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
couple learning mom next spent
In May 2006, I had our son, Calder. I spent the next couple of years learning how to be a mom.
certain filmmaker individual observed point rather
I feel like I've been observed as an individual more than a gay person, or as a filmmaker with a certain point of view rather than a lesbian filmmaker with a gay point of view.
films grab particular women
I don't know if my films are about women in a kind of frolicking - here's a grab bag of women's issues. They are about women of substance with very particular stories.
base gut instinct tells weird women
At the base of it, my gut instinct tells me that there's a kind of fundamental misogyny in the culture. There just is. You know, there's just a weird anxiety around women.
both since
Wendy and I both wanted kids, but since we were pushing 40, the clock was ticking.
This whole Oscar thing is so political. It's about how much a film grosses, and who's in it, and how well it has been promoted.
children later life people technology
There's a lot of technology out there to help people have children in different ways, and later in life, for better or worse.
great
Not only does Annette Bening have a really lovely, deep voice, but she's also a great articulator. I think I'm more of a mumbler.
cast squander
Making the choice to cast someone in a lead role is a big one. You don't want to squander your opportunity.
If you write something that's personal, there's going to be elements of yourself in it.
written
I've done episodic television and some other things that have been written by other people.
constant finding tension voice
I think for any artist, your voice is always evolving. For me, the constant is finding a tension or balance between drama and comedy.
attracted emotional films force tend
I tend not to be so attracted to films that force me into an intellectual place over an emotional one.
people
I just think self-satisfied people ignore certain signs about other people.