Paul Lynch (born June 11, 1946) is a Canadian film director and television director.
Lynch came to Canada in 1960. He left school to become a cartoonist for the ''
Toronto Star
The ''Toronto Star'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper. The newspaper is the country's largest daily newspaper by circulation. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation and pa ...
'' 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''. This was followed by the box-office hit ''
Prom Night'', a straightforward
slasher film starring
Jamie Lee Curtis and
Leslie Nielsen.
Lynch has only made movies periodically, pursuing instead a career directing for American television.
Filmography
Films
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The Hard Part Begins'' (1973)
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Blood & Guts'' (1978)
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Prom Night'' (1980)
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Humongous'' (1982)
*''Cross Country'' (1983)
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Blindside
Blindside, Blind Side or The Blind Side may refer to:
Books
* ''The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game'', a 2006 book about American football
** The Blind Side (film), ''The Blind Side'' (film), a 2009 film based on the book starring Sandra Bullock
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'' (1986)
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Flying
Flying may refer to:
* Flight, the process of flying
* Aviation, the creation and operation of aircraft
Music
Albums
* ''Flying'' (Grammatrain album), 1997
* ''Flying'' (Jonathan Fagerlund album), 2008
* ''Flying'' (UFO album), 1971
* ''Fl ...
'' (a.k.a. ''Dream to Believe'', 1986)
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Bullies'' (1986)
*''On the Prowl'' (1991)
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No Contest'' (1995)
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No Contest II'' (a.k.a. ''Face the Evil'', 1997)
*''More to Love'' (1999)
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Frozen with Fear'' (2000)
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The Keeper'' (2004)
Television films
*''Teenage Marriage'' (1968)
*''Mania'' (1986)
*''Really Weird Tales'' (1987)
*''Cameo by Night'' (1987)
*''Going to the Chapel'' (a.k.a. ''Wedding Day Blues'', 1988)
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Maigret'' (1988)
*''She Knows Too Much'' (1989)
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Murder by Night ''Murder by Night'' is a 1989 American made-for-television directed by Paul Lynch and starring Robert Urich. The film's story is about a man with amnesia who is found at the scene of a murder. The film aired on USA Network.
Background
Alan B. McE ...
'' (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)
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Savage Planet'' (2007)
Television series
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Petrocelli'' (1974)
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Darkroom'' (1981)
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Voyagers!'' (1982)
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Murder, She Wrote
''Murder, She Wrote'' is an American crime drama television series, created by Peter S. Fischer, Richard Levinson and William Link, starring Angela Lansbury, and produced and distributed by Universal Television for the CBS network. The ser ...
'' (1984)
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Moonlighting'' (1985)
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The Ray Bradbury Theater'' (1985)
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The Twilight Zone'' (1985)
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Blacke's Magic'' (1986)
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Mike Hammer'' (1987)
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Tour of Duty'' (1987)
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Beauty and the Beast'' (1987)
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Star Trek: The Next Generation'' (episodes: "
The First Duty", "
11001001", "
The Naked Now", "
Unnatural Selection" and "
A Matter of Time")
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Hooperman'' (1988)
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The Bronx Zoo'' (1988)
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Beverly Hills Buntz'' (1988)
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In the Heat of the Night'' (1989)
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Top Cops'' (1990)
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Dark Shadows'' (1991)
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Matrix
Matrix most commonly refers to:
* ''The Matrix'' (franchise), an American media franchise
** '' The Matrix'', a 1999 science-fiction action film
** "The Matrix", a fictional setting, a virtual reality environment, within ''The Matrix'' (franchi ...
'' (1993)
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' (abbreviated as ''DS9'') is an American science fiction television series created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller. The fourth series in the ''Star Trek'' media franchise, it originally aired in syndication from ...
'' (1993) (episodes: "
A Man Alone", "
Babel", "
Q-Less", "
The Passenger" and "
Battle Lines")
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Kung Fu: The Legend Continues'' (1993)
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Robocop: The Series'' (1994)
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Due South
''Due South'' is a Canadian crime comedy-drama television series created by Paul Haggis, and produced by Alliance Communications from its premiere on April 26, 1994, to its conclusion after four seasons on March 14, 1999. The series starred ...
'' (1994)
*''Lonesome Dove: The Series'' (1994)
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Liberty Street'' (1994)
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Xena: Warrior Princess'' (1995)
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Land's End
Land's End ( kw, Penn an Wlas or ''Pedn an Wlas'') is a headland and tourist and holiday complex in western Cornwall, England, on the Penwith peninsula about west-south-west of Penzance at the western end of the A30 road. To the east of it i ...
'' (1995)
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Baywatch Nights'' (1995)
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The Outer Limits ''The Outer Limits'' or ''Outer Limits'' may refer to:
Television
* ''The Outer Limits'' (1963 TV series), a black-and-white science fiction series that aired from 1963 to 1965
* ''The Outer Limits'' (1995 TV series), a revival of the older series ...
'' (1995)
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Viper'' (1995)
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F/X: The Series'' (1996)
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Poltergeist: The Legacy'' (1996)
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The Magician's House'' (1999)
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Sliders'' (1998-1999)
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So Weird'' (1999-2001)
References
External links
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Paul Lynch at Northern Stars– Canadians in the Movies
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1946 births
Living people
Canadian film directors
Canadian television directors
English-language film directors
English emigrants to Canada
Film people from Liverpool