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Adrian Lyne, born 4 March 1941 in Peterborough, is a British film director, screenwriter, and film producer educated at Highgate School. He began his career in 1976 and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director. Open Library records two works under his name, including Fatal Attraction. TMDb places him within its Directing department and gives his place of birth as Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Fatal attraction
- Fatal Attraction
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Directing · Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Adrian Lyne (born 4 March 1941) is an English film director. Lyne is known for sexually charged narratives, conflicting passions, the power of seduction, moral ambiguity, betrayal, and the indelibility of infidelity. In the mid 1970s, he directed television commercials for DIM Lingerie (France), but Lyne's career in feature length films began in 1980 with Foxes, and would later direct…
Known for
- Carolco, un rêve hollywoodien2026
- On the Rungs of Jacob's Ladder — Self2025
- Becoming Iconic — Self2018
- Hollywood: No Sex, Please! — Self - Interviewee2018
- 100 Greatest Sexy Moments — Self2003
- The Lolita Story — Himself1998
- Building 'Jacob's Ladder' — Self1990
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 494
- Total plays
- 1,069
March 4, 1941 in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK. Starting his career as a director of TV commercials, he moved into film by making his debut with the teen drama Foxes (1980), but made his breakthrough film with the musical hit Flashdance (1983) and was later hired to helm Nine 1/2 Weeks (1986). He was nominated for best director at the Academy Awards for Fatal Attraction (1987). <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Adrian+Lyne">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR): Checklist and Explanation
· 2018 · cited 36,301x
- The ERA5 global reanalysis
· 2020 · cited 24,233x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,794x
- International Physical Activity Questionnaire: 12-Country Reliability and Validity
· 2003 · cited 17,605x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,988x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1941-03-04 ) 4 March 1941 (age 85) , Peterborough , England
- Education
- Highgate School
- Occupations
- Film director film producer screenwriter
- Years active
- 1976–present
- Spouse
- Samantha Lyne ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1974 )
- Relatives
- Oliver Lyne (brother)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Adrian
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Peterborough
- Occupation
- director
- Educated at
- Highgate School
- Languages spoken
- English language
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1941-03-04
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Director
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Adrian Lyne
- start of work period
- 1976-00-00
- name in native language
- Adrian Lyne
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Encyclopedic overview
Adrian Lyne (born 4 March 1941) is an English film director. His films are known for sexually charged narratives that explore conflicting passions, the power of seduction, moral ambiguity, betrayal, and the indelibility of infidelity.
In the mid 1970s, he directed television commercials for DIM Lingerie (France), before switching to feature-length films in 1980 with Foxes. He would later direct Flashdance, 9½ Weeks, Fatal Attraction, Jacob's Ladder, Indecent Proposal, Lolita, and Unfaithful. Lyne received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director for Fatal Attraction.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Adrian Lyne” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.