{{short description|Canadian director}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox person | name = Laurie Lynd | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{bda|1959|05|19}} | birth_place = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Film and television director, screenwriter | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = }}
'''Laurie Lynd''' (born May 19, 1959) is a Canadian film and television director and screenwriter, best known as the director of the feature film ''[[Breakfast with Scot]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tiff/features/tiff-5lynd.html|title=Five questions for... Laurie Lynd, director of ''Breakfast with Scot''|last=Onstad|first=Katrina|date=September 8, 2007|publisher=[[CBC.ca]]|accessdate=September 28, 2014}}</ref>
Born in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Lynd made the short films ''Together and Apart'' (1986) and ''[[RSVP (1991 film)|RSVP]]'' (1991) early in his career. The latter of which was cited by film critic [[B. Ruby Rich]] in her influential 1992 essay on the emergence of [[New Queer Cinema]].<ref name=rubyrich>[[B. Ruby Rich]], "New Queer Cinema" in Michele Aaron, ''New Queer Cinema: A Critical Reader''. [[Rutgers University Press]], 2004. {{ISBN|978-0813534862}}. pp. 14–22.</ref> He then attended the [[Canadian Film Centre]],<ref name=mediaqueer>[http://www.mediaqueer.ca/artist/laurie-lynd Laurie Lynd] at [[Thomas Waugh|mediaqueer.ca]].</ref> making the short film ''[[The Fairy Who Didn't Want to Be a Fairy Anymore]]'' (1992)<ref name=contrary>"Contrary fairy tale is class work". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', July 2, 1993.</ref> and the feature film ''[[House (1995 film)|House]]'' (1995)<ref>"Anti-hero's neuroses create a theatrical treat on screen". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', July 19, 1996.</ref> while studying at that institution; he was also credited as the producer of [[John Greyson]]'s CFC project ''[[The Making of Monsters]]''.
After his graduation from the CFC, he concentrated primarily on television directing,<ref name=mediaqueer/> including the television films ''Sibs'' and ''Open Heart'', and episodes of ''[[Degrassi: The Next Generation|Degrassi]]'', ''[[Queer as Folk (North American TV series)|Queer as Folk]]'', ''[[I Was a Rat (TV series)|I Was a Rat]]'', ''[[Noah's Arc (TV series)|Noah's Arc]]'' and ''[[Ghostly Encounters]]''.
''Breakfast with Scot'', his second feature film, was released in 2007. His subsequent television work has included ''[[Forensic Factor]]'', ''[[Baxter (TV series)|Baxter]]'', ''[[Murdoch Mysteries]]'', ''[[Good Witch (TV series)|Good Witch]]'', ''[[Schitt's Creek]]'' and ''[[The Adventures of Napkin Man]]''.
In 2010 he released the short film ''Verona'', which recast ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' as a romance between two gay university athletes from rival fraternities.<ref>[http://www.thebacklot.com/the-starcrossed-gay-frat-boys-of-verona/06/2010/ "The Starcrossed Gay Frat Boys of “Verona”"]. ''[[AfterEllen.com and TheBacklot.com|The Backlot]]'', June 16, 2010.</ref>
In 2019 he released the documentary film ''[[Killing Patient Zero]]''.<ref>[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2019/04/25/documentary-killing-patient-zero-seeks-to-restore-reputation-of-quebec-man-unfairly-targeted-in-aids-epidemic.html "Documentary Killing Patient Zero seeks to restore reputation of Quebec man unfairly targeted in AIDS epidemic"]. ''[[Toronto Star]]'', April 25, 2019.</ref>
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== External links == * {{official website|http://www.laurielynd.com/}} * {{IMDb name|0528508}}
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