Lynda Obst Biography (1950-)
Born April 14, 1950, in New York, NY; daughter of Robert A. and Claire (maiden name, Shenker) Rosen; married David Obst (divorced); children: Oliver. Addresses: Agent: William Morris Agency, 151 El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills,CA 90212.; Office: Lynda Obst Productions, 5555 Melrose Ave., Bldg. 210, Hollywood, CA 90038.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Film company executive, producer, screenwriter, writer, editor, novelist
- Birth Details
- April 14, 1950
- New York, New York, United States
Famous Works
- CREDITS
- Television Appearances
- Specials
- Interviewee, Dawn Steel: The E! True Hollywood Story, E! Entertainment Television, 1998
- Interviewee, What Is a Producer?, E! Entertainment Television, 2001
- Host, Hello, He Lied & Other Truths from the Hollywood Trenches (documentary; also known as Hello, He Lied), AMC, 2002
- Miniseries
- Herself, Naked Hollywood, 1991
- Television Executive Producer
- The 60s (miniseries), NBC, 1999
- (Uncredited) Hello, He Lied & Other Truths from the Hollywood Trenches (documentary; also known as Hello, He Lied), AMC, 2002
- Film Producer
- Adventures in Babysitting (also known as A Night on the Town), Buena Vista, 1987
- Heartbreak Hotel, Buena Vista, 1988
- The Fisher King, TriStar, 1991
- This Is My Life, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1991
- (Uncredited) Apollo 13, Universal, 1995
- One Fine Day, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1996
- Hope Floats, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998
- The Siege (also known as Against All Enemies, Martial Law, and Untitled Ed Zwick Project), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998
- The Wishbones, Fox 2000 Pictures, 1999
- Rite of Passage, Paramount, 1999
- Someone Like You ... (also known as Animal Attraction), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2001
- Abandon, Paramount, 2002
- Film Associate Producer
- (As Lynda Rosen Obst) Flashdance, Paramount, 1983
- Film Executive Producer
- Sleepless in Seattle, Columbia TriStar, 1993
- Bad Girls, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1994
- Contact, Warner Bros., 1997
- WRITINGS
- Television Specials
- Hello, He Lied & Other Truths from the Hollywood Trenches (documentary; adapted from Obst's book of the same title; also known as Hello,He Lied), AMC, 2002
- Books
- (Editor) Rolling Stone History of the Sixties, Straight Arrow Books, 1974-1976
- (With Carol Wolper) Dirty Dreams (novel), New American Library, 1990
- Hello, He Lied: And Other Truths from the Hollywood Trenches, Little Brown & Company, 1996
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
- Cosmopolitan, September, 1996, pp. 260-65
- Harpers, January, 1986, p. 26
- Interview, February, 1999, p. 56
- Maclean's, December 30, 1996, p. 101
- New York Times, September 20, 1991, p. C6; October 28, 1996
- Publisher's Weekly, July 11, 1994, p. 57; August 5, 1996, p. 425
- Texas Monthly, July, 1997, p. 84
- Variety, July 14, 1997, p. 43
- Wall Street Journal, March 2, 1992, p. A9