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Adrian Lyne

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Adrian Lyne

Born March 4, 1941 in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK11 films

Adrian Lyne (born 4 March 1941) is an English film director. Lyne is known for sexually charged narratives, conflicting passions, the power of seduction, moral ambiguity, betrayal, and the indelibility of infidelity.

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In the mid 1970s, he directed television commercials for DIM Lingerie (France), but Lyne's career in feature length films began in 1980 with Foxes, and would later direct Flashdance, 9½ Weeks, Fatal Attraction, Jacob's Ladder, Indecent Proposal, Lolita, and Unfaithful. Lyne received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director for Fatal Attraction.

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Jacob's Ladder posterFirst watchJacob's Ladder19907.4After returning home from the Vietnam War, veteran Jacob Singer struggles to maintain his sanity. Plagued by hallucinations and flashbacks, Singer rapidly falls apart as the world and…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Lolita poster7.1Lolita1997Fatal Attraction poster6.8Fatal Attraction1987Unfaithful poster6.7Unfaithful2002Flashdance poster6.5Flashdance1983Indecent Proposal poster6.4Indecent Proposal1993Deep Water poster5.8Deep Water2022Nine 1/2 Weeks poster6.1Nine 1/2 Weeks1986Foxes poster6.0Foxes1980

Filmography

11 films as director
  1. 2022Deep WaterDirector
  2. 2002UnfaithfulDirector
  3. 1997LolitaDirector
  4. 1993Indecent ProposalDirector
  5. 1990Jacob's LadderDirector
  6. 1987Fatal AttractionDirector
  7. 1986Nine 1/2 WeeksDirector
  8. 1983FlashdanceDirector
  9. 1980FoxesDirector
  10. 1976Mr. SmithDirector
  11. 1973The TableDirector