Brian Lynch (writer)
{{short description|American film and comic book writer (born 1973)}}
{{for|the Irish writer|Brian Lynch (Irish writer)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Brian Lynch
| image =Brian-lynch-premiere-captain-america-civil-war-01.jpg
| imagesize =
|caption=Lynch at the premiere of Captain America: Civil War in April 2016
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|06|21|mf=y}}
| birth_place = New Jersey, U.S.
| birth_name = Brian Michael Lynch
| occupation = Screenwriter
| yearsactive = 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 of Angel: After the Fall for IDW Publishing alongside Joss Whedon, 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 unproduced film adaptations of both The Sims{{Cite web |url=http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=20635 |title=The Sims Coming to the Big Screen – ComingSoon.net |access-date=2007-12-11 |archive-date=2007-10-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011153744/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=20635 |url-status=dead }} and The Muppets.{{Cite web|url = http://www.toughpigs.com/muppets-what-could-have-been/|title = Muppets What Could Have Been|date = 13 June 2007|access-date = 19 October 2020|archive-date = 1 October 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211001211510/https://toughpigs.com/muppets-what-could-have-been/|url-status = live}}
Life and career
Growing up in Middletown Township, New Jersey, Lynch attended Middletown High School South and William Paterson University of New Jersey.O'Sullivan, Eleanor. [https://archive.today/20120714164522/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/app/access/1839071731.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+06,+2002&author=ELEANOR+O'SULLIVAN&pub=Asbury+Park+Press&desc=Crude+dudes+in+Red+Bank&pqatl=google "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."
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.Smodcast Episode #225: The Lynch Pin 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:
- Angry Naked Pat (animated series)
- Spider-Man Unlimited (vol 3) #1
- Monkey Man Unleashed
- Patchouli One Shot
- Spike: Asylum
- Spike: Shadow Puppets
- Angel: After the Fall #1–17
- Spike: After the Fall
- Spike (IDW Publishing)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Microseries #1-3 (IDW Publishing)[https://web.archive.org/web/20211210130158/https://www.idwpublishing.com/news/article/1964/ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Microseries #1: Raphael Coming in November!][http://www.idwpublishing.com/news/article/2168 Get Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Micro-series #2: Michelangelo Today!] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320162001/http://www.idwpublishing.com/news/article/2168 |date=March 20, 2012 }}[http://www.idwpublishing.com/news/article/2235/ IDW's New Print & Digital Books!] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302194739/http://www.idwpublishing.com/news/article/2235/ |date=March 2, 2012 }}
- Monster Motors: The Curse of Minivan Helsing{{cite web|last1=Marie|first1=Christine|title=Fancy Some Gothic Carpunk? Preview Monster Motors: The Curse of Minivan Helsing #1|url=http://www.bleedingcool.com/2015/02/28/fancy-gothic-carpunk-preview-monster-motors-curse-minivan-helsing-1/|publisher=Bleeding Cool|accessdate=July 10, 2015|date=February 28, 2015|archive-date=March 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305011940/http://www.bleedingcool.com/2015/02/28/fancy-gothic-carpunk-preview-monster-motors-curse-minivan-helsing-1/|url-status=live}}
Filmography
- A Better Place (1997) – Actor (Eddie)
- Chasing Amy (1997) – Actor (Bryan White) (uncredited). key craft service, (miscellaneous crew)
- Big Helium Dog (1999) – Director, Writer, Editor, Miscellaneous Crew. Actor (Director's Assistant)
- Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) – Actor (Comic Book Shopper #1) (uncredited)
- Hop (2011) – Writer with Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio
- Puss in Boots (2011) – Story with Will Davies and Tom Wheeler
- Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem (2012) - Writer{{cite web |title=Universal Studios Hollywood unleashes Minion power |website=USA Today |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213040636/https://www.usatoday.com/story/dispatches/2014/04/11/minion-mayhem-universal-studios-despicable-me/7607643/ |archive-date=2019-12-13 |url-status=live |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/dispatches/2014/04/11/minion-mayhem-universal-studios-despicable-me/7607643/}}
- Minions (2015) - Writer
- Binky Nelson Unpacified (2015) - Writer/Director
- The Secret Life of Pets (2016) - Writer with Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio
- The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019) - Writer
- Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022) - Story with Matthew Fogel{{cite news |last1=McMillan |first1=Graeme |title='Minions: The Rise of Gru' Brings Mischief to the Super Bowl |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/minions-rise-gru-brings-mischief-super-bowl-2020-1274968 |access-date=April 10, 2021 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=February 2, 2020 |archive-date=February 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203071635/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/minions-rise-gru-brings-mischief-super-bowl-2020-1274968 |url-status=live }}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0528244|name=Brian Lynch}}
{{Illumination (company)}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lynch, Brian}}
Category:American comics writers
Category:American male film actors
Category:Male actors from New Jersey
Category:Middletown High School South alumni
Category:People from Middletown Township, New Jersey
Category:Film directors from New Jersey
Category:William Paterson University alumni