Paul Lynch (director)

Canadian director

Paul Lynch

Born|  (1946-06-11) June 11, 1946 (age 77)

Liverpool, England

Nationality| Canadian
Occupation(s)| film director and television director
Years active| 1968 - present

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

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 film was The Hard Part Begins.[2] This was followed by the box-office hit Prom Night, a straightforward slasher film starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Leslie Nielsen.[3] Lynch has only made movies periodically, pursuing instead a career directing for American television.

## Filmography[edit]

### Films[edit]

* The Hard Part Begins (1973)
* Blood & Guts (1978)
* Prom Night (1980)
* Humongous (1982)
* Cross Country (1983)
* Flying (a.k.a. Dream to Believe, 1986)
* Blindside (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[edit]

* 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[edit]

* 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[edit]

1. ^ "Paul Lynch: The filmmaker as working-class hero". Cinema Canada, March 1983.
2. ^ Weisberg, Sam (November 18, 2011). "Interview with Paul Lynch". Hidden Films. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
3. ^ Canby, Vincent (August 16, 1980). "'Prom Night,' Chiller from Canada, Masks Gore". The New York Times.

## External links[edit]

* Paul Lynch at Memory Alpha
* Paul Lynch at IMDb
* Paul Lynch at Northern Stars – Canadians in the Movies

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Films directed by Paul Lynch

* The Hard Part Begins (1973)
* Blood & Guts (1978)
* Prom Night (1980)
* Humongous (1982)
* Flying (1986)
* Bullies (1986)
* Blindside (1987)
* No Contest (1995)
* No Contest II (1997)
* Frozen with Fear (2000)
* The Keeper (2004)

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