Lynda Obst
Producer
Weak box-office for 'Amelia' will likely heighten Hollywood wariness of women's dramas...Mia!" on the other, where are the screen heroines of yesteryear, who could be strong, serious and sexy? "Dramas are dead," says producer Lynda Obst ("Contact," "The Invention of Lying"). "Some of the greatest parts for women - the Academy... In this article: Amelia, Hilary Swank, Hollywood, Mamma Mia, Lynda Obst, Drew Barrymore, Jodie Foster, Erin Brockovich, and Oscars |
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thestar.com | October 27, 2009
Chicks flicked
...in dramas, and this is the worst time for dramas since I've been in the business for the last 10,000 years." More than ever, producer Lynda Obst ("Contact," "The Invention of Lying") adds, the movie business is geared toward the young men...
In this article: Academy Award, California State University, San Diego, and U.S.
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Wikipedia | October 13, 2009
Richard LaGravenese
...Central Park West with his daughter Lily and wife Ann. LaGravenese wrote The Fisher King on spec in the late 1980's. It was acquired by Lynda Obst and Debra Hill's production company. They subsequently attracted Terry Gilliam to direct. The...
In this article: Richard LaGravenese, Academy Award, Robert Redford, Barbra Streisand, The Fisher King, The Horse Whisperer, Unstrung Heroes, and Debra Hill
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Lynda Obst
Lynda Rosen Obst (born April 14, 1950) is a feature film producer. She was born in New York and is a graduate of Pomona College in Claremont, CA. She worked as an editor at The New York Times before moving to Los Angeles with her...
In this article: Lynda Rosen Obst, This Side of the Truth, New York, NY, Ricky Gervais, Pomona College, Angus Thongs and Perfect Snogging, The Geffen Film Company, and Steven Spielberg
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Rotten Tomatoes: Movies | October 04, 2009
57% The Invention of Lying
In this article: Ricky Gervais, 28 Weeks Later, Jennifer Garner, HBO, Baby Mama, The Office, Extras, and Groundhog Day
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Cele--bitchy | September 23, 2009
Jennifer Garner's friend claims 3-year-old Violet is reading Jane Austen
...(wholesome) drinking game. Anyway, that's not the problem. The problem comes when one of Jennifer's producer friends, a woman named Lynda Obst, starts talking about how Jennifer is such an amazing mom - and Obst pours it a little thick:...
In this article: Jennifer Garner, Jane Austen, Persuasion, God, People Magazine, Emma, and Mansfield Park
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People.com Latest News | September 22, 2009
Jennifer Garner's an Old-Fashioned Mom
...Violet was cooking with her, or reading Jane Austen, or doing one of these remarkable things that Violet tends to do," producer Lynda Obst told PEOPLE. "She encourages her kids to be independent. At the same time, kind of not television...
In this article: Jennifer Garner, Gucci, Jane Austen, and Ben Affleck
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Business Wire Entertainment News | September 08, 2009
Save the Date - U.S. Premiere of THE INVENTION OF LYING Monday, September 21
...Hill, Louis C.K., Jason Bateman, Stephanie March and Rob Lowe, with co-director/writer Matthew Robinson, and producers Lynda Obst, Oly Obst and Dan Lin. Celebrity guests to follow. From Ricky Gervais, the award-winning creator and star of...
In this article: Ricky Gervais, Jonah Hill, Jennifer Garner, Rob Lowe, and U.S.
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Crisis in the Hot Zone
...created a bidding war between rival movie studios for the film rights. The rights were sold to Twentieth Century Fox and producer Lynda Obst on the understanding that as a woman she would be able to treat the lead character - a female...
In this article: The Hot Zone, Jodie Foster, Arnold Kopelson, Ridley Scott, Robert Redford, Richard Preston, Revenue, The New Yorker, and Laurence Dworet
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The Hollywood Reporter | February 06, 2008
Hill, Louis C.K. join 'Truth'
...who marks his feature directing debut with the film, is co-writing and co-directing with Matt Robinson. Lynda Obst and Oly Obst are producing the Media Rights Capital-financed project. Production is set to begin in April. Hill...
In this article: Jonah Hill, Ricky Gervais, This Side of the Truth, Depression, and Warner Bros.
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www.washingtonpost.com
With strong female characters, Hollywood suffers from a fear of failure
In this article: Hollywood, Amelia, Hilary Swank, Mamma Mia, Whip It, Drew Barrymore, Jodie Foster, and Sex and the City
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Lynda Rosen Obst (born April 14, 1950, New York) is a feature film producer. She worked as an editor at The New York Times before moving to Los Angeles with then-husband David Obst. Starting at The Geffen Film Company as a "d-girl", her first major project was developing the first scripts that would eventually become Flashdance.
She later partnered with Debra Hill in 1986. The partnership would go on to produce Adventures in Babysitting, Heartbreak Hotel and The Fisher King, among other projects.
Following The Fisher King (1991), Obst and Hill parted ways, Obst going on to produce Sleepless in Seattle, One Fine Day, Someone Like You, Contact, and "The Siege" among other films.
Following the end of her relationship with Hill, Lynda Obst became an in-studio producer. She was one of the central figures in the battle over the Richard Preston article Crisis in the Hot Zone.
She is the author of the memoir Hello, He Lied (1996), detailing her experiences in the modern studio system.
She recently completed principal photography as producer on the Ricky Gervais-Matthew Robinson co-writing and directing debut, "This SIde of the Truth, starring Ricky Gervais and Jennifer Garner, and is producer of Gurinder Chada's, "AngusThongs, and Perfect Snogging" to be released by Nickelodeon.
She is currently writing and producing Interstellar, the upcoming film to be directed by Steven Spielberg.
She is a graduate of Pomona College in Claremont, CA.
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