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Lana Wachowski (born June 21, 1965, birth name Laurence Wachowski) and Lilly Wachowski (born December 29, 1967, birth name Andrew Paul Wachowski), known together professionally as The Wachowskis, currently as The Wachowski Sisters (since 2016), and formerly as The Wachowski Brothers (before 2010), are Polish American movie directors, writers and transgender women, most famous for creating The Matrix series. Their other projects include live-action adaptation of Speed Racer, Jupiter Ascending and the Netflix television series Sense-8.
The Wachowskis | |
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Born | Lana: Laurence Wachowski Lilly: Andrew Paul Wachowski Lana: June 21, 1965 Lilly: December 29, 1967 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Other names | Collectively:
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Occupation(s) | Film and television directors, writers, producers |
Years active | 1994–present |
Notable work |
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Spouses | Lana: Thea Bloom
(m. 1993; div. 2002)Karin Winslow (m. 2009)Lilly: Alisa Blasingame (m. 1991) |
Relatives | Laurence Luckinbill (uncle) |
Lana Wachowski had a sex change operation in 2008 and changed her name from Larry Wachowski.[1] Lilly changed her name from Andy Wachowski in 2016.
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