Wachowski, Larry 1965–

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WACHOWSKI, Larry 1965–

(The Wachowski Brothers)

PERSONAL

Full name, Laurence Wachowski; born June 21, 1965, in Chicago, IL; son of Ron (in business) and Lynne (a nurse and painter) Wachowski; brother of Andy Wachowski (a director, producer, and writer); married Thea Bloom, October 30, 1993 (divorced, December, 2002). Education: Attended Whitney M. Young Magnet High School and Bard College.

Addresses:

Agent—William Morris Agency, One William Morris Place, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Saville Productions, 468 North Camden Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210. Manager—Circle of Confusion, 8548 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232.

Career:

Director, producer, and writer. Eon Entertainment (production company), principal. Worked as a house painter and carpenter.

Member:

Directors Guild of America, Writers Guild of America West.

Awards, Honors:

All with Andy Wachowski: Grand Jury Award—honorable mention, L.A. Outfest, outstanding American narrative feature, honorable mention, Stockholm Film Festival, and Grand Special Prize nomination, Deauville Film Festival, all 1996, International Fantasy Film Award, best film, Fantasporto, Saturn Award nomination, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, best writer, and Chlotrudis Award nomination, best director, all 1997, all for Bound; honorable mention (also with Mehdi Benoufa), Stockholm Film Festival, 1997, for Assassin(s); Saturn Award, best director, Reader's Choice Award, best foreign language film, Mainichi Film Concours, Saturn Award nomination, best writer, Sierra Award nomination, best screenplay, original, Las Vegas Film Critics Society, Nebula Award nomination, best script, Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and Amanda Award nomination, best foreign feature film, all 2000, for The Matrix; Larry and Andy Wachowski named to Power 100 List, Premiere magazine, 2002 and 2003.

CREDITS

Film Director with Andy Wachowski as the Wachowski Brothers:

Bound, Gramercy Pictures, 1996.

The Matrix, Warner Bros., 1999.

The Matrix Reloaded, Warner Bros., 2003, also released as The Matrix Reloaded: The IMAX Experience, IMAX Corporation, 2003.

The Matrix Revolutions, Warner Bros., 2003, also released as The Matrix Revolutions: The IMAX Experience, IMAX Corporation, 2003.

King Conan: Crown of Iron, Warner Bros., 2005.

Film Executive Producer with Andy Wachowski:

(And Barrie M. Osborne, Andrew Mason, Erwin Stoff, and Bruce Berman) Bound, Gramercy Pictures, 1996.

The Matrix, Warner Bros., 1999.

The Matrix Reloaded, Warner Bros., 2003, also released as The Matrix Reloaded: The IMAX Experience, IMAX Corporation, 2003.

The Matrix Revolutions, Warner Bros., 2003, also released as The Matrix Revolutions: The IMAX Experience, IMAX Corporation, 2003.

Film Producer with Andy Wachowski:

The Animatrix (animated short films), Warner Home Video, 2003.

King Conan: Crown of Iron, Warner Bros., 2005.

V for Vendetta, Warner Bros., 2005.

Film Appearances:

Independents' Days (short documentary film), Nomad Films International, 1997.

Window cleaner, The Matrix, Warner Bros., 1999.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Himself, The Matrix: The Movie Special (documentary), MTV, 1999.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Himself, "Making The Matrix," HBO First Look, HBO, c. 1999.

Himself, "The Matrix Revolutions," HBO First Look, HBO, 2003.

RECORDINGS

Video Work:

Executive producer, The Matrix Revisited, Warner Home Video, 2001.

Video Appearances:

Himself, The Matrix Revisited, Warner Home Video, 2001.

Himself, The Burly Man Chronicles (documentary), Warner Home Video, 2004.

Video Game Director:

(With Andy Wachowski as the Wachowski Brothers; and production designer with Andy Wachowski) Enter the Matrix, Atari, 2003.

(With Andy Wachowski as the Wachowski Brothers) The Matrix Online (also known as MxO), Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, 2005.

The Matrix: Path of Neo, Atari, 2005.

WRITINGS

Screenplays with Andy Wachowski:

(And with Brian Helgeland) Assassin(s) (also known as Day of Reckoning), Warner Bros., 1995.

Bound, Gramercy Pictures, 1996.

The Matrix, Warner Bros., 1999.

The Matrix 2, Warner Bros., 2001.

The Matrix Reloaded, Warner Bros., 2003, also released as The Matrix Reloaded: The IMAX Experience, IMAX Corporation, 2003.

The Matrix Revolutions, Warner Bros., 2003, also released as The Matrix Revolutions: The IMAX Experience, IMAX Corporation, 2003.

(As the Wachowski Brothers) "The Second Renaissance Part 1" (also known as "The Animatrix: The Second Renaissance Part 1" and "The Animatrix: The Second Renaissance Part I"), "The Second Renaissance Part 2" (also known as "The Animatrix: The Second Renaissance Part 2"), "Kid's Story" (also known as "The Animatrix: Kid's Story"), and "Final Flight of the Osiris" (also known as "The Animatrix: Final Flight of the Osiris"), The Animatrix (animated short films), Warner Home Video, 2003.

V for Vendetta, Warner Bros., 2005.