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Lisa Cholodenko

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  • Producer
  • Writer
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Lisa Cholodenko at an event for The Kids Are All Right (2010)
Interview: Julianne Moore "On working with Lisa Cholodenko"
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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

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Lisa Cholodenko in The Kids Are All Right (2010)
Lisa Cholodenko in The Kids Are All Right (2010)
Julianne Moore, Lisa Cholodenko, and Mia Wasikowska in The Kids Are All Right (2010)
Lisa Cholodenko directs.
Christian Bale, Kate Beckinsale, and Lisa Cholodenko in Laurel Canyon (2002)
Lisa Cholodenko
Lisa Cholodenko and Gary Goetzman at an event for The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards (2015)
Frances McDormand, Jane Anderson, Lisa Cholodenko, David Coatsworth, Gary Goetzman, Richard Jenkins, and Steve Shareshian at an event for The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards (2015)
Frances McDormand, Jane Anderson, Lisa Cholodenko, David Coatsworth, Gary Goetzman, Steve Shareshian, and Zoe Kazan at an event for The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards (2015)
Frances McDormand, Jane Anderson, Lisa Cholodenko, David Coatsworth, Gary Goetzman, Steve Shareshian, and Zoe Kazan at an event for The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards (2015)
Lisa Cholodenko at an event for The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards (2015)
Lisa Cholodenko

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
5.7
  • Director
  • 2004

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Director

  • Beautiful
    • In Production
  • Toni Erdmann
    • In Development
  • Elle Fanning in The Girl from Plainville (2022)
    The Girl from Plainville
  • Rita
  • Kaitlyn Dever in Unbelievable (2019)
    Unbelievable
  • Tim Robbins, Holly Hunter, Sosie Bacon, Jerrika Hinton, Raymond Lee, and Daniel Zovatto in Here and Now (2018)
    Here and Now
  • The Slap (2015)
    The Slap
  • Frances McDormand in Olive Kitteridge (2014)
    Olive Kitteridge
  • Hung (2009)
    Hung
  • Julianne Moore, Annette Bening, Mark Ruffalo, Josh Hutcherson, and Mia Wasikowska in The Kids Are All Right (2010)
    The Kids Are All Right
  • The L Word (2004)
    The L Word
  • Aidan Quinn and Kyra Sedgwick in Cavedweller (2004)
    Cavedweller
  • Push, Nevada (2002)
    Push, Nevada
  • Christian Bale, Kate Beckinsale, Frances McDormand, Natascha McElhone, and Alessandro Nivola in Laurel Canyon (2002)
    Laurel Canyon
  • 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
  • Homicide: Life on the Street (1993)
    Homicide: Life on the Street
  • Ally Sheedy, Gabriel Mann, and Radha Mitchell in High Art (1998)
    High Art

Producer

  • Elle Fanning in The Girl from Plainville (2022)
    The Girl from Plainville
  • Kaitlyn Dever in Unbelievable (2019)
    Unbelievable
  • The Slap (2015)
    The Slap
  • Souvenir
  • Crawl (1994)
    Crawl

Writer

  • Beautiful
    • In Production
  • Toni Erdmann
    • 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
  • Christian Bale, Kate Beckinsale, Frances McDormand, Natascha McElhone, and Alessandro Nivola in Laurel Canyon (2002)
    Laurel Canyon
  • Ally Sheedy, Gabriel Mann, and Radha Mitchell in High Art (1998)
    High Art
  • Dinner Party
  • Souvenir

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

Personal details

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    • June 5, 1964
    • Los Angeles, California, USA
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    • 3 Articles

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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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