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name: "Paul Lynch"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paul-lynch"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "11 June 1946"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
updated: "2026-09-16T23:18:11.529523+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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# Paul Lynch

Director. Born 11 June 1946 in Liverpool, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 11 June 1946, Liverpool, England, UK
- **Active:** 1985–1995
- **Works often with:** Anson Williams, John T. Kretchmer, Paul Robert Coyle, Peter Allan Fields, Stephen L. Posey

## Biography

Paul Lynch (born 11 June 1946) is an English-born Canadian film and television director. He began his career directing television commercials and second-unit work before making his feature debut with *The Hard Part Begins* (1973).

Lynch directed the slasher film *Prom Night* (1980) and subsequently focused on episodic television, helming episodes of series including *Moonlighting* (1985), *Star Trek: The Next Generation* (1987), *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* (1993), *Xena: Warrior Princess* (1995) and *Sliders* (1995). He received three Gemini Award nominations and a Directors Guild of America Award nomination.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, memory-alpha.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Xena: Warrior Princess* (1995), Fi1m 73, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/xena-warrior-princess.md)
- *Moonlighting* (1985), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/moonlighting.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* (1993), Director

## Also known for

- *Star Trek: The Next Generation* (1987), Director
- *Prom Night* (1980), Director
- *Sliders* (1995), Director
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), Director
- *Beauty and the Beast* (1987), Director
- *The Twilight Zone* (1985), Director
- *The Outer Limits* (1995), Director
- *Tour of Duty* (1987), Director

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