Jennifer Lynch
Jennifer Lynch | |
|---|---|
| Born | Jennifer Chambers Lynch April 7, 1968 |
| Occupation(s) | Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Actress |
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.[1]
Biography
Early life
Lynch was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of artist and filmmaker David Lynch and painter Peggy Reavey. She began practicing Transcendental Meditation when she was six years old.[2]
Movie career
Lynch was educated in Los Angeles and Michigan (at the prestigious Interlochen Arts Academy) and, as a teen, played a roll of the little girl in her father's movie Eraserhead. After that she worked as a production assistant on her father's Blue Velvet (1986). She authored The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer to accompany the television show created by her father and Mark Frost, Twin Peaks; she also wrote an episode of Friday the 13th: The Series.[3]
Her commissioned screenplay for Boxing Helena, which she would later go on to direct, attracted many actresses, including Madonna.[4] Sherilyn Fenn, who was one of the stars of her father's Twin Peaks and Wild at Heart, ultimately was cast for 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 accusations of nepotism, accompanied 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.[5]
Lynch retreated from the public eye but came back into the spotlight with the film Surveillance. She was announced as director of the film Nagin (the film is also known as Hisss).[6][7]
In October 2008, Surveillance took the top prize at the Festival de Cine de Sitges.[8] A month later, Lynch became the first woman to receive the New York City Horror Film Festival's Best Director award. [9]
On March 21, 2010, Lynch was a judge at the International Surrealist Film Festival.[10] She works as producer for the upcoming Corey Brandenstein natural horror film The Compound.[11]
She is set to film Visibility for the Motion Picture Corporation of America in 2011.[12]
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 | David Lynch, Kent Harper, Marco Mehlitz, David Michaels | Bill Pullman, Julia Ormond, French Stewart | also writer (with Kent Harper) |
| 2010 | Hisss | Jennifer Lynch | Vikram Singh, Govind Menon | Mallika Sherawat, Irrfan Khan |
References
- ^ "'Boxing Helena' Director's Debut Plunges Her Into Gender Wars". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 2010-10-24.
- ^ MOTTRAM, JAMES (February 22, 2009). "Out on a limb". The Independent on Sunday. London (UK). p. 14.
- ^ Repetition at IMDb
- ^ Casey Davidson. "Boxed Lynch".
- ^ om een reactie te plaatsen! (2006-08-01). "New Model Army - Living in the rose". YouTube. Retrieved 2011-07-16.
- ^ "Surveillance Director Transforms Into a Snake Woman". Bloody-disgusting.com. Retrieved 2011-07-16.
- ^ Hisss at IMDb
- ^ Todd Brown. "Complete List of Sitges Winners Announced!".
- ^ [1]
- ^ "International surrealist film festival". www.theinternationalsurrealistfilmfestival.com. 2011-04-08. Retrieved 2011-07-16.
- ^ "Jennifer Lynch and Corey Brandenstein Throw Us to the Dogs in The Compound".
- ^ McClintock, Pamela (October 26, 2010). "Lynch latches on to Loeb's 'Visibility'". Variety.