How much is Wachowski Sisters worth?
| Net Worth: | $200 Million |
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| Profession: | Professional Film directors |
| Date of Birth: | June 21, 1965 |
| Country: | United States of America |
About The Wachowski Sisters
Lilly was born in Chicago in 1967, two and a half years after Lana was born there in 1965. Lynne (née Luckinbill), their mother, was both a nurse and an artist. Ron Wachowski, their father, was a businessman with Polish ancestry. Laurence Luckinbill, an actor and producer who has won a Primetime Emmy, is their uncle.
In the late 2010s, Ron and Lynne passed away five weeks apart. Julie and Laura are the other two sisters that Lana and Lilly have. Julie is a novelist and screenwriter, and she served as the movie Bound’s assistant coordinator.
The sisters, collectively referred to as the Wachowskis have collaborated on writing and directing projects throughout the majority of their careers. They made their filmmaking debut in 1996 with Bound, and after starring in The Matrix, a massive box office hit for which they received the Saturn Award for Best Director, they rose to stardom. They participated in the creation and production of additional films in the Matrix franchise as well as its two sequels, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions (all released in 2003).
With the Emile Hirsch-starring Speed Racer (2008), the Wachowskis made a comeback as directors. The movie, once more produced by Silver, was a remake of the 1967 anime television series Mach GoGoGo, which was based on the 1960s Japanese manga series Mach GoGoGo. The Wachowskis hired cinematographer David Tattersall to film the movie digitally on a digital backlot in an effort to replicate the appearance of anime in real action. They planned to add several visual effects in post-production. Both critically and financially, the film was seen as a disaster.
Although its special effects were praised as being exceptional, the storyline is thought to be unsatisfactory. It received a nomination for the 29th Golden Raspberry Awards’ “Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel” category. Despite having a $120 million production budget, it made $93 million at the box office. Since then, the movie has occasionally appeared on critics’ lists of overlooked or cult movies.
Their following film, Cloud Atlas, was directed by them and stars an ensemble cast that included Tom Hanks and Halle Berry. It was based on the 2004 novel of the same name by David Mitchell. In partnership with German director Tom Tykwer, who the Wachowskis had introduced to the book several years before, Cloud Atlas was written and produced. The picture was made independently after great difficulty because the filmmakers were unable to obtain money from a studio (with the exception of $20 million from Warner Bros.). The first attempt at a German blockbuster, it had a budget of over $100 million, making it the most costly independent film to that point.
Their pre- and post-production, as well as effects, studio is called Kinowerks, and it is headquartered in Chicago’s Ravenswood area. The Wachowskis made their intention to close and sell Kinowerks for $5 million public on October 22, 2018.
