Paul Lynch (director)

Paul Lynch
Born (1946-06-11) June 11, 1946 (age 78)
Liverpool, England
NationalityCanadian
Occupation(s)Film director and television director
Years active1968 – 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.

  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.