10 Best Filmmaking Siblings
2. The Wachowski Sisters
Lana and Lilly Wachowski have made some of the most epic and yet intimate and personal stories seen in the modern blockbuster era. Their first film was a female-centric film noir, Bound, a thrilling low-key action film that was the birth of their aesthetic as filmmakers.
Their next film was a genuine phenomenon: The Matrix was the rare blockbuster film that had heft, a deep mythology, and something important to say about accepting who you are and being your genuine self.
They made two sequels to The Matrix, which were technically impressive but perhaps not as deep or thoughtful as the original. They followed it up with the neon-lit racetracks of Speed Racer, capturing the style and tone of the original anime effectively in live action.
It would be their next two films that merged their action movie aesthetics with their message of acceptance. Both Cloud Atlas and Sense8 were projects that used big action storytelling to weave narratives of love and compassion, of support and love beyond the physical and into the spiritual.
Always seeking ideas as big as their action set pieces, Lana and Lilly Washowski are undoubtedly going to be remembered as some of the great action auteurs of modern film history.