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Larry Wachowski Biography (1965-)

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

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Director, producer, writer

Birth Details

June 21, 1965

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Famous Works

• 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
• 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 "TheAnimatrix: The Second Renaissance Part 2"), "Kid's Story" (also known as "TheAnimatrix: 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
• Stories for Films with Andy Wachowski
• Assassin(s) (also known as Day of Reckoning), Warner Bros.,1995
• "Kid's Story" (also known as "The Animatrix: Kid's Story"), The Animatrix (animated short films), Warner Home Video, 2003
• Teleplays
• Pilots
• Ecto-Kid, Nickelodeon, 2001
• Videos
• The Matrix Revisited, Warner Home Video, 2001
• Video Games
• (With Andy Wachowski as the Wachowski Brothers) Enter the Matrix,Atari, 2003
• The Matrix: Path of Neo, Atari, 2005
• Internet Comic Books
• (With Andy Wachowski) The Matrix (based on the film of the same name), illustrated by Geoff Darrow, beginning 1999
• Comic Books
• With Andy Wachowski, author of Ecto-Kid, illustrated by Steve Skroce, Razorline/Marvel Comics.
• Nonfiction
• (With Andy Wachowski) The Art of the Matrix, Newmarket Press, 2000
• Short Fiction
• (With Clive Barker and others) Clive Barker's "Hellraiser": CollectedBest II, Checker, 2003

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

• Authors and Artists for Young Adults, Gale Group, 2004

Periodicals

• Entertainment Weekly, April 16, 1999, p. 7; April 18, 2003, p. 32
• Newsweek, December 30, 2002, pp. 80, 89
• NME, March 8, 1997, p. 26
• Publishers Weekly, October 4, 2004, p. 21
• Time, June 2, 2003, p. 87
• Variety, February 10, 2003, p. 8; May 26, 2003, pp. 6-7

Electronic

• The Matrix, http://www.whatisthematrix.com/cmp/comix, April 14, 2000