Adrian Lyne 

Adrian Lyne is a well-known filmmaker and producer whose films include Flashdance and 2002’s Unfaithful, starring Richard Gere and Diane Lane.

Lyne was born on March 4, 1941, in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. He was

raised in London and attended the Highgate School, which is also where his father taught. While in school he enjoyed going to the movies and playing music. The early directors who influenced Lyne include Godard, Truffaut, and Chabrol. 

In his early twenties he began playing the trumpet in a jazz band. He also submitted his first two short films, The Table and Mr. Smith, to the London Film Festival. Lyne’s first feature length film, Foxes in 1980 was an insightful look into the lives of teenage girls and starred Jodie Foster. 

Flashdance in 1983 is considered to be Lyne’s breakthrough film; it was a sensation in its day. The film, starring Jennifer Beals, was nominated for three Academy Awards and won an Oscar for Best Theme Song.

Lyne then pushed the envelope with his next film in 1986, 9½ weeks, starring Kim Basinger and Mickey Rourke. The film was about a sexually-obsessive relationship that was considered too brash and its run in the U.S. was cut short. The unedited version of the film was hugely successful abroad.

By his fourth film, Lyne had hit his stride. Fatal Attraction in 1987 starred Michael Douglas and Glenn Close and became a box-office smash hit. To date the film has grossed over $450 million in revenue. The film became one of the most successful of the year and brought home six Academy Award nominations including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Screenplay, and Best Editing. 

Lyne has continued to push the boundaries in film throughout the years and has come out with such notable films as Jacob’s Ladder in 1990, starring Tim Robbins; and Indecent Proposal in 1993, starring Demi Moore, Robert Redford, and Woody Harrelson. Both films became huge hits commercially. Jacob’s Ladder won numerous awards, including Best Picture, at the Avoriaz Film Festival. 

His most recent project was the film Lolita, based on the novel by Vladimir Nabokov. Although distributors originally shied away from distributing the film due to its controversial subject matter, after it was shown and well-received on Showtime, they changed their minds.

When Lyne is not working, he resides in a small village in the south of England with his family.

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