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name: "Jennifer Lynch"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jennifer-lynch"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "7 April 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T18:32:51.790171+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."
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# Jennifer Lynch

Director. Born 7 April 1968 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 7 April 1968, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Active:** 1977–2010
- **Also known as:** Jen Lynch, Jennifer Chambers Lynch
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 directing
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 84 (1), 2010s 68 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Lynch, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q271162, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0528337/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14800

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Walking Dead*](https://film.one/tv/the-walking-dead.md) (68)

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

## Biography

Jennifer Chambers Lynch (born 7 April 1968) is an American film and television director and screenwriter. She is the daughter of filmmaker David Lynch. She wrote the 1990 novel The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer, a tie-in to her father's television series Twin Peaks.

Lynch made her feature directorial debut with Boxing Helena (1993). After a hiatus she returned with Surveillance (2008) and has since directed episodes of numerous television series, including The Walking Dead (2015), American Horror Story, Teen Wolf, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., 9-1-1 and Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story. She was educated at Interlochen Arts Academy.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *Eraserhead* (1977), Fi1m 84, as Little Girl — [page](https://film.one/film/eraserhead.md)

### Directed (1) — the average rests on these

- *The Walking Dead* (2010), Fi1m 68, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-walking-dead.md)

## Complete filmography (48)

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

- *Murdaugh: Death in the Family* (2025), series, Director
- *Watson* (2025), series, Director
- *Doctor Odyssey* (2024), series, Director
- *Matlock* (2024), series, Director
- *American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez* (2024), series, Director
- *The Watcher* (2022), series, Director
- *DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story* (2022), series, Director
- *The Lincoln Lawyer* (2022), series, Director
- *Gossip Girl* (2021), series, Director
- *Big Sky* (2020), series, Director
- *Ratched* (2020), series, Director
- *9-1-1: Lone Star* (2020), series, Director
- *The Rookie* (2018), series, Director
- *9-1-1* (2018), series, Director
- *Kevin (Probably) Saves the World* (2017), series, Director
- *Salvation* (2017), series, Director
- *FEUD* (2017), series, Director
- *Trash Fire* (2016), Thanks
- *Recovery Road* (2016), series, Director
- *Second Chance* (2016), series, Director
- *South of Hell* (2015), series, Director
- *Marvel's Jessica Jones* (2015), series, Director
- *Quantico* (2015), series, Director
- *Zoo* (2015), series, Director
- *Wayward Pines* (2015), series, Director
- *Marvel's Daredevil* (2015), series, Director
- *The Strain* (2014), series, Director
- *Finding Carter* (2014), series, Director
- *Five Directors' Interpretations of Opening Suite* (2013), Director
- *Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.* (2013), series, Director
- *The Vacation* (2013), Producer, Camera Operator, Director
- *How to Have a Happy Marriage* (2012), Director
- *Chained* (2012), Cooking Show Host, Screenplay, Director
- *Elementary* (2012), series, Director
- *Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage* (2011), as Lipstick Girl (TV)
- *Once Upon a Time* (2011), series, Director
- *Girls! Girls! Girls!* (2011), Director
- *American Horror Story* (2011), series, Director
- *Teen Wolf* (2011), series, Director
- *The Walking Dead* (2010), series, Director — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-walking-dead.md)
- *Hisss* (2010), Director, Writer
- *Hawaii Five-0* (2010), series, Director
- *Warehouse 13* (2009), series, Director
- *Surveillance* (2008), Director, Screenplay
- *Psych* (2006), series, Director
- *Boxing Helena* (1993), Screenplay, Director
- *Eraserhead* (1977), as Little Girl — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/eraserhead.md)
- *A Fall from Grace*, Writer

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