17 Facts About Lana Wachowski

Lana Wachowski was born on June 21,1965, formerly known as Larry Wachowski and and Lilly Wachowski was born on December 29,1967, formerly known as Andy Wachowski and are American film and television directors, writers and producers.

Since the series finale of Sense8, the Wachowskis have been working separately on different projects: Lilly directed, wrote, and executive-produced several episodes of Showtime's Work in Progress with creators Abby McEnany and Tim Mason, while Lana filmed The Matrix Resurrections, written with Mitchell and Aleksandar Hemon, which was released in December 2021.

Lana Wachowski was born in Chicago in 1965; Lilly was born two and a half years later, in 1967.

Lana Wachowski went to Bard College, in New York state; Lilly attended Emerson College, in Boston.

Lana Wachowski wrote the script with David Mitchell and Aleksandar Hemon.

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Lana Wachowski has most been influenced by 2001: A Space Odyssey, Blade Runner, Ma vie en rose, and My Neighbor Totoro.

Lana Wachowski says that despite often having to cut scenes from their movies, they do not want to include deleted scenes in such releases, as this would suggest that their films suffer from incompleteness.

Lana Wachowski says they do it in part to ensure a positive environment.

Lana Wachowski once suggested Conan the Barbarian as her favorite movie based on comics, to which Lilly responded enthusiastically.

Rumors that Lana Wachowski was transitioning spread in the early 2000s, though neither sister spoke directly on the subject at the time.

In July 2012, Lana Wachowski made her first public appearance after transitioning, in a video discussing the creative process behind Cloud Atlas.

Lana Wachowski is the first major Hollywood director to come out as transgender.

In October 2012, Lana Wachowski received the Human Rights Campaign's Visibility Award.

Lana Wachowski said that, although she and Lilly had not publicly commented on her transitioning during the previous decade, it was not because she was ashamed of it, nor had she kept it a secret from her family and friends.

In February 2014, Lana Wachowski received the Freedom Award from Equality Illinois at their annual gala in Chicago.

In March 2016, Lilly Lana Wachowski came out as a transgender woman, issuing a statement to the Windy City Times after a visit from a reporter from the Daily Mail newspaper who had attempted to get an interview with her about it.

Lana Wachowski's first public appearance since beginning transitioning was a few weeks later, at the 27th GLAAD Media Awards, where she accepted an award for her Netflix series Sense8 for Outstanding Drama Series.