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'''Andrew Paul "Andy" Wachowski''' (born December 29, 1967 in Chicago) and '''Laurence "Lana" Wachowski''' (born June 21, 1965 in Chicago, formerly known as '''Larry Wachowski'''), known together professionally as the Wachowskis and formerly as the Wachowski Brothers are American filmmakers. They are best known for [[The Matrix]] trilogy.

'''Andrew Paul "Andy" Wachowski''' (born December 29, 1967 in Chicago) and '''Laurence "Lana" Wachowski''' (born June 21, 1965 in Chicago, formerly known as '''Larry Wachowski'''), known together professionally as the Wachowskis and formerly as the Wachowski Brothers are American filmmakers. They are best known for [[The Matrix]] trilogy. They were also leftists, with Larry Wachowski (as he was known at the time) indicating in a fan interview that he was an adherent of [[Marxism]] largely because of his father.<ref>http://www.matrixfans.net/symbolism/meanings.php<br />'''Larry:''' Yeah, and he's [Larry and Andy Wachowski's father] probably more of a marxist than I am [Ken laughs], in terms of these ideas affecting and informing history...</ref> They were also very big fans of leftist scholar [[Cornel West]] and his book ''[[Prophesy Deliverance]]'', which they cited was one of the inspirations of the Matrix trilogy and even offered him a role as Councillor West for this reason in the second and third films.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/18/movies/film-and-the-oscar-for-best-scholar.html</ref>

== Filmography ==

== Filmography ==

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