Lorne Michaels CC (born Lorne David Lipowitz; November 17, 1944) is a
Canadian-American television producer and screenwriter best known for
creating and producing Saturday Night Live and producing the Late
Night series (since 1993), The Kids in the Hall (from 1989 to 1995)
and The Tonight Show (since 2014).Lorne Michaels was born on November
17, 1944, to Florence (née Becker) and Henry Abraham Lipowitz. His
place of birth is disputed; multiple sources have said he was born in
Toronto, Ontario, while others state he was born on a kibbutz in
British-mandate Palestine (now Israel) and that his Jewish family
emigrated to Toronto when he was an infant.Michaels and his two
younger siblings were raised in Toronto; he attended Forest Hill
Collegiate Institute. He graduated from University College, Toronto,
where he majored in English, in 1966. Michaels became a US citizen in
1987 and was inducted into the Order of Canada in 2002.
Canadian-American television producer and screenwriter best known for
creating and producing Saturday Night Live and producing the Late
Night series (since 1993), The Kids in the Hall (from 1989 to 1995)
and The Tonight Show (since 2014).Lorne Michaels was born on November
17, 1944, to Florence (née Becker) and Henry Abraham Lipowitz. His
place of birth is disputed; multiple sources have said he was born in
Toronto, Ontario, while others state he was born on a kibbutz in
British-mandate Palestine (now Israel) and that his Jewish family
emigrated to Toronto when he was an infant.Michaels and his two
younger siblings were raised in Toronto; he attended Forest Hill
Collegiate Institute. He graduated from University College, Toronto,
where he majored in English, in 1966. Michaels became a US citizen in
1987 and was inducted into the Order of Canada in 2002.
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