- Born
- Nicknames
- "Tree Frog"
- Jen
- Jennifer Lynch was born on April 7, 1968 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She is a director and writer, known for Boxing Helena (1993), Chained (2012) and Surveillance (2008).
- Children
- Parents
- Daughter of director David Lynch and painter Peggy Reavey. Her parents divorced when she was 6.
- Wrote "The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer", a best-selling Twin Peaks (1990) tie-in book.
- Lynch made history at the New York City Horror Film Festival when she became the first female to win the Best Director award in the festival's history in 2008.
- Became close friends with Sherilyn Fenn while working together in Boxing Helena (1993).
- Moved to Los Angeles as age 19 in order to work for her father.
- I like a good story at a good diner over good coffee and a good idea and a whole day to think about it.
- I think walking around reminding yourself that you're a woman is only going to get you in trouble. Women in film, the way they've been treated, certainly parts of it are a shame, but they took the paycheque, they played the roles, and if they don't want to do it anymore, we need to start saying no, and different roles will come up.
- (On her film Boxing Helena (1993)): "It's a metaphor and a comedy".
- On Boxing Helena (1993) - I see it as a love story, not a horror film. The image of Venus de Milo is so powerful. Obsessive love is like a series of amputations as you steal from one another. It's inviting, exciting, animalistic. I've been there; I've been drawn to it.
- About her car accident and spinal surgeries - The fact that I get to walk down the red carpet tonight and hold my daughter's hand is a big deal - they didn't even know if I'd walk at one point.
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