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
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In May 2006, I had our son, Calder. I spent the next couple of years learning how to be a mom.
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I think for any artist, your voice is always evolving. For me, the constant is finding a tension or balance between drama and comedy.
I was very influenced by the films of the '70s.
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I don't feel like my films are about gender; they are about identity - but a different slant on identity.
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I think invariably when you are dealing with relationships, the films really center on that, and the plot is really born out of that. That's the most core part of a relationship: intimacy, I think, whether it's expressed or not.
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I have a deal with HBO to develop television, and I am also developing a movie called 'The Abstinence Teacher,' which is based on a book by Tom Perrotta.
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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.
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There is a core value I wanted to illuminate: No matter what kind of family you have - straight, gay, married, single parent, separated, no kids, two kids, 20 kids, whatever - we all go through the human comedy. But if the bonds are strong enough, and the desire is there, you can get to the other side, still together and still a family.
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Boundaries get blurry and identities can get lost easily. It's easy to take your partner for granted.
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Everyone on the planet has a dark and a light. That's a multi-dimensional character.
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I had a great love affair in high school and let myself have that love affair and tried to keep it to myself.
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I have enjoyed writing my own stuff, and it's been a privilege to be able to scrap some money together to be able to make films from my own scripts.
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I just think self-satisfied people ignore certain signs about other people.
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I tend not to be so attracted to films that force me into an intellectual place over an emotional one.