The Wachowskis
Lana and Lilly Wachowski, the sisters who created The Matrix.
Lana and Lilly Wachowski are the American sisters who wrote and directed The Matrix (1999), winning the Saturn Award for Best Director, and its two 2003 sequels, Reloaded and Revolutions. They also worked on the writing and production of other Matrix works.
Quick Facts
- Birth name
- Laurence Wachowski; 21 June 1965; Lana; ----; Andrew Paul Wachowski; 29 December 1967; Lilly
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
- Other names
- Collectively:
- The Wachowskis, The Wachowski brothers
- The Wachowski sisters
- The Wachowski siblings
- Occupation
- Film and television directors
- writers
- producers
- Years active
- 1994–present
- Relatives
- Laurence Luckinbill (uncle)
- Notable works
- Bound
- The Matrix series
- V for Vendetta
- Speed Racer
- Cloud Atlas
- Jupiter Ascending
- Sense8
Careers
Born in Chicago in 1965 and 1967, they debuted with Bound (1996). After the Matrix trilogy they wrote and produced V for Vendetta (2005) and made Speed Racer (2008), Cloud Atlas (2012, with Tom Tykwer), Jupiter Ascending and the Netflix series Sense8 (2015-2018).
Working apart
Since Sense8 they have worked separately. Lana directed The Matrix Resurrections, written with David Mitchell and Aleksandar Hemon and released in December 2021, while Lilly worked on Showtime's Work in Progress.
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