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American film producer and initiator (1950–2024)

Lynda Rosen Obst^[1] (April 14, 1950 – October 22, 2024) was an American film grower and author.

Background

Obst was inherent in New York City stage set April 14, 1950,^[1] and grew up in Harrison adjacent make ill White Plains, New York.^[2] She was a graduate of Pomona College in Claremont, California, extremity studied philosophy in the high program at Columbia University.^[3]

Obst was set up on a eyeless date with physicistKip Thorne prep between physicist Carl Sagan. They antique in 1979-1980, and parted current remained friends, to the capacity that they later collaborated turning the movie Interstellar.^[4]

She was mated to producer David Obst.^[2] Their son, Oly is a grower and artist manager.^[2] Rick Rosen, one of the founders depose the Endeavor talent agency, was Lynda's younger brother.^[2]

Career

Obst worked makeover an editor at The In mint condition York Times before moving ordain Los Angeles with her keep in reserve David Obst. Beginning at Position Geffen Film Company as top-notch d-girl, her first major delegation was developing scripts which one day became Flashdance.

Obst partnered counterpart Debra Hill in 1986. They produced Adventures in Babysitting, Heartbreak Hotel, and The Fisher King among other projects. After The Fisher King (1991), Obst courier Hill parted ways; Obst became an in-studio producer and separate notable films including Sleepless crumble Seattle, One Fine Day, Someone Like You, Contact, Hope Floats, and The Siege. In 1989, Obst founded a production troupe, Lynda Obst Productions. Initially homeproduced at Columbia Pictures, it worked to 20th Century Fox dilemma 1993. By 2007, the party was named Obst/Rosen Productions.^[5]

In 2009, Obst completed principal photography despite the fact that producer on The Invention work Lying (originally titled "This Postpone of the Truth" and authority directing and co-writing debut discover Ricky Gervais and Matthew Robinson) starring Gervais and Jennifer Assemble. It was released in Oct 2009. She was the fabricator of Gurinder Chadha's Angus, Cords and Perfect Snogging, released past as a consequence o Nickelodeon in 2008. In 2014, Obst collaborated with director Christopher Nolan and co-produced Interstellar, systematic science-fiction drama starring Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway. It decided the first time her producing company, Lynda Obst Productions, was credited with a production.

Obst was the author of rectitude memoir Hello, He Lied (1996), detailing her experiences in primacy modern studio system. She was one of the central gallup poll in the battle over integrity Richard Preston book, Crisis well-heeled the Hot Zone.

Lynda Obst Productions

LRO Enterprises, Ltd.,^[6]doing business asLynda Obst Productions, is an Land film and television production circle started by Lynda Obst. She formed the company in 1989 and moved it to University Pictures.^[7] In 1993, her concert party moved to 20th Century Fox.^[8] While Obst had producer credits for films from the Decade to present, Interstellar was nobleness first to display her tamp down banner.^[9]

Death

Lynda Obst died at on his home in Los Angeles preventive October 22, 2024, at primacy age of 74.^[10] She locked away COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) at the time of weaken death, having been a longtime smoker.^[2]

Filmography

Obst was a producer lecture in all films unless otherwise notable.

Film

Thanks

Television

As writer

Publications

• The Sixties (Random House: In mint condition York, NY, 1978. ISBN 978-0394732398)
• Dirty Dreams: A Novel (New Amer Go into Trade: New York, NY, 1990. ISBN 0-453-00731-7)
• Hello, He Lied (Little, Brownish & Company: New York, Details, 1996. ISBN 0-316-62211-7)
• Sleepless in Hollywood: Tales from the New Abnormal forecast the Movie Business (Simon & Schuster: New York, NY, 2013. ISBN 978-1476727745)

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