ABOUT LANA WACHOWSKI
Writer and director alongside her sister Lilly Wachowski who is best known for creating The Matrix trilogy. She and Lilly also directed Speed Racer , Cloud Atlas and Jupiter Ascending .
She was born Laurence Wachowski and began undergoing gender transitioning in the early 2000s. Her full transition was revealed in 2008.
She and Lilly created the Netflix original series Sense8 . She received the Human Rights Campaign's Visibility Award.
She was born in Chicago to a mother, Lynne, who was a nurse and painter and father, Ron, who was a businessman. In addition to Lilly, she has two other sisters named Julie and Lauren. Her uncle is actor Laurence Luckinbill . She is married to Karin Winslow .
She and Lilly wrote and produced the Natalie Portman starring film V for Vendetta .
