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.
