Lana Wachowski

Lana Wachowski (born June 21, 1965) is known as one of the Wachowski sisters — a directing, writing and producing duo most famous for creating The Matrix series.

Works

De "Matrix" à "Sense8", la révolution Wachowski

From "Bound" to the queer series "Work in Progress", an exploration and deciphering of the artistic work and revolutionary career of Lana and Lilly Wachowski. "Matrix" is the soil in which all the seeds of the filmmakers' struggle were sown. Feminism, anti-capitalism, trans-identity and racial justice are encoded in trench-coat action scenes and symbol-laden metaphors. The two sisters, as uncompromising in their societal battles as they are in their experimental aesthetics, are a happy Hollywood anomaly, a real crack in the matrix it's time to rediscover.

Release Date: 2024-05-31

Character: Self (archive footage)

Vote Count: 3

The Matrix Resurrections

Plagued by strange memories, Neo's life takes an unexpected turn when he finds himself back inside the Matrix.

Release Date: 2021-12-16

Department: Writing

Job: Characters

Vote Count: 5867

Sense8: Creating the World

Go behind the scenes and around the world with the "Sense8" cast and crew in this in-depth look at how the hit series is made.

Release Date: 2015-08-01

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 91

Sense8

One gunshot, one death, one moment out of time that irrevocably links eight minds in disparate parts of the world, putting them in each other's lives, each other's secrets, and in terrible danger. Ordinary people suddenly reborn as "Sensates."

Release Date: 2015-06-05

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 24

Vote Count: 1651

Jupiter Ascending

In a universe where human genetic material is the most precious commodity, an impoverished young Earth woman becomes the key to strategic maneuvers and internal strife within a powerful dynasty…

Release Date: 2015-02-04

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 6786

Cloud Atlas

A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Based on the award winning novel by David Mitchell. Directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis.

Release Date: 2012-10-26

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 7118

Side by Side

Since the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film. Over the past two decades, a new form of digital filmmaking has emerged, creating a groundbreaking evolution in the medium. Keanu Reeves explores the development of cinema and the impact of digital filmmaking via in-depth interviews with Hollywood masters, such as James Cameron, David Fincher, David Lynch, Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese, George Lucas, Steven Soderbergh, and many more.

Release Date: 2012-08-19

Character: Self

Vote Count: 291

Ninja Assassin

Ninja Assassin follows Raizo, one of the deadliest assassins in the world. Taken from the streets as a child, he was transformed into a trained killer by the Ozunu Clan, a secret society whose very existence is considered a myth. But haunted by the merciless execution of his friend by the Clan, Raizo breaks free from them and vanishes. Now he waits, preparing to exact his revenge.

Release Date: 2009-09-29

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Vote Count: 1576

Speed Racer

Speed Racer is a young and brilliant racing driver. When corruption in the racing leagues costs his brother his life, Speed must team up with the police and the mysterious Racer X to bring an end to the corruption and criminal activities.

Release Date: 2008-05-07

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 1579

V for Vendetta

In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as “V” conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When V rescues a young woman from the secret police, he finds in her an ally with whom he can continue his fight to free the people of Britain.

Release Date: 2006-02-23

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 14632

The Matrix Reloaded Revisited

The making of The Matrix Reloaded: Go to the middle movie's furthest reaches via five documentary paths revealing 21 featurettes.

Release Date: 2004-12-07

Character: Self - Director

Vote Count: 27

The Matrix Revolutions Revisited

The making of The Matrix Revolutions: The cataclysmic final confrontation chronicled through six documentary pods revealing 28 featurettes

Release Date: 2004-12-07

Character: Self - Director

Vote Count: 24

The Matrix Revolutions

The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing the rogue Agent Smith.

Release Date: 2003-11-05

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 10038

Kid's Story

A high school student is haunted by thoughts of "The Matrix" and a person named "Neo".

Release Date: 2003-06-03

Department: Writing

Job: Story

Vote Count: 164

Program

Cis and Duo discuss leaving the real world while during a samurai sword fight. Part of the Animatrix collection of animated shorts set in the Matrix universe.

Release Date: 2003-06-03

Department: Writing

Job: Original Film Writer

Vote Count: 129

World Record

A record-breaking competitive runner begins to stretch the limits of the Matrix. Part of the Animatrix collection of animated shorts set in the Matrix universe.

Release Date: 2003-06-03

Department: Writing

Job: Original Film Writer

Vote Count: 128

Matriculated

The human resistance works to convert a sentinel to their side. Part of the Animatrix collection of animated shorts set in the Matrix universe.

