present
- **Also known as:** Lorne David Lipowitz
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 6: 3 producing, 3 other
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 72 (1), 2000s 86 (2), 2020s 64 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 64 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Music 1
- **Screen time:** 3 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $288m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorne_Michaels, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q521221, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0584427/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56158

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Will & Harper*](https://film.one/film/will-and-harper.md) (78)
- **Pluto TV:** [*Wayne's World*](https://film.one/film/waynes-world.md) (72)
- **Peacock:** [*Lorne*](https://film.one/film/lorne.md) (58)
- **Paramount+:** [*Mean Girls*](https://film.one/film/mean-girls.md) (56)

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

## Biography

Lorne Michaels (born Lorne David Lipowitz) is a Canadian-American television and film producer. He created and has produced the sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live since 1975, with a brief hiatus in the early 1980s. He has also produced the Late Night series since 1993, The Kids in the Hall from 1989 to 1995, and The Tonight Show since 2014.

In film, Michaels produced Wayne's World (1992) and its sequel, as well as Mean Girls (2004) and its 2024 musical adaptation. He received a writing credit on ¡Three Amigos! (1986). Michaels has won 24 Primetime Emmy Awards from 112 nominations.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

### Produced (3) — the average rests on these

- *Mean Girls* (2024), Fi1m 56, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/mean-girls.md)
- *30 Rock* (2006), Fi1m 86, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/30-rock.md)
- *Wayne's World* (1992), Fi1m 72, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/waynes-world.md)

### Also credited (3) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Lorne* (2026), Fi1m 58, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/lorne.md)
- *Will & Harper* (2024), Fi1m 78, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/will-and-harper.md)
- *Lost in Translation* (2003), Fi1m 86, Thanks — [page](https://film.one/film/lost-in-translation.md)

