Paul Lynch (director)

Paul Lynch (born June 11, 1946) is an English-Canadian film director and television director.[1]

Paul Lynch
Born	June 11, 1946 Liverpool, England, UK
Occupation	Film and television director
Years active	1968 – present

Lynch came to Canada in 1960. He left school to become a cartoonist for the Toronto Star and then served as a photographer for a number of small-town newspapers. This led to work in film, including a 90-minute documentary on Penthouse magazine commissioned by its publisher, Bob Guccione. His first feature was The Hard Part Begins, considered to be a classic of early English-Canadian cinema. This was followed by the box-office hit Prom Night, a straightforward slasher film starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Leslie Nielsen. Lynch has only made movies periodically, pursuing instead a career directing for American television.[2]

Filmography

Films

• The Hard Part Begins (1973)
• Blood & Guts (1978)
• Prom Night (1980)
• Humongous (1982)
• Cross Country (1983)
• Blindside (1986)
• Flying (a.k.a. Dream to Believe, 1986)
• Bullies (1986)
• On the Prowl (1991)
• No Contest (1995)
• No Contest II (a.k.a. Face the Evil, 1997)
• More to Love (1999)
• Frozen with Fear (2000)
• The Keeper (2004)

Television films

• Teenage Marriage (1968)
• Mania (1986)
• Really Weird Tales (1987)
• Cameo by Night (1987)
• Going to the Chapel (a.k.a. Wedding Day Blues, 1988)
• Maigret (1988)
• She Knows Too Much (1989)
• Murder by Night (a.k.a. Nightmare, 1989)
• Double Your Pleasure (a.k.a. The Reluctant Agent, 1989)
• Drop Dead Gorgeous (a.k.a. Victim of Beauty, 1991)
• Spenser: Ceremony (1993)
• Savage Planet (2007)

Television series

• Petrocelli (1974)
• Darkroom (1981)
• Voyagers! (1982)
• Murder, She Wrote (1984)
• Moonlighting (1985)
• The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985)
• The Twilight Zone (1985)
• Blacke's Magic (1986)
• Mike Hammer (1987)
• Tour of Duty (1987)
• Beauty and the Beast (1987)
• Star Trek: The Next Generation (episodes: "The First Duty", "11001001", "The Naked Now", "Unnatural Selection" and "A Matter of Time")
• Hooperman (1988)
• The Bronx Zoo (1988)
• Beverly Hills Buntz (1988)
• In the Heat of the Night (1989)
• Top Cops (1990)
• Dark Shadows (1991)
• Matrix (1993)
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) (episodes: "A Man Alone", "Babel", "Q-Less", "The Passenger" and "Battle Lines")
• Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1993)
• Robocop: The Series (1994)
• Due South (1994)
• Lonesome Dove: The Series (1994)
• Liberty Street (1994)
• Xena: Warrior Princess (1995)
• Land's End (1995)
• Baywatch Nights (1995)
• The Outer Limits (1995)
• Viper (1995)
• F/X: The Series (1996)
• Poltergeist: The Legacy (1996)
• The Magician's House (1999)
• Sliders (1998-1999)
• So Weird (1999-2001)

References

1. "Paul Lynch: The filmmaker as working-class hero". Cinema Canada, March 1983.
2. Canby, Vincent (August 16, 1980). "Prom Night (1980) 'PROM NIGHT,' CHILLER FROM CANADA, MASKS GORE". The New York Times.

External links

• Paul Lynch at IMDb
• Paul Lynch at Northern Stars – Canadians in the Movies
• TV.com's summary on Paul Lynch
• Cinema Canada Magazine March 1983 - Paul Lynch: Working-class hero by Connie Tadros
• Hidden Films - Interview with Paul Lynch