- Lisa Cholodenko earned an MFA at Columbia University Film School where she made an award-winning short film Dinner Party (1997) Her feature High Art (1998) won the National Society of Film Critics award for Ally Sheedy's performance and The Waldo Salt Screenwriting award at Sundance. Both "High Art" and Laurel Canyon (2002) premiered at Cannes Director's Fortnight.
- IMDb mini biography by: Lisa Cholodenko
- She and her longtime companion Wendy Melvoin have a son by a sperm donor. This family situation is also the plot of Lisa Cholodenko's movie The Kids Are All Right (2010), which is dedicated 'to Wendy and Calder', the latter being the son of the two women in real life.
- Directed three actors in Emmy Award-winning performances: Bill Murray in Olive Kitteridge (2014), Frances McDormand in Olive Kitteridge (2014) and Richard Jenkins in Olive Kitteridge (2014).
- Directed two actors in Oscar nominated performances: Mark Ruffalo and Annette Bening in The Kids Are All Right (2010).
- Attended graduate school at Columbia University.
- She is the middle child of three sisters.
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