## Complete filmography (116)

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

- *Saturday Night Live UK* (2026), series, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Marcello Hernández: American Boy* (2026), Thanks
- *Sarah Squirm: Live + in the Flesh* (2025), Executive Producer
- *Downey Wrote That* (2025), Executive Producer
- *SNL50: The Homecoming Concert* (2025), Executive Producer, Writer
- *Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music* (2025), Executive Producer
- *Nate Bargatze's Nashville Christmas* (2024), Executive Producer
- *An SNL Thanksgiving* (2024), as (archive footage)
- *Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked* (2024), Thanks
- *Mean Girls* (2024), Producer — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/mean-girls.md)
- *Bupkis* (2023), series, Executive Producer
- *Miley's New Year's Eve Party* (2022), Executive Producer
- *The Kids in the Hall* (2022), series, Executive Producer
- *Bust Down* (2022), series, Executive Producer
- *Michael Bublé's Christmas in the City* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Miley's New Year's Eve Party Hosted by Miley Cyrus and Pete Davidson* (2021), Executive Producer
- *MacGruber* (2021), series, Executive Producer
- *Saturday Morning All Star Hits!* (2021), series, Executive Producer
- *Schmigadoon!* (2021), series, Executive Producer
- *That Damn Michael Che* (2021), series, Executive Producer
- *Kenan* (2021), series, Executive Producer
- *Vampires vs. the Bronx* (2020), Producer
- *Mapleworth Murders* (2020), series, Executive Producer
- *30 Rock: A One-Time Special* (2020), Executive Producer
- *My Favorite Shapes by Julio Torres* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Los Espookys* (2019), series, Executive Producer
- *Shrill* (2019), series, Executive Producer
- *Alien News Desk* (2019), series, Executive Producer
- *Miracle Workers* (2019), series, Executive Producer
- *The Other Two* (2019), series, Executive Producer
- *Steve Martin and Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life* (2018), Executive Producer
- *A.P. Bio* (2018), series, Executive Producer
- *The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special* (2017), Executive Producer
- *Sandy Wexler* (2017), as Testimonial
- *Detroiters* (2017), series, Executive Producer
- *Michael Che Matters* (2016), Executive Producer
- *Masterminds* (2016), Producer
- *Brother Nature* (2016), Producer
- *Whiskey Tango Foxtrot* (2016), Producer
- *Adele: Live in New York City 2015* (2015), Executive Producer
- *Documentary Now!* (2015), series, Executive Producer
- *Staten Island Summer* (2015), Producer
- *Inside Out* (2015), Thanks — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/inside-out.md)
- *The Maya Rudolph Show* (2014), Executive Producer
- *The Guilt Trip* (2012), Producer
- *Inside Portlandia* (2011), Executive Producer
- *Up All Night* (2011), series, Executive Producer
- *Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10* (2011), Producer
- *Portlandia* (2011), series, Executive Producer
- *MacGruber* (2010), Producer
- *Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler* (2009), Producer
- *To Love and Die* (2008), Executive Producer
- *To Love and Die* (2008), series, Producer
- *Baby Mama* (2008), Producer
- *Hot Rod* (2007), Producer
- *Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation* (2007), Executive Producer
- *30 Rock* (2006), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/30-rock.md)
- *Sons & Daughters* (2006), series, Executive Producer
- *Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd* (2005), Executive Producer
- *Mean Girls* (2004), Producer
- *The Tracy Morgan Show* (2003), series, Producer
- *Lost in Translation* (2003), Thanks — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/lost-in-translation.md)
- *Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles* (2003), Executive Producer
- *Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell* (2002), Executive Producer
- *NBC 75th Anniversary Special* (2002), Writer, Executive Producer
- *The Colin Quinn Show* (2002), series, Creator
- *50 Years of NBC Late Night* (2001), Executive Producer
- *Enigma* (2001), Producer
- *The Ladies Man* (2000), Producer
- *SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler* (1999), Executive Producer
- *Superstar* (1999), Producer
- *Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special* (1999), Executive Producer
- *A Night at the Roxbury* (1998), Producer
- *Bad Boys of Saturday Night Live* (1998), Executive Producer
- *Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman* (1998), Executive Producer
- *Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy* (1996), Producer
- *The Kids In The Hall: Laughing Ourselves Sick* (1996), Actor
- *Black Sheep* (1996), Producer
- *Stuart Saves His Family* (1995), Producer
- *Tommy Boy* (1995), Producer
- *Lassie* (1994), Producer
- *Wayne's World 2* (1993), Producer
- *Coneheads* (1993), Producer
- *Frosty Returns* (1992), Executive Producer
- *Wayne's World* (1992), Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/waynes-world.md)
- *Saturday Night Live: Halloween Special* (1991), Executive Producer
- *Lookwell* (1991), Producer
- *Lookwell* (1991), series, Producer
- *The Earth Day Special* (1990), Executive Producer
- *The Kids in the Hall* (1989), series, Executive Producer
- *Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary* (1989), Executive Producer
- *Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel* (1988), Executive Producer
- *¡Three Amigos!* (1986), Screenplay, Producer
- *Nothing Lasts Forever* (1984), Producer
- *The Discreet Charm of the Diplomacy* (1984), Producer
- *The Day Before* (1984), Producer
- *Neil Young in Berlin* (1983), Producer
- *The Coneheads* (1983), Executive Producer
- *Simon & Garfunkel: The Concert in Central Park* (1982), Executive Music Producer, Executive Producer
- *Steve Martin's Best Show Ever* (1981), Producer, Writer
- *Gilda Live* (1980), Writer, Producer
- *Mr. Mike's Mondo Video* (1979), Executive Producer
- *Bob & Ray, Jane, Laraine & Gilda* (1979), Executive Producer
- *The Things We Did Last Summer* (1978), Producer
- *The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash* (1978), as Sleazy Merchandiser · Executive Producer
- *The Paul Simon Special* (1977), Writer, Producer
- *The Beach Boys: It's OK* (1976), Writer, Producer
- *The Beach Boys: It's OK* (1976), Writer, Producer
- *Lily* (1973), Producer, Writer
- *Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In* (1968), series, Writer
- *Untitled Lou Gehrig Biopic*, Producer
- *Worst Man*, Producer
- *The Big Goodbye*, Producer
- *Bag Man*, Producer
- *Jonty*, Producer
- *A Chris Farley Story*, Producer

