Paul Lynch

Paul Lynch (born June 11, 1946) is an English-born Canadian film director and television director. He is a three-time Gemini Award and a Directors Guild of America Award nominee.

Life and career Lynch was born in Liverpool in 1946, and raised in Hoylake. His family emigrated to Canada in when he was 11-years-old, settling in Oakville, Ontario. 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

The Hard Part Begins (1973) Blood & Guts (1978) Prom Night (1980) Humongous (1982) Cross Country (1983) Mania (1986) Flying (1986) Bullies (1986) Blindside (1987) On the Prowl (1991) No Contest (1995) No Contest II (1997) More to Love (1999) Frozen with Fear (2000) The Keeper (2004) The Christmas Switch (2014)

Television

Petrocelli (1974) Darkroom (1981) Voyagers! (1982) Murder, She Wrote (1984) Moonlighting (1985) The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985) The Twilight Zone (1985) Blacke's Magic (1986) Mike Hammer (1987) Tour of Duty (1987) Beauty and the Beast (1987) Star Trek: The Next Generation (episodes: "The First Duty", "11001001", "The Naked Now", "Unnatural Selection" and "A Matter of Time") Hooperman (1988) The Bronx Zoo (1988) Beverly Hills Buntz (1988) In the Heat of the Night (1989) Top Cops (1990) Dark Shadows (1991) Matrix (1993) Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) (episodes: "A Man Alone", "Babel", "Q-Less", "The Passenger" and "Battle Lines") Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1993) Robocop: The Series (1994) Due South (1994) Lonesome Dove: The Series (1994) Liberty Street (1994) Xena: Warrior Princess (1995) Land's End (1995) Baywatch Nights (1995) The Outer Limits (1995) Viper (1995) F/X: The Series (1996) Poltergeist: The Legacy (1996) The Magician's House (1999) Sliders (1998-1999) So Weird (1999-2001)

Television films and miniseries

Teenage Marriage (1968) Really Weird Tales (1986) Cameo by Night (1987) Going to the Chapel (a.k.a. Wedding Day Blues, 1988) Maigret (1988) She Knows Too Much (1989) Murder by Night (a.k.a. Nightmare, 1989) Double Your Pleasure (a.k.a. The Reluctant Agent, 1989) How to Murder a Millionaire (1990) Drop Dead Gorgeous (a.k.a. Victim of Beauty, 1991) Spenser: Ceremony (1993) Taken Too Far (2017)