Live from New York: SNL's Lorne Michaels will be honored in May at the PEN America gala. Colin Jost will host the event.
Sarandos already is well known in the “Saturday Night Live” community: Netflix landed the 2015 coming-of-age comedy “Staten Island Summer,” produced by Michaels and written by Jost. Michaels, 78, has been overseeing SNL since it first aired in 1975, aside from a few seasons in the 1980s.
The show helped launched the careers of Bill Murray, Adam Sandler, Eddie Murphy and many others stars, and has included Jost, Tina Fey and Seth Meyers among its head writers. Michaels has previously received a Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. “Lorne Michaels has mentored and nurtured three generations of this country’s most talented and innovative writers, shaping the voice of American comedy as it resonates the world over,” Nossel’s statement said. “His ability to keep his finger on our national zeitgeist for 47 years and counting makes him an unparalleled cultural icon.”Sarandos joined Netflix in 2000, and has worked on projects ranging from “House of Cards” to Martin Scorsese’s epic “The Irishman,” which the director has said would not have been possible without the backing of Netflix. Sarandos’ ties to “Saturday Night Live” also include a multi-picture Netflix deal with Sandler in 2015. Two years earlier, Sarandos and his wife, Nicole Avant, even purchased the Malibu home of former “SNL” performer David Spade.
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