---
name: "Jeffrey Lynch"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jeffrey-lynch"
fi1m_id: "jeffrey-lynch"
imdb_id: "nm0528335"
tmdb_id: 1219040
wikidata_id: "Q541301"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-10T15:53:18.334224+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."
---

# Jeffrey Lynch

## Identity

Jeffrey Lynch

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jeffrey-lynch
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jeffrey-lynch
- **IMDb ID:** nm0528335
- **TMDB ID:** 1219040
- **Wikidata ID:** Q541301
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Lynch, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q541301, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0528335/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1219040

Director. Born 1 January 1950.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1950
- **Active:** 1989–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 2 directing, 1 writing, 2 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Bill Odenkirk](https://film.one/person/bill-odenkirk.md), [Brian Kelley](https://film.one/person/brian-kelley.md), [Carlos Baeza](https://film.one/person/carlos-baeza.md), [Dan Vebber](https://film.one/person/dan-vebber.md), [David X. Cohen](https://film.one/person/david-x-cohen.md), [Eric Horsted](https://film.one/person/eric-horsted.md), [Eric Kaplan](https://film.one/person/eric-kaplan.md), [Gregg Vanzo](https://film.one/person/gregg-vanzo.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as director, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (1), 1990s 84 (2), 2010s 82 (1), 2020s 64 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Lynch, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q541301, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0528335/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1219040

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Simpsons*](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) (88), [*Futurama*](https://film.one/tv/futurama.md) (81)

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

## Biography

Jeffrey Lynch is an American animator, director and graphic artist. He directed 12 episodes of the animated series *The Simpsons* between 1991 and 1996, spanning seasons 3 to 7, and two episodes of *Futurama* in 1999.

Lynch worked as story department head on *The Iron Giant* (1999) and as second unit director on the *Spider-Man* films (2002–2007), *Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol* (2011), *Oz the Great and Powerful* (2013) and *Tomorrowland* (2015). He holds a degree in documentary filmmaking from Temple University and has also directed commercials and corporate films.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, simpsons.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

### Directed (2) — the average rests on these

- *Futurama* (1999), Fi1m 81, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/futurama.md)
- *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

### Wrote (1)

- *The Iron Giant* (1999), Fi1m 88, Head of Story — [page](https://film.one/film/the-iron-giant.md)

### Crew (2)

- *Ray Gunn* (2026), Fi1m 64, Storyboard Artist — [page](https://film.one/film/ray-gunn.md)
- *Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol* (2011), Fi1m 82, Second Unit Director — [page](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible-ghost-protocol.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

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

- *Ray Gunn* (2026), Storyboard Artist — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/ray-gunn.md)
- *Incredibles 2* (2018), Additional Storyboarding — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/incredibles-2.md)
- *Tomorrowland* (2015), Second Unit Director
- *Oz the Great and Powerful* (2013), Second Unit Director
- *Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol* (2011), Second Unit Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible-ghost-protocol.md)
- *The Iron Giant* (1999), Head of Story — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-iron-giant.md)
- *Futurama* (1999), series, Director — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/futurama.md)
- *Due South* (1994), series, Director
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Director — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

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