Release Date: 2003-06-03

Department: Writing

Job: Original Film Writer

Vote Count: 138

Beyond

While looking for her cat, a young woman and some kids find an abandoned building where strange things happen and the rules of physics don't always apply. Part of the Animatrix collection of animated shorts set in the Matrix universe.

Release Date: 2003-06-03

Department: Writing

Job: Original Film Writer

Vote Count: 132

Executions: The Making of 'The Animatrix'

This making-of piece is composed of seven segments: "Making The Second Renaissance Parts 1 and 2" (9:45), "Making The Program" (6:13), "Making World Record" (7:25), "Making Kid's Story And Detective Story" (9:42), "Making Beyond" (8:48), "Making Matriculated" (6:46) and "Making Final Flight Of Osiris" (6:39). Each of the features cover something a bit different, as some of the features are a pure "making of" type feature, while others might also delve into certain influences and things of that sort. Everyone involved speaks of their approach to their specific feature (or features) and they also talk about how they were approached by the Wachowski's about the Animatrix project and in certain instances, we learn about the director, as well as their work before signing on to this particular project. We get to see footage from the short itself, as well as interview footage with the principals and footage from behind-the-scenes.

Release Date: 2003-06-03

Character: Self

The Animatrix

Release Date: 2003-06-03

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 4

Vote Count: 7

The Matrix Reloaded

Six months after the events depicted in The Matrix, Neo has proved to be a good omen for the free humans, as more and more humans are being freed from the matrix and brought to Zion, the one and only stronghold of the Resistance. Neo himself has discovered his superpowers including super speed, ability to see the codes of the things inside the matrix and a certain degree of pre-cognition. But a nasty piece of news hits the human resistance: 250,000 machine sentinels are digging to Zion and would reach them in 72 hours. As Zion prepares for the ultimate war, Neo, Morpheus and Trinity are advised by the Oracle to find the Keymaker who would help them reach the Source. Meanwhile Neo's recurrent dreams depicting Trinity's death have got him worried and as if it was not enough, Agent Smith has somehow escaped deletion, has become more powerful than before and has fixed Neo as his next target.

Release Date: 2003-05-15

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 11127

The Animatrix

Straight from the creators of the groundbreaking Matrix trilogy, this collection of short animated films from the world's leading anime directors fuses computer graphics and Japanese anime to provide the background of the Matrix universe and the conflict between man and machines. The shorts include Final Flight of the Osiris, The Second Renaissance, Kid's Story, Program, World Record, Beyond, A Detective Story and Matriculated.

Release Date: 2003-05-09

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Vote Count: 1594

The Second Renaissance Part II

The battle for Earth turns against the humans, despite their infamous desperate act of blackening the skies.

Release Date: 2003-05-05

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 163

Final Flight of the Osiris

Immediately before the events of The Matrix Reloaded, the crew of the hovercraft Osiris discovers a quarter of a million sentinels drilling through the surface of the earth towards the last human city of Zion. But can the Osiris survive long enough to warn Zion?

Release Date: 2003-03-21

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 165

The Second Renaissance Part I

Tells the early history of how conflict began between the humans and machines. Part 1 of 2.

Release Date: 2003-02-04

Department: Writing

Job: Original Film Writer

Vote Count: 165

The Matrix Revisited

The film goes behind the scenes of the 1999 sci-fi movie The Matrix.

Release Date: 2001-11-19

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Character: Self - Director

Vote Count: 197

Making 'The Matrix'

A promotional making-of documentary for the film Matrix, The (1999) that devotes its time to explaining the digital and practical effects contained in the film. This is very interesting, seeing as how they're giving away the cinematic secrets that they created solely for the this movie, that have now been spoofed and referenced in countless other films.

Release Date: 1999-09-21

Character: Self

Vote Count: 40

The Matrix

Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.

Release Date: 1999-03-31

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 26076

Bound

Corky, a tough female ex-convict working on an apartment renovation in a Chicago building, meets a couple living next door, Caesar, a paranoid mobster, and Violet, his seductive girlfriend, who is immediately attracted to her.

Release Date: 1996-09-13

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 958

Assassins

Assassin Robert Rath arrives at a funeral to kill a prominent mobster, only to witness a rival hired gun complete the job for him -- with grisly results. Horrified by the murder of innocent bystanders, Rath decides to take one last job and then return to civilian life. But finding his way out of the world of contract killing grows ever more dangerous as Rath falls for his female target and becomes a marked man himself.

Release Date: 1995-10-06

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 1566

Matrix 5

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer