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name: "Lynn Siefert"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lynn-siefert"
fi1m_id: "lynn-siefert"
imdb_id: "nm0796848"
tmdb_id: 12963
wikidata_id: "Q25894726"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T23:20:48.264696+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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# Lynn Siefert

## Identity

Lynn Siefert

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lynn-siefert
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lynn-siefert
- **IMDb ID:** nm0796848
- **TMDB ID:** 12963
- **Wikidata ID:** Q25894726
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25894726, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0796848/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12963

Writer. Born in Ohio.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25894726, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0796848/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12963

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Cool Runnings*](https://film.one/film/cool-runnings.md) (73)

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

## Biography

Lynn Siefert is a screenwriter and playwright. She wrote the story for the 1993 film *Cool Runnings* and co-wrote its screenplay with Tommy Swerdlow and Michael Goldberg. She also wrote the screenplay for the 1998 film *Cousin Bette*.

Siefert studied playwriting and received a master's degree from Yale University. Her plays include *Coyote Ugly*, which premiered at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company directed by John Malkovich, and *Little Egypt*. She has written episodes for television series including *I'll Fly Away* (1992) and *Once and Again* (2001).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Cool Runnings* (1993), Fi1m 73, Screenplay, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/cool-runnings.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

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

- *Beggars and Choosers* (1999), series, Story
- *Cousin Bette* (1998), Screenplay, Executive Producer
- *Cool Runnings* (1993), Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/cool-runnings.md)

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