Adrian Lyne

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Adrian Lyne Wiki Biography

Adrian Lyne (born 4 March, 1941), is a director, writer, and producer and the creative force behind some of the most talked-about movies of our time, among them, Fatal Attraction, 9 1/2 Weeks, Flashdance, Indecent Proposal, Jacob’s Ladder and Unfaithful.Born in Peterborough, England and raised in London, Lyne attended the Highgate school, where his father was a teacher. In his twenties, he played trumpet with the jazz group, The Colin Kellard Band. An avid moviegoer during his school days, he was inspired to make his own films by the work of French New Wave directors like Godard, Truffaut and Chabrol. Two of his early short films, “The Table” and “Mr. Smith,” were official entries in the London Film Festival.Lyne made his feature filmmaking debut in 1980 with Foxes, a perceptive look at the friendship of four teenage girls growing up in Los Angeles’s San Fernando Valley, starring Jodie Foster. His next film, “Flashdance”, an innovative blend of rock ‘n’ roll, new dance styles, and breathtaking imagery, created a sensation in 1983. Lyne’s bravura visuals, perfectly wedded to Giorgio Moroder’s powerful score, propelled the story of an aspiring ballerina (Jennifer Beals, in her film debut) who works in a factory by day and dances in a club at night. The film was nominated for three Academy Awards, with the theme song, “What a Feeling”, winning the Oscar for Best Song.In 1986, Lyne attracted controversy with “9 1/2 Weeks”. Based on a novel by Elizabeth McNeill, the tale of a sexually obsessive relationship starred Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger. Although considered too explicit by its American distributor, and cut for U. S. release, it became a huge hit abroad in its unedited version. Lyne’s fourth film was the box-office phenomenon “Fatal Attraction”, which to date has generated over $600 million in revenues worldwide. The story of a happily married lawyer (Michael Douglas) who tries to break off an affair with an attractive single woman (Glenn Close), only to have her become obsessed with him and endanger his family, the film struck a powerful chord with audiences and was one of the most successful films of the year. Deemed “the Zeitgeist hit of the decade” by TIME Magazine, “Fatal Attraction” won six Academy Award nominations including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress (Glenn Close), Best Supporting Actress (Anne Archer), Best Screenplay and Best Editing.In 1990, Lyne pushed the boundaries of psychological terror with the thriller “Jacob’s Ladder”. Written by Academy Award-winner Bruce Joel Rubin (“Ghost”) and starring Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Pena and Danny Aiello, the film took audiences on a tortuous ride through Vietnam veteran Jacob Singer’s (Robbins) nightmarish world of reality and unexplainable hallucinations to reveal a shocking and intensely-debated conclusion. The film won Best Picture at the Avoriaz Film Festival. With “Indecent Proposal”, Lyne examined how the sexes look at relationships and money. IMDB Wikipedia $20 million 1941 1941-3-4 Adrian Lyne Adrian Lyne Net Worth Director England Fatal Attraction (1987) Flashdance (1983) Jacob’s Ladder (1990) March 4 Northamptonshire Peterborough Pisces producer Samantha Lyne Unfaithful (2002) United Kingdom Writer

Adrian Lyne Quick Info

Full Name Adrian Lyne
Net Worth $20 Million
Date Of Birth March 4, 1941
Place Of Birth Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Profession Director, Writer, Producer
Education Highgate School
Nationality British
Spouse Samantha Lyne
Children Amy Lyne
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001490
Nominations Academy Award for Best Director, Golden Globe Award for Best Director – Motion Picture, Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film
Movies Foxes, Flashdance, 9½ Weeks, Fatal Attraction, Jacob’s Ladder, Indecent Proposal, Lolita, Unfaithful, Back Roads, Mr Smith, The Table

Adrian Lyne Trademarks

  1. He often incorporates water at dramtic points in his movie.
  2. Often photographs scenes with the main source of light coming in from the side, which often silhouettes the actor.
  3. Often includes Labrador Retrievers in his films, such as Fatal Attraction (1987) and Indecent Proposal (1993).

Adrian Lyne Quotes

  • People say, “Oh, you’re good visually.” Of course I care about that, but the only thing that is really important is the performances.
  • I’ve always hated advertising, but I treated commercials as little films. I wasn’t remotely interested in whether or not they sold the product, it was just a fabulous way for me to learn how to do it.
  • Before I started my first film, Foxes (1980), with Jodie Foster, I rang up Howard Zieff, who was a very famous commercial director, and actually quite successful as a feature film director. I said, “What would you tell me? Give me some advice before I start this film.” He thought for a long while and finally said: “Be on it at the end.”
  • [on Lolita (1997)] I wanted to make a movie of Nabokov’s novel, because it’s, I think, one of the great novels of this century. In the end, it’s a love story – it’s a strange and awful love story. This subject seems to be the last taboo. I think that what the audience maybe will find disturbing is that they don’t hate Humbert, at least they don’t totally hate him – they kind of like him in some ways – and I think that this is disturbing for an audience to deal with and I think that that will create discussion. They want to hate him but they can’t really. It’s awful what he does to Lolita, obviously, but then they find themselves laughing with him and sometimes sympathizing with him and, ultimately, they understand that he really did love her. It would be much more convenient, much easier, if they just loathed him, if he was a monster. It’s the most extraordinary mix; it makes you laugh, it makes you cry, it makes you horrified and that’s all you can want from a movie.
  • [on Mickey Rourke] He fascinates me. I can’t take my eyes off him because he’s never doing nothing.
  • I never understood how a director can impose a style on a movie. I think the drama within the scene should dictate the way it is shot.
  • I’m fascinated by relationships and how they work or don’t work. I’m much more interested in the small picture than the big one, because I think the minutiae and the breath in one’s face are much more interesting than the landscape out there.
  • I like movies that create discussion; I love it when they haven’t forgotten about your movie by dinnertime and they’re still arguing about it the next day – that’s what a movie should do, it should create discussion.

