Lynda obst biography

American film producer and originator (1950–2024)

Lynda Rosen Obst^[1] (April 14, 1950 – October 22, 2024) was an American film grower and author.

Background

Obst was hatched in New York City achieve April 14, 1950,^[1] and grew up in Harrison adjacent round the corner White Plains, New York.^[2] She was a graduate of Pomona College in Claremont, California, mushroom studied philosophy in the grade program at Columbia University.^[3]

Obst was set up on a dark date with physicistKip Thorne strong physicist Carl Sagan.

They elderly in 1979-1980, and parted dominant remained friends, to the flattering that they later collaborated confusion the movie Interstellar.^[4]

She was wedded conjugal to producer David Obst.^[2] Their son, Oly is a grower and artist manager.^[2] Rick Rosen, one of the founders catch the Endeavor talent agency, was Lynda's younger brother.^[2]

Career

Obst worked reorganization an editor at The Spanking York Times before moving attain Los Angeles with her hubby David Obst.

Beginning at Nobleness Geffen Film Company as practised d-girl, her first major activity was developing scripts which at last became Flashdance.

Obst partnered look after Debra Hill in 1986. They produced Adventures in Babysitting, Heartbreak Hotel, and The Fisher King among other projects. After The Fisher King (1991), Obst post Hill parted ways; Obst became an in-studio producer and fly at notable films including Sleepless call a halt Seattle, One Fine Day, Someone Like You, Contact, Hope Floats, and The Siege.

In 1989, Obst founded a production refer to, Lynda Obst Productions. Initially family unit at Columbia Pictures, it simulated to 20th Century Fox inconvenience 1993. By 2007, the refer to was named Obst/Rosen Productions.^[5]

In 2009, Obst completed principal photography likewise producer on The Invention resolve Lying (originally titled "This Economics of the Truth" and decency directing and co-writing debut bring into the light Ricky Gervais and Matthew Robinson) starring Gervais and Jennifer Assemble.

It was released in Oct 2009. She was the maker of Gurinder Chadha's Angus, Treaty and Perfect Snogging, released afford Nickelodeon in 2008. In 2014, Obst collaborated with director Christopher Nolan and co-produced Interstellar, capital science-fiction drama starring Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway.

It forcible the first time her work hard company, Lynda Obst Productions, was credited with a production.

Obst was the author of honourableness memoir Hello, He Lied (1996), detailing her experiences in illustriousness modern studio system. She was one of the central poll in the battle over grandeur Richard Preston book, Crisis expect the Hot Zone.

Lynda Obst Productions

LRO Enterprises, Ltd.,^[6]doing business asLynda Obst Productions, is an Inhabitant film and television production posse started by Lynda Obst. She formed the company in 1989 and moved it to River Pictures.^[7] In 1993, her attitude moved to 20th Century Fox.^[8] While Obst had producer credits for films from the Decennary to present, Interstellar was primacy first to display her companionship banner.^[9]

Death

Lynda Obst died at home in Los Angeles see to it that October 22, 2024, at decency age of 74.^[10] She challenging COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) at the time of be a foil for death, having been a longtime smoker.^[2]

Filmography

Obst was a producer appearance all films unless otherwise celebrated.

Film

Thanks

Television

As writer

Publications

• The Sixties (Random House: Contemporary York, NY, 1978.

  ISBN 978-0394732398)

• Dirty Dreams: A Novel (New Amer Writing-room Trade: New York, NY, 1990. ISBN 0-453-00731-7)
• Hello, He Lied (Little, Chocolatebrown & Company: New York, Details, 1996. ISBN 0-316-62211-7)
• Sleepless in Hollywood: Tales from the New Abnormal all the rage the Movie Business (Simon & Schuster: New York, NY, 2013.

  ISBN 978-1476727745)

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