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Lisa Cholodenko

  • Director
  • Producer
  • Writer
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Lisa Cholodenko at an event for The Kids Are All Right (2010)
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Lisa Cholodenko earned an MFA at Columbia University Film School where she made an award-winning short film Dinner Party (1997) Her feature High Art (1998) won the National Society of Film Critics award for Ally Sheedy's performance and The Waldo Salt Screenwriting award at Sundance. Both "High Art" and Laurel Canyon (2002) premiered at Cannes Director's Fortnight.
BornJune 5, 1964
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BornJune 5, 1964
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 17 wins & 47 nominations total

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    Known for

    Julianne Moore, Annette Bening, Mark Ruffalo, Josh Hutcherson, and Mia Wasikowska in The Kids Are All Right (2010)
    The Kids Are All Right
    7.0
    • Director
    • 2010
    Ally Sheedy, Gabriel Mann, and Radha Mitchell in High Art (1998)
    High Art
    6.6
    • Director
    • 1998
    Christian Bale, Kate Beckinsale, Frances McDormand, Natascha McElhone, and Alessandro Nivola in Laurel Canyon (2002)
    Laurel Canyon
    6.4
    • Director
    • 2002
    Aidan Quinn and Kyra Sedgwick in Cavedweller (2004)
    Cavedweller
    5.6
    • Director
    • 2004

    Credits

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    Director

    • Toni Erdmann
      • Director
      • In Development
    • Beautiful
      • Director
      • In Development
    • Elle Fanning in The Girl from Plainville (2022)
      The Girl from Plainville
      6.4
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Rita
      4.1
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Kaitlyn Dever in Unbelievable (2019)
      Unbelievable
      8.3
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Tim Robbins, Holly Hunter, Sosie Bacon, Jerrika Hinton, Raymond Lee, and Daniel Zovatto in Here and Now (2018)
      Here and Now
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2018
    • The Slap (2015)
      The Slap
      6.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Frances McDormand in Olive Kitteridge (2014)
      Olive Kitteridge
      8.3
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Hung (2009)
      Hung
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2010
    • Julianne Moore, Annette Bening, Mark Ruffalo, Josh Hutcherson, and Mia Wasikowska in The Kids Are All Right (2010)
      The Kids Are All Right
      7.0
      • Director
      • 2010
    • The L Word (2004)
      The L Word
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2005
    • Aidan Quinn and Kyra Sedgwick in Cavedweller (2004)
      Cavedweller
      5.6
      • Director
      • 2004
    • Push, Nevada (2002)
      Push, Nevada
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2002
    • Christian Bale, Kate Beckinsale, Frances McDormand, Natascha McElhone, and Alessandro Nivola in Laurel Canyon (2002)
      Laurel Canyon
      6.4
      • Director
      • 2002
    • Lauren Ambrose, Freddy Rodríguez, Frances Conroy, Rachel Griffiths, Michael C. Hall, Peter Krause, and Mathew St. Patrick in Six Feet Under (2001)
      Six Feet Under
      8.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2001
    • Homicide: Life on the Street (1993)
      Homicide: Life on the Street
      8.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1999
    • Ally Sheedy, Gabriel Mann, and Radha Mitchell in High Art (1998)
      High Art
      6.6
      • Director
      • 1998

    Producer

    • Elle Fanning in The Girl from Plainville (2022)
      The Girl from Plainville
      6.4
      TV Mini Series
      • executive producer
      • 2022
    • Kaitlyn Dever in Unbelievable (2019)
      Unbelievable
      8.3
      TV Mini Series
      • executive producer
      • 2019
    • The Slap (2015)
      The Slap
      6.2
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2015
    • Souvenir
      4.3
      Short
      • producer
      • 1994
    • Crawl (1994)
      Crawl
      Short
      • producer
      • 1994

    Writer

    • Toni Erdmann
      • Writer
      • In Development
    • Beautiful
      • Writer
      • In Development
    • Julianne Moore, Annette Bening, Mark Ruffalo, Josh Hutcherson, and Mia Wasikowska in The Kids Are All Right (2010)
      The Kids Are All Right
      7.0
      • written by
      • 2010
    • Christian Bale, Kate Beckinsale, Frances McDormand, Natascha McElhone, and Alessandro Nivola in Laurel Canyon (2002)
      Laurel Canyon
      6.4
      • written by
      • 2002
    • Ally Sheedy, Gabriel Mann, and Radha Mitchell in High Art (1998)
      High Art
      6.6
      • writer
      • 1998
    • Dinner Party
      5.6
      Short
      • Writer
      • 1997
    • Souvenir
      4.3
      Short
      • Writer
      • 1994

    Videos2

    The Kids Are All Right
    Interview 0:38
    The Kids Are All Right
    The Kids Are All Right
    Featurette 3:08
    The Kids Are All Right
    The Kids Are All Right
    Featurette 3:08
    The Kids Are All Right

    Personal details

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    • Born
      • June 5, 1964
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
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      • 1 Interview
      • 3 Articles

    Did you know

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      She and her longtime companion Wendy Melvoin have a son by a sperm donor. This family situation is also the plot of Lisa Cholodenko's movie The Kids Are All Right (2010), which is dedicated 'to Wendy and Calder', the latter being the son of the two women in real life.

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