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Lynda Obst (born April 14, 1950 in New York City ) is an American film producer and writer .

Life

Lynda Rosen was born in New York City in 1950 to the textile merchant Robert A. and the teacher Claire Rosen and grew up in Harrison . She has two younger brothers.

She completed her studies at Pomona College in Claremont , California in 1972 with a bachelor's degree. She then studied philosophy at Columbia University .

She then worked as an editor for The Rolling Stone History of the Sixties and then moved to the New York Times Magazine for three years . After her husband David Obst moved with her to Los Angeles in 1979 , she initially worked for the film producer Peter Guber at Casablanca / PolyGram as Vice President of Creative Affairs. Among other things, she was involved in the development of the material for the dance film Flashdance .

She joined The Geffen Film Company in 1982 , where she was involved in the making of films such as Loose Business and The After Midnight . She left Geffen to set up the film production company Hill / Obst Productions with Debra Hill , which produced films first for Paramount and later for Disney . She and Hill produced films such as The Night of Adventure and the Oscar-nominated King of the Fishermen .

In 1989 she produced Nora Ephron's directorial debut Showtime for Columbia Pictures , and then served as executive producer on Ephron's second film Sleepless in Seattle . Then she moved fruit at 20th Century Fox , where she films like this ... days , a second chance , a state of emergency and Someone Like produced.

After producing Contact for Warner Bros. , Obst moved back to Paramount Pictures, where she made numerous other films. In addition to movies, Obst also produced television series such as Hot in Cleveland and The Soul Man . As a writer, she has written various books on the film industry and articles on the role of women in the entertainment industry. She writes for The Huffington Post , The New York Times , Los Angeles Times and Harper's Magazine , among others .

In April 2010 she received the We Empower Together Award .

A son (* 1978) was born from his marriage to David Obst.

Filmography (selection)

Associate Producer

Producer

Executive Producer

Fonts

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Lynda Fruit. In: Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved November 1, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Sleepless in Fredericksburg at texasmonthly.com, accessed on February 14, 2014
  3. ↑ a b c About us at lyndaobstproductions.com, accessed February 7, 2014
  4. ↑ Dreams: The Fisher King: About The Filmmakers at smart.co.uk, accessed February 7, 2014
  5. ↑ Fruit moving shingle from Sony to Fox lot at variety.com, accessed February 14, 2014
  6. ↑ Why is Lynda Obst Sleepless in Hollywood ( Memento of the original from February 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at lamag.com, accessed February 14, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lamag.com
personal data
SURNAME Fruit, Lynda
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lynda, Rosen (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film producer and writer
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , New York, United States