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Lisa Cholodenko

Born June 5, 1964 · Los Angeles, California, USA (age 62)

Lisa Cholodenko (born June 5, 1964) is an American screenwriter and director. Cholodenko wrote and directed the films High Art (1998), Laurel Canyon (2002), and The Kids Are All Right (2010). She has also directed television, including the miniseries Olive Kitteridge (2014) and Unbelievable (2019). She has been nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe and has won an Emmy and a DGA Award. …

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The Kids Are All Right

The Kids Are All Right · 2010

The Kids Are All Right

MovieComedyDrama

Two women, Nic and Jules, brought a son and daughter into the world through artificial insemination. When one of their children reaches age, both kids go behind their mothers' backs to meet with the donor. Life becomes so much more interesting when the father, two mothers and children start to become attached to each other.

High Art

High Art · 1998

MovieDramaRomance

When Syd, a young editor at an influential art magazine, becomes involved with her neighbor, a drug-addicted lesbian photographer, both seek to exploit each other for their respective careers while slowly falling in love with each other.

Laurel Canyon

Laurel Canyon · 2003

MovieDramaRomance

When an uptight young man and his fiancée move into his libertine mother's house, the resulting clash of life attitudes shakes everyone up.

Beautiful

Film adaptation of the stage musical "Beautiful: The Carole King Musical".

Cavedweller

Cavedweller · 2004

A traumatic event sends a musician back to her hometown in an effort to reunite with the daughters she abandoned. To do so, she must confront her abusive ex-husband, from whom she fled years ago.

Petrol

MovieDramaThriller

An idealistic film student is drawn into a shadowy and intoxicating world when she befriends an enigmatic performance artist.

Dinner Party

Dinner Party · 1997

An unexpected surprise awaits dinner guests.

Homicide: Life on the Street

Homicide: Life on the Street · 1993

Homicide: Life on the Street

SeriesMysteryDrama

An American police procedural chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit.

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The Kids Are All Right

The Kids Are All Right · 2010

The Kids Are All Right

MovieComedyDrama

Two women, Nic and Jules, brought a son and daughter into the world through artificial insemination. When one of their children reaches age, both kids go behind their mothers' backs to meet with the donor. Life becomes so much more interesting when the father, two mothers and children start to become attached to each other.

Director

High Art

High Art · 1998

MovieDramaRomance

When Syd, a young editor at an influential art magazine, becomes involved with her neighbor, a drug-addicted lesbian photographer, both seek to exploit each other for their respective careers while slowly falling in love with each other.

Director

Laurel Canyon

Laurel Canyon · 2003

MovieDramaRomance

When an uptight young man and his fiancée move into his libertine mother's house, the resulting clash of life attitudes shakes everyone up.

Director

Beautiful

Film adaptation of the stage musical "Beautiful: The Carole King Musical".

Director

Cavedweller

Cavedweller · 2004

A traumatic event sends a musician back to her hometown in an effort to reunite with the daughters she abandoned. To do so, she must confront her abusive ex-husband, from whom she fled years ago.

Director

Petrol

MovieDramaThriller

An idealistic film student is drawn into a shadowy and intoxicating world when she befriends an enigmatic performance artist.

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Dinner Party

Dinner Party · 1997

An unexpected surprise awaits dinner guests.

Director

Homicide: Life on the Street

Homicide: Life on the Street · 1993

Homicide: Life on the Street

SeriesMysteryDrama

An American police procedural chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit.

Director

Six Feet Under

Six Feet Under · 2001

When death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of their family-owned funeral home continues to be at least as challenging as—and far less predictable than—the one inside.

Director

The L Word

The L Word · 2004

SeriesDramaSoap

A group of lesbian friends struggle with romance and careers in Los Angeles.

Director

The Girl from Plainville

The Girl from Plainville · 2022

The Girl from Plainville

SeriesDramaCrime

The controversial case of Michelle Carter, who was convicted in 2017 of involuntary manslaughter for encouraging the suicide of her then-boyfriend via texts and phone calls.

Director

Hung

Desperate times call for desperate measures and Ray Drecker's situation couldn't be much tougher. The former high school sports legend turned middle-aged high school basketball coach is divorced and struggling to provide for his kids when his already run-down house catches fire. Looking to take on a second job, Ray decides to exploit his best asset in a last-ditch attempt to change his fortunes.

Director

Unbelievable

Unbelievable · 2019

SeriesDramaCrime

After a young woman is accused of lying about a rape, two female detectives investigate a spate of eerily similar attacks.

Director

The Slap

The Slap · 2015

Hector and his wife Aisha plan a party for family and friends, but the day doesn't turn out as they expected when Hector's hot-headed cousin Harry slaps a misbehaving child. The party ends abruptly with the child's parents threatening legal action, and a chain of events is ignited that will uncover secrets, challenge core values, and leave the party guests and hosts forever changed.

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Olive Kitteridge

Olive Kitteridge · 2014

Olive Kitteridge

A look at a seemingly placid New England town that is actually wrought with illicit affairs, crime and tragedy, all told through the lens of Olive, whose wicked wit and harsh demeanor mask a warm but troubled heart and staunch moral center. The story spans 25 years and focuses on Olive's relationships with her husband, Henry, the good-hearted and kindly town pharmacist; their son, Christopher, who resents his mother's approach to parenting; and other members of their community.

Director

Here and Now

Here and Now · 2018

A provocative and darkly comic meditation on the disparate forces polarizing present-day American culture, as experienced by the members of a progressive multi-ethnic family — a philosophy professor and his wife, their adopted children from Vietnam, Liberia and Colombia and their sole biological child — and a contemporary Muslim family, headed by a psychiatrist who is treating one of their children.

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