Lorne Michaels
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Television producer and screenwriter
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Honoree
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2004 Winner
Lorne Michaels is an award-winning producer and writer, best known as the creator and executive producer of Saturday Night Live, the most Emmy®-nominated show in television history.
Born in Toronto in 1944, Michaels attended the University of Toronto and later began his television career in Canada and Los Angeles. He arrived in New York in 1975 to begin SNL.
Recent Kennedy Center history: Lorne Michaels received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2004. Additionally, he was part of the guest cast paying tribute to Mark Twain Prize recipients Dave Chappelle (2019), Tina Fey (2010), and Steve Martin (2005).
Celebrating Lorne Michaels
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Lorne Michaels Colleagues and Friends
Paul Simon - Tribute by Steve Martin
Paul Simon - Tribute by Steve Martin
Legendary singer-songwriter Paul Simon is the victim of a tribute by comedian Steve Martin. Both are long-time guests on Saturday Night Live.
Steve Martin - Tribute by Steve Carell
Steve Martin - Tribute by Steve Carell
Steve Martin has been guest-hosting Saturday Night Live since 1976, as parodied on the show. Steve Martin received the Kennedy Center Honor in 2007.
Will Ferrell - Mark Twain Prize Acceptance Speech
Will Ferrell - Mark Twain Prize Acceptance Speech
Will Ferrell was a cast member of Saturday Night Live for seven years and has hosted the show five times.
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