## Gallery

- ![Lorne Michaels](https://film.one/media/person/12156/gallery-77ae4604d41e.jpg) Lorne Michaels — Library of Congress Life, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Lorne_Michaels_2021_Kennedy_Center_Honors_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Lorne_Michaels_2021_Kennedy_Center_Honors_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![PHOTO CREDIT: ANDERS KRUSBERG / PEABODY AWARDS Fred Armisen, Amy Poehler, Lorne Michaels, Horace Newcomb, Seth Meyers and Jason Sudeikis 68th Annual Peabody Awa (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/12156/gallery-9348640ab986.jpg) PHOTO CREDIT: ANDERS KRUSBERG / PEABODY AWARDS Fred Armisen, Amy Poehler, Lorne Michaels, Horace Newcomb, Seth Meyers and Jason Sudeikis 68th Annual Peabody Awa (2009) — Peabody Awards, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Amy_Poehler%2C_Fred_Armisen%2C_Lorne_Michaels%2C_Horace_Newcomb%2C_Seth_Meyers_and_Jason_Sudeikis%2C_May_2009_%281%29.jpg/1280px-Amy_Poehler%2C_Fred_Armisen%2C_Lorne_Michaels%2C_Horace_Newcomb%2C_Seth_Meyers_and_Jason_Sudeikis%2C_May_2009_%281%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![PHOTO CREDIT: ANDERS KRUSBERG / PEABODY AWARDS Fred Armisen, Amy Poehler, Lorne Michaels, Horace Newcomb, Seth Meyers and Jason Sudeikis 68th Annual Peabody Awa (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/12156/gallery-1c45d31407de.jpg) PHOTO CREDIT: ANDERS KRUSBERG / PEABODY AWARDS Fred Armisen, Amy Poehler, Lorne Michaels, Horace Newcomb, Seth Meyers and Jason Sudeikis 68th Annual Peabody Awa (2009) — Peabody Awards, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Amy_Poehler%2C_Fred_Armisen%2C_Lorne_Michaels%2C_Horace_Newcomb%2C_Seth_Meyers_and_Jason_Sudeikis%2C_May_2009_%282%29.jpg/1280px-Amy_Poehler%2C_Fred_Armisen%2C_Lorne_Michaels%2C_Horace_Newcomb%2C_Seth_Meyers_and_Jason_Sudeikis%2C_May_2009_%282%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![PHOTO CREDIT: ANDERS KRUSBERG / PEABODY AWARDS Fred Armisen, Amy Poehler, Lorne Michaels, Horace Newcomb, Seth Meyers and Jason Sudeikis 68th Annual Peabody Awa (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/12156/gallery-f7a05947ce0f.jpg) PHOTO CREDIT: ANDERS KRUSBERG / PEABODY AWARDS Fred Armisen, Amy Poehler, Lorne Michaels, Horace Newcomb, Seth Meyers and Jason Sudeikis 68th Annual Peabody Awa (2009) — Peabody Awards, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Amy_Poehler%2C_Fred_Armisen%2C_Lorne_Michaels%2C_Horace_Newcomb%2C_Seth_Meyers_and_Jason_Sudeikis%2C_May_2009_%283%29.jpg/1280px-Amy_Poehler%2C_Fred_Armisen%2C_Lorne_Michaels%2C_Horace_Newcomb%2C_Seth_Meyers_and_Jason_Sudeikis%2C_May_2009_%283%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Lorne Michaels](https://film.one/media/person/12156/gallery-259b90f4abac.jpg) Lorne Michaels — Image via TMDB
- ![Lorne Michaels](https://film.one/media/person/12156/gallery-980c9ac7c485.jpg) Lorne Michaels — Image via TMDB
- ![Lorne Michaels](https://film.one/media/person/12156/gallery-a3cae8b58282.jpg) Lorne Michaels — Image via TMDB
- ![PHOTO CREDIT: ANDERS KRUSBERG / PEABODY AWARDS Fred Armisen, Amy Poehler, Lorne Michaels, Horace Newcomb, Seth Meyers and Jason Sudeikis 68th Annual Peabody Awa (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/12156/gallery-5c2c9876d4c2.jpg) PHOTO CREDIT: ANDERS KRUSBERG / PEABODY AWARDS Fred Armisen, Amy Poehler, Lorne Michaels, Horace Newcomb, Seth Meyers and Jason Sudeikis 68th Annual Peabody Awa (2009) — Peabody Awards, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Amy_Poehler%2C_Fred_Armisen%2C_Lorne_Michaels%2C_Horace_Newcomb%2C_Seth_Meyers_and_Jason_Sudeikis%2C_May_2009_%284%29.jpg/1280px-Amy_Poehler%2C_Fred_Armisen%2C_Lorne_Michaels%2C_Horace_Newcomb%2C_Seth_Meyers_and_Jason_Sudeikis%2C_May_2009_%284%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![PHOTO CREDIT: ANDERS KRUSBERG / PEABODY AWARDS Fred Armisen, Amy Poehler, Lorne Michaels, Horace Newcomb, Seth Meyers and Jason Sudeikis 68th Annual Peabody Awa (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/12156/gallery-ad6849d0ad02.jpg) PHOTO CREDIT: ANDERS KRUSBERG / PEABODY AWARDS Fred Armisen, Amy Poehler, Lorne Michaels, Horace Newcomb, Seth Meyers and Jason Sudeikis 68th Annual Peabody Awa (2009) — Peabody Awards, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Amy_Poehler%2C_Fred_Armisen%2C_Lorne_Michaels%2C_Horace_Newcomb%2C_Seth_Meyers_and_Jason_Sudeikis%2C_May_2009_%285%29.jpg/1280px-Amy_Poehler%2C_Fred_Armisen%2C_Lorne_Michaels%2C_Horace_Newcomb%2C_Seth_Meyers_and_Jason_Sudeikis%2C_May_2009_%285%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 6 won

- Time 100 2025: Time 100 (won)
- Companion of the Order of Canada 2018: Companion of the Order of Canada (won)
- Presidential Medal of Freedom 2016: Presidential Medal of Freedom (won)
- International Emmy Directorate Award 2010: International Emmy Directorate Award (won)
- Mark Twain Prize for American Humor 2004: Mark Twain Prize for American Humor (won)
- Canada's Walk of Fame 2003: Canada's Walk of Fame (won)

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

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