Adrian Lyne Important Facts

  • Father of Amy Lyne.
  • Has one younger brother: Professor Oliver Lyne (1944-2005), who was an academic at Oxford University.
  • Attended and graduated from Highgate School in North London, England.
  • Has directed three actresses in Oscar-nominated turns: Glenn Close, Anne Archer and Diane Lane.
  • (April 11, 1998) Lyne’s Best Director Oscar nomination for Fatal Attraction (1987) coincided with John Boorman (UK) for Hope and Glory (1987), Lasse Hallström (Sweden) for My Life as a Dog (1985), Norman Jewison (Canada) for Moonstruck (1987) and winner Bernardo Bertolucci (Italy) for The Last Emperor (1987). This was the only instance in Oscar history where all five Best Director nominees were non-Americans.
  • Was supposed to direct Silence, based on the novel by James Kennaway and star Sean Connery but it fell through.

Adrian Lyne Filmography

Title Year Status Character Role
Back Roads announced Director
Unfaithful 2002 Director
Lolita 1997 Director
Indecent Proposal 1993 Director
Jacob’s Ladder 1990/I Director
Fatal Attraction 1987 Director
9½ Weeks 1986 Director
Flashdance 1983 Director
Foxes 1980 Director
Mr. Smith 1976 Short Director
The Table 1973 Short Director
Back Roads announced Writer
Mr. Smith 1976 Short written by Writer
Fatal Attraction 2016 TV Series associate producer Producer
Unfaithful 2002 producer Producer
Rio Sex Comedy 2010 special thanks Thanks
The Directors 1997 TV Series documentary acknowledgment – 1 episode Thanks
The Greatest 80s Movies 2014 TV Movie documentary Himself – Director, 9 1 / 2 Weeks / Flashdance / … Self
Greatest Ever 80s Movies 2007 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
Bandes originales: Maurice Jarre 2007 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
Flashdance: The Choreography 2007 Video short Himself Self
Releasing the ‘Flashdance’ Phenomenon 2007 Video short Himself Self
The History of ‘Flashdance’ 2007 Video documentary short Himself Self
The Look of ‘Flashdance’ 2007 Video short Himself Self
Greatest Ever Romantic Movies 2007 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
100 Greatest Sexy Moments 2003 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second 2003 Video documentary Himself Self
An Affair to Remember: On the Set of ‘Unfaithful’ 2002 Video documentary short Himself Self
Charlie Rose 2002 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
Fatal Attraction: Social Attraction 2002 Video short Himself Self
Fatal Attraction: Visual Attraction 2002 Video documentary short Himself Self
Forever Fatal: Remembering ‘Fatal Attraction’ 2002 Video documentary short Himself Self
Bouillon de culture 1998 TV Series documentary Himself Self
On the Set of Lolita 1997 Video documentary short Himself Self
The Directors 1997 TV Series documentary Himself Self
Building ‘Jacob’s Ladder’ 1990 Video documentary short Himself Self
The Media Show 1988-1990 TV Series Himself Self
The 60th Annual Academy Awards 1988 TV Special Himself – Nominee: Best Director Self
The 45th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1988 TV Special Himself – Nominee: Best Director Self

Adrian Lyne Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie Category
1994 Yoga Award Yoga Awards Worst Foreign Film Indecent Proposal (1993) Won
1991 Audience Award Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival Jacob’s Ladder (1990) Won
1991 Critics Award Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival Jacob’s Ladder (1990) Won
1984 Blue Ribbon Award Blue Ribbon Awards Best Foreign Language Film Flashdance (1983) Won
1983 Hochi Film Award Hochi Film Awards Best Foreign Language Film Flashdance (1983) Won
1994 Yoga Award Yoga Awards Worst Foreign Film Indecent Proposal (1993) Nominated
1991 Audience Award Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival Jacob’s Ladder (1990) Nominated
1991 Critics Award Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival Jacob’s Ladder (1990) Nominated
1984 Blue Ribbon Award Blue Ribbon Awards Best Foreign Language Film Flashdance (1983) Nominated
1983 Hochi Film Award Hochi Film Awards Best Foreign Language Film Flashdance (1983) Nominated