Lisa Cholodenko was born on June 5,1964 and is an American screenwriter and director.
15 Facts About Lisa Cholodenko
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Lisa Cholodenko has directed television, including the miniseries Olive Kitteridge and Unbelievable.
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Lisa Cholodenko has been nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe and has won an Emmy and a DGA Award.
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Lisa Cholodenko is from the San Fernando Valley, and grew up in a liberal Jewish family.
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Lisa Cholodenko received a BA in anthropology and ethnic studies from San Francisco State University, where she was a teaching assistant for Angela Davis.
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Lisa Cholodenko worked as an assistant editor on Beeban Kidron's Used People, Brett Leonard's The Lawnmower Man, and Gus Van Sant's To Die For.
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In 1997, Lisa Cholodenko received an MFA from Columbia University School of the Arts in screenwriting and directing.
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Lisa Cholodenko directed the 2004 film Cavedweller for Showtime; it earned Independent Spirit Award nominations for cast members Kyra Sedgwick and Aidan Quinn.
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Lisa Cholodenko next co-wrote and directed The Kids Are All Right.
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Lisa Cholodenko was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
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In 2014, Lisa Cholodenko directed the HBO four-part mini-series Olive Kitteridge starring Frances McDormand and Richard Jenkins.
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In 2018 Lisa Cholodenko was an executive producer and directed the first three episodes of Netflix's limited series Unbelievable.
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Lisa Cholodenko has directed episodes of Homicide: Life on the Street, Six Feet Under, The L Word, Hung, and Here and Now.
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Lisa Cholodenko was an executive producer, and directed the first episode, of the 2015 eight-part NBC miniseries The Slap, which was based on the Australian miniseries of the same name.
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Lisa Cholodenko directed and executive produced the first two episodes of the Hulu series The Girl from Plainville, starring Elle Fanning.