---
name: "Lynda Obst"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lynda-obst"
fi1m_id: "lynda-obst"
imdb_id: "nm0643553"
tmdb_id: 2162
wikidata_id: "Q6708571"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "14 April 1950"
died: "22 October 2024"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-04T18:06:16.880852+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 Obst

## Identity

Lynda Obst

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lynda-obst
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lynda-obst
- **IMDb ID:** nm0643553
- **TMDB ID:** 2162
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6708571
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynda_Obst, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6708571, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0643553/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2162

Producer. Born 14 April 1950 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 22 October 2024.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 14 April 1950, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 22 October 2024
- **Active:** 1983–2014
- **Also known as:**  Lynda Rosen Obst
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 6: 5 producing, 1 other
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as producer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 54 (1), 1990s 78 (3), 2010s 78 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 64 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Comedy 2, Romance 2, Science Fiction 2, Adventure 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,389m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynda_Obst, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6708571, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0643553/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2162

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Interstellar*](https://film.one/film/interstellar.md) (79)
- **HBO Max:** [*The Jinx*](https://film.one/tv/the-jinx.md) (77)

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

## Biography

Lynda Obst (also credited as Lynda Rosen Obst) was an American film producer and author. Born in New York City on 14 April 1950, she began her career as an editor at the New York Times Magazine before moving into film development in the late 1970s.

She partnered with Debra Hill in 1986 to form Hill/Obst Productions, one of the first all-female production companies, and later established Lynda Obst Productions. Her credits include associate producer on *Flashdance* (1983), producer on *Adventures in Babysitting* (1987) and *The Fisher King* (1991), executive producer on *Sleepless in Seattle* (1993) and *Contact* (1997), and producer on *How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days* (2003) and *Interstellar* (2014). She also wrote books including the memoir *Hello, He Lied* (1996). Obst died in Los Angeles on 22 October 2024.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, variety.com, deadline.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

### Produced (5) — the average rests on these

- *Interstellar* (2014), Fi1m 79, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/interstellar.md)
- *Contact* (1997), Fi1m 76, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/contact.md)
- *Sleepless in Seattle* (1993), Fi1m 78, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/sleepless-in-seattle.md)
- *The Fisher King* (1991), Fi1m 80, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-fisher-king.md)
- *Flashdance* (1983), Fi1m 54, Associate Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/flashdance.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *The Jinx* (2015), Fi1m 77, as Self — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-jinx.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

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

- *The Hot Zone* (2019), series, Producer
- *Good Girls Revolt* (2015), series, Executive Producer
- *Interstellar* (2014), Producer — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/interstellar.md)
- *Hot in Cleveland* (2010), series, Executive Producer
- *The Invention of Lying* (2009), Producer
- *Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging* (2008), Producer
- *How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days* (2003), Producer
- *Abandon* (2002), Producer
- *Someone Like You...* (2001), Producer
- *The '60s* (1999), Executive Producer
- *The '60s* (1999), series, Executive Producer
- *The Siege* (1998), Producer
- *Hope Floats* (1998), Producer
- *Contact* (1997), Executive Producer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/contact.md)
- *One Fine Day* (1996), Producer
- *Bad Girls* (1994), Executive Producer
- *Sleepless in Seattle* (1993), Executive Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/sleepless-in-seattle.md)
- *This Is My Life* (1992), Producer
- *The Fisher King* (1991), Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-fisher-king.md)
- *Heartbreak Hotel* (1988), Producer
- *Adventures in Babysitting* (1987), Producer
- *Flashdance* (1983), Associate Producer — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/flashdance.md)
- *Untitled Heart Biopic*, Producer
- *K-Pop: Lost in America*, Producer
- *Producers on Producing*, Actor
- *Voyagers*, Producer

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Crystal Award 2016: Crystal Award (won)

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

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