Jennifer Lynch
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| Jennifer Lynch | |
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| Born | Jennifer Chambers Lynch April 4, 1968 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Jennifer Chambers Lynch (born April 7, 1968) is an American film director and screenwriter, best known for writing the book The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer and for writing and directing the 1993 feature film Boxing Helena.
Lynch was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of artist and filmmaker David Lynch (The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet, Mulholland Dr.) and painter, Peggy Reavey, ([2]). At the age of three, Lynch appeared in her father's Eraserhead (released 1977, filming began in 1972 [3]).
Lynch was educated in Los Angeles and Michigan (at the prestigious Interlochen Arts Academy) and, as a teen, worked as a production assistant on her father's Blue Velvet (1986). Already known for her precocious writing ability, she authored The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer to accompany the Twin Peaks television show (1990).
Her commissioned screenplay for Boxing Helena, which she would later go on to direct, attracted top-drawer talent, including Madonna, who withdrew when told by Andrew Lloyd Webber that she wouldn't be allowed to do Evita if she went ahead with Helena. Sherilyn Fenn ultimately played the part of Helena. Kim Basinger was also attached and was famously sued after walking away. The controversy surrounding that case, as well as feminist outcry over Helena's sadistic subject matter and the inevitable accusations of nepotism, undoubtedly contributed to the movie's critical drubbing upon its release in 1993. Also in 1993, she directed the music video "Living in the Rose" by the British rock band New Model Army[1].
Afterwards, Lynch retreated from the public eye, but came back into the spotlight with the film Surveillance. She was recently announced as director of the film Nagin [2].
[edit] Filmography (as director)
| Year | Title | Writer | Producer | Main cast | Other notes |
| 1993 | Boxing Helena | Jennifer Lynch, Philippe Caland | Philippe Caland | Sherilyn Fenn, Julian Sands, Bill Paxton | also writer |
| 2008 | Surveillance | Jennifer Lynch, Kent Harper | Kent Harper, Marco Mehlitz, David Michaels | Bill Pullman, Julia Ormond, French Stewart | also writer (with Kent Harper |
| 2009 | Nagin | Jennifer Lynch | Govind Menon, Vikram Singh | Irfan Khan, Mallika Sherawat |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Jennifer Lynch at the Internet Movie Database
- Jennifer Lynch page at the All Movie Guide
- A french article about Jennifer Lynch's works (The secret diary of Laura Palmer and Boxing Helena)
- "Living in the Rose" music video, directed by Jennifer Chambers Lynch
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