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Lynda Obst

Producer | Writer

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Attended Pomona College, in Claremont, California, receiving her degree in Philosophy.
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???? How to Get Over a Guy in 10 Days (producer) (announced)
 
2010-2012 Hot in Cleveland (TV series) (executive producer - 52 episodes)
– Storage Wars (2012) (executive producer)
– The Gateway Friend (2012) (executive producer)
– Bye George, I Think He's Got It! (2012) (executive producer)
– Cruel Shoes (2012) (executive producer)
– Claus, Tails & High-Pitched Males: Birthdates 3 (2012) (executive producer)
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2009 The Invention of Lying (producer)
 
2003 How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (producer)
 
2002 Abandon (producer)
 
2002 Hello, He Lied & Other Truths from the Hollywood Trenches (TV documentary) (executive producer - uncredited)
 
2001 Someone Like You... (producer)
 
1999 The '60s (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1998 The Siege (producer)
 
1998 Hope Floats (producer)
 
1997 Contact (executive producer)
 
1996 One Fine Day (producer)
 
1994 Bad Girls (executive producer)
 
1993 Sleepless in Seattle (executive producer)
 
1992 This Is My Life (producer)
 
1991 The Fisher King (producer)
 
1988 Heartbreak Hotel (producer)
 
1987 Adventures in Babysitting (producer)
 
1983 Flashdance (associate producer - as Lynda Rosen Obst)
 
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2002 Hello, He Lied & Other Truths from the Hollywood Trenches (TV documentary) (book "Hello, He Lied and Other Truths from the Hollywood Trenches" - uncredited)
 
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2009 A Single Man (the producers wish to thank)
 
1996 Pie in the Sky (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (6 titles)
2010 From Weepies to Chick Flicks (TV documentary)
 
2007 Releasing the 'Flashdance' Phenomenon (video short)
Herself
 
2007 The History of 'Flashdance' (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2002 Hello, He Lied & Other Truths from the Hollywood Trenches (TV documentary)
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1996 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Herself - Guest
– Episode dated 10 September 1996 (1996) … Herself - Guest
 
1991 Naked Hollywood (TV mini-series)
Herself
 
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Wrote book called "Hello, He Lied", which was published in 1996, about Hollywood and producing.

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Personal Quote:

Directing is the last frontier for women in the movie business. We are studio heads, we are producers and we are writers, but we are not directors in any numbers. The studios are certainly complicit, but I think there's some part of it that is women not saying: 'I want this job!' For a really long time... See more »

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Attended Pomona College, in Claremont, California, receiving her degree in Philosophy. See more »