Lynch was born on
Long Island, New York. Though he began his career as a child actor, he soon became obsessed with filmmaking itself. While studying at
Syracuse University, he made a couple of student short films with
mAHARBA and
hiBeams, which were selected to screen at many film festivals. Lynch graduated in 1998 with a bachelor's degree in visual and performing arts. Lynch has directed music videos for such groups as DVDA,
Pete Yorn,
Strapping Young Lad,
Faith No More,
311, and
Godhead. He was also one of the creators of the television show
Uranium for
Fuse TV. His director debut in a feature film was 2007's
Wrong Turn 2: Dead End, which starred
Henry Rollins,
Erica Leerhsen, and
Texas Battle. Lynch is a lifelong
genre film fan (especially
horror) and has appeared as a featured guest at several
Weekend of Horrors conventions. He has also appeared in several short films, including director
Adam Green's 2007 Halloween short "The Tiffany Problem" alongside
Joel Moore and
Corri English. Lynch worked at
G4 as creative director of the website, and appears as a special guest on its popular series
Attack of the Show! in a horror-themed segment called "Body Count". Lynch was one of the four directors who collaborated on the
comedy horror anthology
Chillerama, which was released by Image Entertainment on November 29, 2011 after a successful festival and "roadshow" theatrical run. Lynch directed the wraparound portions set in a drive-in playing four obscure genre films. He also appeared as "Fernando Phagabeefy", director of the fourth film,
Deathication. His next feature-length film was released in 2012.
Knights of Badassdom, a "horror/adventure/comedy" film, stars
Ryan Kwanten,
Steve Zahn,
Summer Glau,
Danny Pudi,
Jimmi Simpson, and
Peter Dinklage. Lynch disowned the movie after significant interference from the studio. Lynch also executive produced and was the creative showrunner for
G4tv.com's "Epictober Film Festival", producing three horror/video game-themed short films by directors
Drew Daywalt,
Gregg Bishop and Sam Balcomb, which premiered in October 2011. In addition to his directing career, Lynch is also the co-star on the sitcom
Holliston, along with director
Adam Green, which premiered on
Fearnet on April 3, 2012. Lynch also served as executive producer on the show. Lynch's next film was the action/thriller
Everly, which went into production in the summer of 2013, with
Salma Hayek in the title role. The film also starred
Jennifer Blanc and
Togo Igawa. The screenplay was written by Yale Hannon, based on a story by Lynch and Hannon. The film was produced by Crime Scene Pictures & Anonymous Content. Lynch also directed the
Bear McCreary & Raya Yarbrough music video "Silent Night", released as a bonus on ''Everly's''
Blu-ray. In 2013, Lynch wrote and directed the short film
Truth in Journalism, based on the
Marvel character
Eddie Brock/Venom. This short was also partially influenced by the film
Man Bites Dog. The film stars
Ryan Kwanten as the titular character. He also executive produced the Czech-Ukrainian horror film
Ghoul, which was released in the U.S. in March 2015. In 2016, Lynch directed the action horror film
Mayhem, which was produced by Circle of Confusion. The film starred
Steven Yeun and
Samara Weaving. The film had a simultaneous limited theatrical and
VOD/
digital HD release in the U.S. on November 10, 2017. In 2017, Lynch signed on to direct an upcoming horror film
Taste based on a screenplay by
No One Lives writer David Cohen. The film will be produced by Erin Eggers, Chase Hudson and Matthew Porter of Penchant Entertainment with Cohen. Production was slated to begin in Los Angeles in the summer of 2017. ==Filmography==