Jennifer Lynch

Jennifer Lynch: Biography in Details

Who is Jennifer Lynch?

Jennifer Lynch is an American screenwriter, director, known for Chained (2012), Boxing Helena (1993) and Surveillance(2008).

Lynch is also known as the author of the book The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer.

Age, Parents, Childhood, Siblings

Born as Jennifer Chambers Lynch on April 7, 1968, in Philadelphia, PA, USA, Lynch is 51 years old.

She is the daughter of artist and filmmaker David Lynch. And her mother was a painter Peggy Lynch (Peggy Reavey).

Lynch’s parents divorced when she was six and at the same started focusing on Transcendental Meditation.

Also, she is the half-sister of Austin Jack Lynch and Riley Lynch. Jennifer Lynch had three consecutive spinal surgeries because of an injury that happened in a car accident.

Surgeries due to Accident

She revealed in a 2009 interview that she had surgeries following the release of Boxing Helena for a car accident that occurred when Lynch was nineteen years old.

In which school did Jennifer Lynch attend?

Lynch studied visual arts and creative writing from the Interlochen Art Academy, Interlochen, Michigan and later graduated.

Jennifer Lynch: Professional Life, Film Projects

She started her career together with her mother, she made a brief appearance in her father’s debut feature film Eraserhead, but her appearance was not included in the final cut. She subsequently worked as a production assistant on Blue Velvet (1986), also directed by her father.

Lynch was commissioned for screenplay Boxing Helena, which she later directed. She got attracted by many actresses, including Madonna. Sherilyn Fenn, one stared in her father’s television series Twin Peaks and the film Wild at Heart which was ultimately cast as a ruling character.

In 2008 lengthy hiatus, Lynch returned to the public arena with the film Surveillance.

Bollywood Career

She was announced as director of the film Nagin that featured Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat, but the film that was released was not Lynch’s work, even though the producers included her name to the final product.

Hollywood Career

Jennifer then directed and co-wrote the 2012 horror film Chained, in which Vincent D’Onofrio stars as a cab-driving serial killer. The film got positive reviews from experts, with a 73% rating on review in different sites.

In the year June 2013, she is filming A Fall from Grace. The film includes Tim Roth as a St. Louis detective investigating the murder of young girls by a mysterious assailant and scheduled for release late in 2015.

They released a trailer for A Fall from Grace on March 7, 2013, by Apothecary Film’s producer David Michaels, who worked with the director on Surveillance. The film was co-written by producer Eric Wilkinson the film set and filmed in St. Louis, U.S. and is inspired by the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge.

Talking about television series, she has directed episodes of many series such as Jessica Jones, Finding Carter, Psych, Quantico, Teen Wolf, The Walking Dead, The Last Ship, Wayward Pines, American Horror Story, The Strain, Once Upon a Time, Hawaii Five-0 and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 

Awards, Nomination, Review

In October 2008, her film Surveillance won the top prize at the Festival de Cine de Sitges. Later, the same year Lynch became the first woman to receive the New York City Horror Film Festival’s Best Director award.

The film got nominated for Grand Jury Prize in the Dramatic category at the Sundance Film Festival.

Directed by her Boxing Helena received scathing reviews upon its release and a Razzie Award for Worst Director.

How much is the net worth of Jennifer Lynch?

Jennifer Lynch has an estimated net worth of $1million to $10million. Her income as a producer is $46,660 US.

Jennifer Lynch: Controversy

Kim Basinger got attached to her and got famously sued after resigning from the project. The controversy surrounding that case, and feminist outcry over Helena’s sadistic subject and accusations of nepotism, accompanied the movie’s critical drubbing upon its release in 1993.

Body Measurements

She has light green eyes with blonde hair color. Lynch is 6 feet tall and weighs about 65kg.

Twitter, Instagram

She has about 7.8k followers on Twitter. Similarly, she has around 17.6k followers on Instagram.

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