---
name: "Brian Lynch"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/brian-lynch"
fi1m_id: "brian-lynch"
imdb_id: "nm0528244"
tmdb_id: 1024175
wikidata_id: "Q4964545"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "21 June 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 65
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-05T16:10:26.249327+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Brian Lynch

## Identity

Brian Lynch

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/brian-lynch
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** brian-lynch
- **IMDb ID:** nm0528244
- **TMDB ID:** 1024175
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4964545
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Lynch_(American_writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4964545, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0528244/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1024175

Writer. Born 21 June 1973 in Middletown Township, New Jersey, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 21 June 1973, Middletown Township, New Jersey, USA
- **Active:** 2011–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Chris Meledandri](https://film.one/person/chris-meledandri.md), [Janet Healy](https://film.one/person/janet-healy.md), [Allison Janney](https://film.one/person/allison-janney.md), [Chris Renaud](https://film.one/person/chris-renaud.md), [Eric Stonestreet](https://film.one/person/eric-stonestreet.md), [Jenny Slate](https://film.one/person/jenny-slate.md), [Kevin Hart](https://film.one/person/kevin-hart.md), [Pierre Coffin](https://film.one/person/pierre-coffin.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 65, as writer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 63 (3), 2020s 68 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 65 to 63 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Animation 5, Comedy 5, Family 5, Adventure 4, Action 1, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $3,590m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Lynch_(American_writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4964545, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0528244/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1024175

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Secret Life of Pets 2*](https://film.one/film/the-secret-life-of-pets-2.md) (62)
- **Netflix:** [*Minions*](https://film.one/film/minions.md) (61)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Brian Lynch is an American screenwriter and comic book writer. Born on 21 June 1973 in Middletown Township, New Jersey, he attended Middletown High School South and William Paterson University of New Jersey.

He is best known for his screenplays and story work on Illumination films, including *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 co-wrote the screenplay for *Minions & Monsters* (2026) with Pierre Coffin and served as an executive producer on the film. Earlier credits include writing and directing the independent feature *Big Helium Dog* (1999) and co-creating the comic series *Angel: After the Fall* with Joss Whedon.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, scriptmag.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Minions & Monsters* (2026), Fi1m 70, Writer, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/minions-and-monsters.md)
- *Minions: The Rise of Gru* (2022), Fi1m 66, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/minions-the-rise-of-gru.md)
- *The Secret Life of Pets 2* (2019), Fi1m 62, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-secret-life-of-pets-2.md)
- *Minions* (2015), Fi1m 61, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/minions.md)
- *Puss in Boots* (2011), Fi1m 66, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/puss-in-boots.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Minions & Monsters* (2026), Executive Producer, Writer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/minions-and-monsters.md)
- *Mooned* (2023), Thanks
- *Minions: The Rise of Gru* (2022), Story — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/minions-the-rise-of-gru.md)
- *Calls* (2020), Director, Writer
- *The Secret Life of Pets 2* (2019), Writer — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/the-secret-life-of-pets-2.md)
- *Illumination Presents: 10 Minion Mini-Movies* (2019), Director
- *The Secret Life of Pets* (2016), Writer
- *Binky Nelson Unpacified* (2015), Director, Writer
- *Minions* (2015), Writer — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/minions.md)
- *Puss in Boots* (2011), Story — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/puss-in-boots.md)
- *Phil's Dance Party* (2011), Writer
- *Hop* (2011), Screenplay
- *Aunt Fanny's Tour of Booty* (2005), Dialogue
- *Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back* (2001), as Comic Book Shopper #1 (uncredited) — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/jay-and-silent-bob-strike-back.md)
- *Love & Rage* (2000), Writer
- *Big Helium Dog* (1999), Director's Assistant, Director, Writer
- *A Better Place* (1997), as Eddie · Associate Producer

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