---
name: "Richard Lynn"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/richard-lynn"
fi1m_id: "richard-lynn"
tmdb_id: 1817879
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T12:20:08.491977+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."
---

# Richard Lynn

## Identity

Richard Lynn

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/richard-lynn
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** richard-lynn
- **TMDB ID:** 1817879
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1817879

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Active:** 1960–1985
- **Frequently works with:** [Afia Nkrumah](https://film.one/person/afia-nkrumah.md), [Alan Wareing](https://film.one/person/alan-wareing.md), [Audrey Cooke](https://film.one/person/audrey-cooke.md), [Clive Arnold](https://film.one/person/clive-arnold.md), [Daran Little](https://film.one/person/daran-little.md), [Gerald Blake](https://film.one/person/gerald-blake.md), [Gill Wilkinson](https://film.one/person/gill-wilkinson.md), [Graeme Harper](https://film.one/person/graeme-harper.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as director, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 74 (1), 1980s 70 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1817879

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Coronation Street*](https://film.one/tv/coronation-street.md) (74), [*EastEnders*](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md) (70)

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## Biography

Richard Lynn is a British television director. He has directed numerous episodes of the BBC soap opera *EastEnders* since 2012, and has also directed episodes of the ITV soaps *Coronation Street* (since 2021) and *Emmerdale* (since 2021).

Earlier in his career Lynn worked as an assistant director on *EastEnders* and other series including *Casualty*, *The Bill*, *Doctors* and *Nighty Night*, as well as on several short films.

*Sources: imdb.com, coronationstreet.fandom.com, eastenders.fandom.com, mandy.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *EastEnders* (1985), Fi1m 70, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)
- *Coronation Street* (1960), Fi1m 74, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/coronation-street.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

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

- *EastEnders* (1985), series, Director — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)
- *Coronation Street* (1960), series, Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/coronation-street.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/richard-lynn