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Lisa Cholodenko

Birth Name:
Lisa Cholodenko
Birth Place:
Los Angeles, California, United States
Profession
Director, Writer, Producer, Editorial department, Camera department
Lisa Cholodenko

Fast Facts

  • Her first feature film as a director, "High Art," won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival, the GLAAD Media Award for outstanding film, and the Deauville Film Festival's Jury Special Prize
  • Won the Director's View Film Festival's Dorothy Arzner Prize for "Laurel Canyon" in 2003
  • Graduated from San Francisco State University with a degree in ethnic studies, women's studies and anthropology and earned her master's in screenwriting and direction from the Columbia University's School of the Arts
  • Made her directorial debut with the short film "Souvenir," which she also wrote and produced, in 1994
  • Started out as an assistant editor on such films as "Boyz n the Hood" and "Used People․"
  • Quote: "[on "The Kids Are All Right"] "I think people have found [it] incredibly fresh because it's like, finally, somebody doesn't have to die․ I feel really cynical about the gay martyr movie․""
  • Best known as the writer and director of "High Art," "Laurel Canyon" and "The Kids Are All Right․"
  • Her second feature film, "Laurel Canyon," was inspired by Joni Mitchell's record, "Ladies of the Canyon․"

Awards

  • 1998Golden CameraNominated
  • 1998SACD Prize - Directors' Fortnight:Nominated
  • 1998Jury Special PrizeWinner
  • 1998Grand Special PrizeNominated
  • 1998Open Palm AwardNominated
  • 1998Bronze HorseNominated
  • 1998Waldo Salt Screenwriting AwardWinner
  • 1998Grand Jury Prize - Dramatic:Nominated
  • 1998Golden Spike - Best Film:Nominated
  • 1999Chlotrudis Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 1999Directors' Week Award - Special MentionWinner
  • 1999Independent Spirit Award - Best First Feature:Nominated
  • 1999Independent Spirit Award - Best First Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2002C.I.C.A.E. AwardNominated
  • 2002SACD Prize - Directors' Fortnight:Nominated
  • 2002OFTA Television Award - Best Direction in a Drama Series:Nominated
  • 2003Dorothy Arzner PrizeWinner
  • 2003Grand Prix Asturias - Best Feature:Nominated
  • 2004Award of Ecumenical JuryWinner
  • 2004Crystal GlobeNominated
  • 2004New American Cinema AwardWinner
  • 2010Award of the Argentinean Academy - Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera):Nominated
  • 2010Davis Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2010Teddy - Best Feature Film:Winner
  • 2010CFCA Award - Best Screenplay, Original:Nominated
  • 2010Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Feature:Nominated
  • 2010HFCS Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2010Humanitas Prize - Sundance Film Category:Nominated
  • 2010ICP Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2010NYFCC Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
  • 2010PFCS Award - Best Screenplay - Original:Nominated
  • 2010Satellite Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2010Satellite Award - Best Screenplay, Original:Nominated
  • 2010VVFP Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2010WAFCA Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2010WFCC Award - Best Woman Storyteller:Winner
  • 2011Oscar - Best Writing, Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2011EDA Female Focus Award - Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in the Film Industry:Nominated
  • 2011EDA Female Focus Award - Best Woman Screenwriter:Winner
  • 2011EDA Female Focus Award - Best Woman Director:Nominated
  • 2011EDA Award - Best Writing, Original Screenplay:Winner
  • 2011EDA Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2011BAFTA Film Award - Best Screenplay (Original):Nominated
  • 2011Bodil - Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film):Nominated
  • 2011COFCA Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2011Critics Choice Award - Best Screenplay, Original:Nominated
  • 2011DFCS Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2011Independent Spirit Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2011Independent Spirit Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
  • 2011Gold Derby Film Award - Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2011Golden Globe - Best Screenplay - Motion Picture:Nominated
  • 2011INOCA - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2011ALFS Award - Screenwriter of the Year:Nominated
  • 2011OFTA Film Award - Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen:Nominated
  • 2011OFCS Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2011WGA Award (Screen) - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2014Silver MouseWinner
  • 2015DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Mini-Series:Winner
  • 2015Dorian Award - TV Director of the Year:Nominated
  • 2015Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie or a Dramatic Special:Winner
  • 2019Gotham Independent Film Award - Breakthrough Series - Longform:Nominated
  • 2020PGA Award - Outstanding Producer of Limited Series Television:Nominated
  • 2020Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Limited Series:Nominated
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