---
name: "John S. Lyons"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-s-lyons"
fi1m_id: "john-s-lyons"
imdb_id: "nm0529092"
tmdb_id: 1227
wikidata_id: "Q93724490"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 12
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 12
updated: "2026-10-05T02:33:26.621877+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."
---

# John S. Lyons

## Identity

John S. Lyons

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-s-lyons
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-s-lyons
- **IMDb ID:** nm0529092
- **TMDB ID:** 1227
- **Wikidata ID:** Q93724490
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q93724490, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0529092/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1227

Producer. Born 1 January 1970.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1970
- **Active:** 1987–present
- **Also known as:** John Lyons
- **Frequently works with:** [Heather Graham](https://film.one/person/heather-graham.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as producer, over 12 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 61 (2), 1990s 83 (7), 2000s 58 (1), 2010s 80 (1), 2020s 86 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 70 across 12 titles
- **Score spread:** 8 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 8, Drama 7, Crime 6, Thriller 3, Adventure 1, Documentary 1
- **Screen time:** 20 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $976m across 11 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q93724490, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0529092/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1227

## Biography

John S. Lyons is a film producer and casting director. He is credited as producer on *Boogie Nights* (1997), *Hard Eight* (1996), *Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me* (1999), *Austin Powers in Goldmember* (2002), *Pieces of April* (2003) and *Sisters* (2015). He also served as executive producer on *The Young Pope* (2016) and *The Pentaverate* (2022).

Lyons began his career as a producer with the 1995 television film *Blown Sideways Through Life*. He has worked extensively as a casting director, with credits including *Raising Arizona* (1987), *Miller's Crossing* (1990), *Barton Fink* (1991), *Fargo* (1996) and *The Big Lebowski* (1998). In 2022 he produced the documentary *All the Beauty and the Bloodshed*.

*Sources: imdb.com, de.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (12)

- *All the Beauty and the Bloodshed* (2022), Fi1m 86, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/all-the-beauty-and-the-bloodshed.md)
- *The Young Pope* (2016), Fi1m 80, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-young-pope.md)
- *Austin Powers in Goldmember* (2002), Fi1m 58, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/austin-powers-in-goldmember.md)
- *Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me* (1999), Fi1m 73, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/austin-powers-the-spy-who-shagged-me.md)
- *The Big Lebowski* (1998), Fi1m 85, Casting — [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-lebowski.md)
- *Boogie Nights* (1997), Fi1m 86, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/boogie-nights.md)
- *Fargo* (1996), Fi1m 91, Casting — [page](https://film.one/film/fargo.md)
- *The Hudsucker Proxy* (1994), Fi1m 78, Casting — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hudsucker-proxy.md)
- *Barton Fink* (1991), Fi1m 83, Casting — [page](https://film.one/film/barton-fink.md)
- *Miller's Crossing* (1990), Fi1m 82, Casting — [page](https://film.one/film/millers-crossing.md)
- *Cocktail* (1988), Fi1m 38, Casting — [page](https://film.one/film/cocktail.md)
- *Raising Arizona* (1987), Fi1m 84, Casting — [page](https://film.one/film/raising-arizona.md)

## Complete filmography (40)

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

- *All the Beauty and the Bloodshed* (2022), Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/all-the-beauty-and-the-bloodshed.md)
- *The Pentaverate* (2022), series, Executive Producer
- *The Young Pope* (2016), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-young-pope.md)
- *Sisters* (2015), Producer
- *Rio, I Love You* (2014), Executive Producer
- *Pieces of April* (2003), Producer
- *Pete's Meteor* (2002), Producer
- *Austin Powers in Goldmember* (2002), Producer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/austin-powers-in-goldmember.md)
- *The Opportunists* (2000), Producer
- *Isn't She Great* (2000), Casting
- *Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me* (1999), Producer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/austin-powers-the-spy-who-shagged-me.md)
- *The Big Lebowski* (1998), Casting — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-lebowski.md)
- *Boogie Nights* (1997), Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/boogie-nights.md)
- *Hard Eight* (1997), Producer
- *Striptease* (1996), Casting
- *Fargo* (1996), Casting — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/fargo.md)
- *City Hall* (1996), Casting
- *A Walk in the Clouds* (1995), Casting
- *It Could Happen to You* (1994), Casting
- *The Hudsucker Proxy* (1994), Casting — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hudsucker-proxy.md)
- *For Love or Money* (1993), Casting
- *Tales of the City* (1993), series, Casting
- *Life with Mikey* (1993), Casting
- *Amos & Andrew* (1993), Casting
- *Housesitter* (1992), Casting
- *Barton Fink* (1991), Casting — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/barton-fink.md)
- *Henry & June* (1990), Casting
- *Miller's Crossing* (1990), Casting — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/millers-crossing.md)
- *Framed* (1990), Casting
- *Dirty Rotten Scoundrels* (1988), Casting
- *Rocket Gibraltar* (1988), Casting
- *Cocktail* (1988), Casting — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/cocktail.md)
- *Lincoln* (1988), series, Casting
- *Hello Again* (1987), Casting
- *The Believers* (1987), Casting
- *Raising Arizona* (1987), Casting — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/raising-arizona.md)
- *King Kong Lives* (1986), Casting
- *Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo* (1986), Casting
- *Sunday in the Park with George* (1986), Casting
- *Self-Portrait*, Producer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2023: Best Documentary Feature Film (nominated), for *All the Beauty and the Bloodshed*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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