Lisa Cholodenko
Lisa Cholodenko
Lisa Cholodenko is an American screenwriter and director of film and television. She has made the films High Art, Laurel Canyon and The Kids Are All Right...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth5 June 1964
CitySan Fernando Valley, CA
CountryUnited States of America
dark planet
Everyone on the planet has a dark and a light. That's a multi-dimensional character.
boundaries identities
Boundaries get blurry and identities can get lost easily. It's easy to take your partner for granted.
I was very influenced by the films of the '70s.
slant
I don't feel like my films are about gender; they are about identity - but a different slant on identity.
life relationship source
The source of so much of my anxiety in life and the tensions in my relationship is my anxiety about my kid. It's all very abstract and unfounded and ungrounded.
angeles decided felt finished los nearly york
In June 2002, I had just finished 'Laurel Canyon' and decided to move back to Los Angeles after nearly a decade in New York. Post-9/11 New York felt different.
age living needed nutty towards
I had a nutty career. I was living in New York. Then I got to an age where my friends and sister were having children, and I started to think I needed to orient myself towards a world where it could happen.
asked directors female irrelevant question reluctant time
I get asked why there aren't more female directors all the time. I'm kind of reluctant to talk about it. That's not because I think the question is irrelevant or stupid. It's just that there are so many mitigating factors.
along authentic realized
Along my path, I've realized that this comedy/drama balance is something that's really interesting to me, and I feel, like, authentic to my voice.