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Gillian Flynn

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  • Producer
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Gillian Flynn at an event for Gone Girl (2014)
Set in contemporary Chicago, amidst a time of turmoil, four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands' criminal activities, take fate into their own hands, and conspire to forge a future on their own terms.
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Gillian Flynn was born on 24 February 1971 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. She is a writer and producer, known for Gone Girl (2014), Widows (2018) and Sharp Objects (2018). She has been married to Brett Nolan since 2007. They have two children.
BornFebruary 24, 1971
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BornFebruary 24, 1971
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    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 25 wins & 28 nominations total

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    Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike in Gone Girl (2014)
    Gone Girl
    8.1
    • Writer
    • 2014
    Robert Duvall, Liam Neeson, Viola Davis, Colin Farrell, Michelle Rodriguez, Daniel Kaluuya, Brian Tyree Henry, Elizabeth Debicki, and Cynthia Erivo in Widows (2018)
    Widows
    6.8
    • Writer
    • 2018
    Amy Adams, Patricia Clarkson, and Eliza Scanlen in Sharp Objects (2018)
    Sharp Objects
    8.0
    TV Mini Series
    • Writer
    Dan Byrd, Jessica Rothe, Desmin Borges, Farrah Mackenzie, Ashleigh LaThrop, Sasha Lane, and Javon 'Wanna' Walton in Utopia (2020)
    Utopia
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Writer(creator)

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    Writer



    • Dark Places
      • based on a novel by
      • Pre-production
      • TV Mini Series



    • Dan Byrd, Jessica Rothe, Desmin Borges, Farrah Mackenzie, Ashleigh LaThrop, Sasha Lane, and Javon 'Wanna' Walton in Utopia (2020)
      Utopia
      6.7
      TV Series
      • created for television by
      • written by
      • teleplay by
      • 2020
    • Robert Duvall, Liam Neeson, Viola Davis, Colin Farrell, Michelle Rodriguez, Daniel Kaluuya, Brian Tyree Henry, Elizabeth Debicki, and Cynthia Erivo in Widows (2018)
      Widows
      6.8
      • screenplay by
      • 2018
    • Amy Adams, Patricia Clarkson, and Eliza Scanlen in Sharp Objects (2018)
      Sharp Objects
      8.0
      TV Mini Series
      • based upon the novel written by
      • written for television by
      • 2018
    • Charlize Theron in Dark Places (2015)
      Dark Places
      6.2
      • novel
      • 2015
    • Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike in Gone Girl (2014)
      Gone Girl
      8.1
      • novel
      • screenplay
      • 2014

    Producer



    • Dark Places
      • co-showrunner
      • Pre-production
      • TV Mini Series



    • Dan Byrd, Jessica Rothe, Desmin Borges, Farrah Mackenzie, Ashleigh LaThrop, Sasha Lane, and Javon 'Wanna' Walton in Utopia (2020)
      Utopia
      6.7
      TV Series
      • executive producer (showrunner)
      • 2020
    • Amy Adams, Patricia Clarkson, and Eliza Scanlen in Sharp Objects (2018)
      Sharp Objects
      8.0
      TV Mini Series
      • executive producer
      • 2018

    Actress



    • Flowers in the Attic (2019)
      Flowers in the Attic
      8.1
      Video
      • Foreword (voice)
      • 2019
    • Ike Barinholtz, Chris Messina, Mindy Kaling, Anna Camp, Zoe Jarman, and Ed Weeks in The Mindy Project (2012)
      The Mindy Project
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Gillian Flynn
      • 2016

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    Women of 'Widows' Find Surprising Cast Connections
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    Women of 'Widows' Find Surprising Cast Connections
    Women of 'Widows' Find Surprising Cast Connections
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    Women of 'Widows' Find Surprising Cast Connections
    How Gillian Flynn & Steve McQueen Update a British Classic
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    How Gillian Flynn & Steve McQueen Update a British Classic
    What Movies Make Up the DNA of "Utopia"?
    Interview 2:50
    What Movies Make Up the DNA of "Utopia"?
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    • Born
      • February 24, 1971
      • Kansas City, Missouri, USA
    • Spouse
      • Brett Nolan2007 - present (2 children)
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      Former television critic for Entertainment Weekly.
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      I've certainly been called a misogynist and that to me is strange. It feels so old-fashioned to think because you write about awful women that you don't like women. To me, it's worse to only write about good women. I'm tired of women as the supporting character, women as the helpmate, women as the adorably flawed heroine - she can be front and center, but only if she falls down a lot and has trouble with men.
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        Female villains

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