Jonathan Lynn

Jonathan Lynn is a British-American director, screenwriter and actor who studied law at Pembroke College, Cambridge, and joined the Footlights Club there, appearing in the 1965 revue Cambridge Circus. His first West End role, in Green Julia, earned a nomination as Most Promising New Actor, and he later acted in Fiddler on the Roof and wrote for television sitcoms before his first screenplay, The Internecine Project, was released in 1974. With Antony Jay he co-created Yes Minister, which aired from 1980 to 1988 and brought him three BAFTAs. He made his directing debut with Clue in 1985 and went on to direct Nuns on the Run (1990), My Cousin Vinny (1992), The Distinguished Gentleman (1992) and Greedy (1994), in which he took his last acting part. He later produced Vanity Fair and wrote Comedy Rules.