Jonathan Lynn

Jonathan Lynn’s West End theater debut was as Motel the Tailor in the original London cast of Fiddler on the Roof. London directing credits include: The Glass Menagerie working with Tennessee Williams; Songbook (Best Musical, Society of West End Theatres Award and Evening Standard Award); Anna Christie (RSC, Stratford and the Donmar); Joe Orton's Loot; Pass The Butler by Eric Idle, Shaw’s Arms And The Man and The Gingerbread Man (Old Vic).  At the National Theatre, Lynn directed A Little Hotel on the Side by Georges Feydeau and Three Men on A Horse (Society of West End Theatres Award, Best Comedy). As Artistic Director of the Cambridge Theatre Company, Lynn directed 20 productions, producing 20 others, 9 of which transferred to the West End. Film directing includes the cult classic Clue (also wrote the screenplay), Nuns on the Run (also written by Lynn), My Cousin Vinny, The Distinguished Gentleman, Sgt. Bilko, Greedy, Trial And Error, The Whole Nine Yards, The Fighting Temptations and most recently, Wild Target. For television, Lynn’s writing credits include the phenomenally successful, multi-award-winning BBC series Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister, co-written and created with Antony Jay. Lynn authored The Complete Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister Volumes I and II, which cumulatively sold more than a million copies in hardback and have been translated into numerous languages and are still in print nearly 30 years later. He wrote (with Antony Jay) and directed the hit theatrical adaptation Yes, Prime Minister, and directed his more recent play The Patriotic Traitor, at Park Theatre in London starring Laurence Fox, which is planned to transfer to the West End. His memoir, Comedy Rules and recent novel Samaritans both received rave reviews.  Lynn received an MA in Law from Cambridge University.