The Wachowski sisters in 2012. Retrieved from Wikimedia Commons, originally from anna-hanks.com/blog (accessed: September 16, 2022).
The Wachowskis
, b. 1965, 1967
Lana Wachowski was born June 21st 1965 as Lawrence (Larry) Wachowski. Along with younger sibling Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski directed and wrote, as well as produced, The Matrix trilogy. Wachowski’s work was inspired by a love of comic books, Dungeon and Dragons, as well as film. Wachowski is also a Human Rights Campaigner, including as an advocate for Transgender rights, and philanthropist.
Lilly Wachowski was born Dec 29th 1967 as Andrew Paul (Andy) Wachowski. Along with older sibling Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski directed, wrote and produced The Matrix Trilogy. Wachowski’s other work includes V for Vandetta (2005), Cloud Atlas (2012) the Space Opera Jupiter Ascending (2015), and the award-winning Netflix series Sense8 (2015–2018). Wachowski is also an advocate for Transgender rights.
Sources:
Lilly Wachowski at IMDb (accessed: September 16, 2022).
Lana Wachowski at IMDb (accessed: September 16, 2022).
Rose, Steve, "Lilly Wachowski: putting gender on the agenda in life and film", The Guardian 11 Mar. 2016.
Bio prepared by Dani Shalet, Canterbury Christ Church University, danielle.shalet@canterbury.ac.uk
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