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American film and comic book writer (born 1973)
Brian Lynch
Born Brian Michael Lynch
(1973-06-21 ) June 21, 1973 (age 50) Occupation Screenwriter Years active 1997–present
Brian Michael Lynch (born June 21, 1973) is an American film and comic book writer. Lynch was the initial writer and co-creator with
Joss Whedon of
Angel: After the Fall for
IDW Publishing , and is best known for writing the screenplays for the films
Puss in Boots (2011),
Minions (2015),
The Secret Life of Pets (2016),
The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019), and
Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022). He has also written an unproduced film adaptation of
The Sims .
[1] In addition to the unproduced Sims film, Lynch also wrote an unproduced film for
The Muppets that was titled “The Next Muppet Movie.”
[2]
Life and career
Growing up in
Middletown Township, New Jersey , Lynch attended
Middletown High School South and
William Paterson University of New Jersey.
[3]
Lynch went to school with (and was friends with)
Vincent Pereira , who worked with
Kevin Smith at the Quick Stop/RST Video and who inspired Smith's own film career.
[4] Despite seeing himself as a writer rather than filmmaker, Lynch contributed in a non-writing capacity to Smith's early films and then wrote/directed one of three non-Smith-directed films under the View Askew label.
Except for four years during early childhood spent in Indiana, Lynch lived in New Jersey all his life.
In 2004, he moved to
Hollywood, California .
Comics and animated series
Lynch has worked on a number of comics and animated series:
Filmography
References
^
"The Sims Coming to the Big Screen – ComingSoon.net" . Archived from
the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2007-12-11 .
^
"Muppets What Could Have Been" . 13 June 2007.
Archived from the original on 1 October 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2020 .
^ O'Sullivan, Eleanor.
"Crude dudes in Red Bank" ,
Asbury Park Press , January 6, 2002. Accessed August 2, 2007. "In addition to Vulgar from Johnson, Atlantic Highlands, the comedy Big Helium Dog, from Middletown's Brian Lynch, also will be shown."
^ Smodcast Episode #225: The Lynch Pin
^
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Microseries #1: Raphael Coming in November!
^
Get Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Micro-series #2: Michelangelo Today!
Archived March 20, 2012, at the
Wayback Machine
^
IDW's New Print & Digital Books!
Archived March 2, 2012, at the
Wayback Machine
^ Marie, Christine (February 28, 2015).
"Fancy Some Gothic Carpunk? Preview Monster Motors: The Curse of Minivan Helsing #1" . Bleeding Cool.
Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2015 .
^
"Universal Studios Hollywood unleashes Minion power" .
USA Today .
Archived from the original on 2019-12-13.
^ McMillan, Graeme (February 2, 2020).
" 'Minions: The Rise of Gru' Brings Mischief to the Super Bowl" . The Hollywood Reporter .
Archived from the original on February 3, 2020. Retrieved April 10, 2021 .
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