Lorne Michaels

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Canadian-American person comedian showrunner television producer television writer

Lorne Michaels is a Canadian-American television producer, writer, and comedian best known as the creator and longtime executive producer of the influential sketch comedy show "Saturday Night Live."

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Canadian-American person → comedian → showrunner → television producer → television writer →
activeYearsStart	1960s →
awardReceived	Order of Canada → Presidential Medal of Freedom → Primetime Emmy Award → Television Academy Hall of Fame induction →
birthName	Lorne David Lipowitz →
countryOfCitizenship	Canada → United States of America →
creatorOf	Saturday Night Live →
dateOfBirth	1944-11-17 →
educatedAt	University of Toronto →
employer	NBC →
executiveProducerOf	30 Rock → Kids in the Hall → Late Night with Seth Meyers → Portlandia → Saturday Night Live → The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon →
familyName	Michaels →
fieldOfWork	comedy writing → television production →
founded	Broadway Video →
fullName	Lorne David Michaels →
genre	sketch comedy → television comedy →
givenName	Lorne →
influenced	American television comedy →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
notableAchievement	launched the careers of numerous American comedians through Saturday Night Live →
notableWork	30 Rock → Portlandia → Saturday Night Live → The Kids in the Hall →
occupation	comedian → film producer → screenwriter → television producer → television writer →
placeOfBirth	Toronto, Ontario, Canada →
residence	New York City, New York, United States →
spouse	Alice Barry → Robin Ruzan → Susan Forristal →

Referenced by (26)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
A Night at the Roxbury → Coneheads (1993 film) → Hot Rod → Mean Girls (2004 film) → Mean Girls (musical) → Three Amigos → Wayne's World (1992 film) → Wayne's World 2 →	producer
Saturday Night Live → Saturday Night Live → The Coneheads →	creator
Late Night with Seth Meyers → Portlandia → Saturday Night Live →	executiveProducer
Goodnights → Lorne →	associatedWith
Alice Barry → Susan Forristal →	spouse
Broadway Video →	foundedBy
Michaels →	hasNotableBearer
Broadway Video →	keyPerson
Lorne Michaels →	name
Lorne →	notableBearer
Mark Twain Prize for American Humor →	notableRecipient
Three Amigos →	screenwriter
Michaels →	usedBy