---
name: "Lynda Myles"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lynda-myles"
fi1m_id: "lynda-myles"
imdb_id: "nm0617002"
tmdb_id: 50872
wikidata_id: "Q6708566"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "2 May 1947"
died: "15 April 2023"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:44:41.585711+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."
---

# Lynda Myles

## Identity

Lynda Myles

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lynda-myles
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lynda-myles
- **IMDb ID:** nm0617002
- **TMDB ID:** 50872
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6708566
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynda_Myles_(American_writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6708566, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0617002/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/50872

Producer. Born 2 May 1947 in New York City. Died 15 April 2023.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 2 May 1947, New York City
- **Died:** 15 April 2023
- **Active:** 1991–1993
- **Frequently works with:** [Roddy Doyle](https://film.one/person/roddy-doyle.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynda_Myles_(American_writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6708566, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0617002/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/50872

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*The Snapper*](https://film.one/film/the-snapper.md) (82)
- **Peacock:** [*The Commitments*](https://film.one/film/the-commitments.md) (82)

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

## Biography

Lynda Myles is a British film producer and former festival director. She served as director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival from 1973 to 1980, becoming the first woman to direct a major film festival.

Myles produced film adaptations of Roddy Doyle's Barrytown Trilogy, including *The Commitments* (1991, co-produced with Roger Randall-Cutler), *The Snapper* (1993) and *The Van* (1996). Her other production credits include *Defence of the Realm* (1986) and *Killing Me Softly* (2002, co-producer). She has also worked in training programmes for producers in Eastern Europe and served on the Board of Governors of the British Film Institute.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Snapper* (1993), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-snapper.md)
- *The Commitments* (1991), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-commitments.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *Killing Me Softly* (2002), Producer
- *The Van* (1996), Producer
- *The Snapper* (1993), Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-snapper.md)
- *The Commitments* (1991), Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-commitments.md)
- *Defence of the Realm* (1986), Producer
- *Flight to Berlin* (1984), Associate Producer
- *Sean Connery’s Edinburgh* (1982), Producer

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