# Laurie Lynd

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Canadian director

Laurie Lynd Born (1959-05-19) May 19, 1959 (age 67) Toronto, Ontario, Canada Occupations Film and television director, screenwriter

**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](/source/Breakfast_with_Scot)*.[1]

Born in [Toronto](/source/Toronto), [Ontario](/source/Ontario), Lynd made the short films *Together and Apart* (1986) and *[RSVP](/source/RSVP_(1991_film))* (1991) early in his career. The latter of which was cited by film critic [B. Ruby Rich](/source/B._Ruby_Rich) in her influential 1992 essay on the emergence of [New Queer Cinema](/source/New_Queer_Cinema).[2] He then attended the [Canadian Film Centre](/source/Canadian_Film_Centre),[3] making the short film *[The Fairy Who Didn't Want to Be a Fairy Anymore](/source/The_Fairy_Who_Didn't_Want_to_Be_a_Fairy_Anymore)* (1992)[4] and the feature film *[House](/source/House_(1995_film))* (1995)[5] while studying at that institution; he was also credited as the producer of [John Greyson](/source/John_Greyson)'s CFC project *[The Making of Monsters](/source/The_Making_of_Monsters)*.

After his graduation from the CFC, he concentrated primarily on television directing,[3] including the television films *Sibs* and *Open Heart*, and episodes of *[Degrassi](/source/Degrassi%3A_The_Next_Generation)*, *[Queer as Folk](/source/Queer_as_Folk_(North_American_TV_series))*, *[I Was a Rat](/source/I_Was_a_Rat_(TV_series))*, *[Noah's Arc](/source/Noah's_Arc_(TV_series))* and *[Ghostly Encounters](/source/Ghostly_Encounters)*.

*Breakfast with Scot*, his second feature film, was released in 2007. His subsequent television work has included *[Forensic Factor](/source/Forensic_Factor)*, *[Baxter](/source/Baxter_(TV_series))*, *[Murdoch Mysteries](/source/Murdoch_Mysteries)*, *[Good Witch](/source/Good_Witch_(TV_series))*, *[Schitt's Creek](/source/Schitt's_Creek)* and *[The Adventures of Napkin Man](/source/The_Adventures_of_Napkin_Man)*.

In 2010 he released the short film *Verona*, which recast *[Romeo and Juliet](/source/Romeo_and_Juliet)* as a romance between two gay university athletes from rival fraternities.[6]

In 2019 he released the documentary film *[Killing Patient Zero](/source/Killing_Patient_Zero)*.[7]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Onstad, Katrina (September 8, 2007). ["Five questions for... Laurie Lynd, director of *Breakfast with Scot*"](http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tiff/features/tiff-5lynd.html). [CBC.ca](/source/CBC.ca). Retrieved September 28, 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-rubyrich_2-0)** [B. Ruby Rich](/source/B._Ruby_Rich), "New Queer Cinema" in Michele Aaron, *New Queer Cinema: A Critical Reader*. [Rutgers University Press](/source/Rutgers_University_Press), 2004. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0813534862](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0813534862). pp. 14–22.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-mediaqueer_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-mediaqueer_3-1) [Laurie Lynd](http://www.mediaqueer.ca/artist/laurie-lynd) at [mediaqueer.ca](/source/Thomas_Waugh).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-contrary_4-0)** "Contrary fairy tale is class work". *[Toronto Star](/source/Toronto_Star)*, July 2, 1993.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** "Anti-hero's neuroses create a theatrical treat on screen". *[Toronto Star](/source/Toronto_Star)*, July 19, 1996.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["The Starcrossed Gay Frat Boys of “Verona”"](http://www.thebacklot.com/the-starcrossed-gay-frat-boys-of-verona/06/2010/). *[The Backlot](/source/AfterEllen.com_and_TheBacklot.com)*, June 16, 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Documentary Killing Patient Zero seeks to restore reputation of Quebec man unfairly targeted in AIDS epidemic"](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). *[Toronto Star](/source/Toronto_Star)*, April 25, 2019.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.laurielynd.com/)

- [Laurie Lynd](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0528508/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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