https://www.jacklechner.net/lyricist daily 0.75 2024-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596469941034-063629BOEASIC7ETIOEI/1+KidLogo.jpg Lyricist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/a36c08af-9a6a-4204-8de1-7671492db5c0/Rosario%2BDawson%2BJeremy%2BRenner%2C+2007.jpeg Lyricist Rosario Dawson and Jeremy Renner sing "Half Nelson," 2007 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/bc130521-8929-460b-a049-0f0a711ef878/Screen+Shot+2022-08-14+at+9.13.26+PM.png Lyricist Paul Newman and Lolita Davidovich as Earl Long and Blaze Starr in "Blaze" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/a5485c4a-c4f7-4527-a67e-7554ffc2537a/319104145_569192488547109_4288072812382049763_n.jpeg Lyricist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596469947451-0AXUFX6W5KGV504JM8P0/11+Chris+Sieber+and+Lucas+Steele.png Lyricist Chris Sieber and Lucas Steele https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/c65a0a37-21e5-4496-88d6-4fb3261178b0/Macy+Gray%2C+2006.jpeg Lyricist Macy Gray sings "Capote," 2006 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/85fee9ce-c5a8-48d1-bd06-c578f24ed2eb/BIG_SHOT_CBE_EVAN_ZIMMERMAN_0706_Skye-Mattox-and-Ryan-Fitzgerald-1080x720.jpeg Lyricist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596469941419-6M3SD72ANTW5JFFRA0HS/Kid+Premiere+with+Dan+Terry+DJ.jpg Lyricist (L-R) Michael Zam, Andy Monroe, Terry Miller, D.J. Miller-Savage, Dan Savage, Jack Lechner https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/203f56fd-1de2-4772-a24d-cf3059313af3/Dwight+Yoakam%2C+2006.jpeg Lyricist Dwight Yoakam sings "The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada," 2006 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/217045ab-0026-4a60-94e8-ca8a8e77039f/BIG_SHOT_CBE_EVAN_ZIMMERMAN_0579-1280x640.jpeg Lyricist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/29ccb52e-d53d-49b5-83a2-c08a4eead2e9/Peter+Gallagher%2C+2006.jpeg Lyricist Peter Gallagher sings "Brokeback Mountain," 2006 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/31257a72-6fa2-4a80-a3c9-d8d78f1e7819/Lesley+Ann+Warren%2C+2003.jpeg Lyricist Lesley Ann Warren sings "The Good Girl," 2003 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/0c93c10c-320a-456f-b5af-401e8f8cc925/Neil+Patrick+Harris%2C+2007.jpeg Lyricist Neil Patrick Harris sings "American Gun," 2007 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1646621786302-D1TD3AW3I9FIOJ997CQ3/Minnie%252BDriver%252BFilm%252BIndependent%252B2007%252BSpirit%252B6jYUkzx2wgGx.jpg Lyricist Minnie Driver sings "Pan's Labyrinth," 2007 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/ba115992-4510-45a3-91bf-ec86ab43e733/Screen+Shot+2022-03-06+at+10.02.50+PM.png Lyricist David Alan Grier sings "Baadasssss!", 2004 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/9d21fe96-4d51-4758-8305-993aabd9dfcb/Zooey%2BDeschanel%2BKyra%2BSedgwick%2B2004%2BIndependent%2B3k0DzVnJsCQx.jpeg Lyricist Zooey Deschanel and Kyra Sedgwick sing "In America," 2004 https://www.jacklechner.net/professor daily 0.75 2026-07-07 https://www.jacklechner.net/writer daily 0.75 2024-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596297727679-UJTRO6G8A97ZNILHP1GS/CTMEOOY.png Writer 2000 (Crown Publishers). Jack spent a week watching 12 television sets (replicating an experiment by Charles Sopkin in 1967), and wrote about his harrowing experience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596297723991-JAEBQ45N3NEFVEG5BIT5/s-l1600-2.jpg Writer 1990, 1992 (Lone Eagle Publishing). In the days before IMDb, people looked up credits in books like this one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596297742550-F6EWV7ALJ2ORTT6R8U7Y/Ivy+League.jpg Writer 1983 (Delilah Books). Jack was in college, and wrote the book while taking the bus from a summer internship at Washingtonian magazine to a summer job as a movie theater usher. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596297727215-L6P25HZL4JX34TN2GOWT/Mary.png Writer 2008 (Bloomsbury Publishing). It's dedicated to Maude Lechner, "the light of my life." https://www.jacklechner.net/home daily 1.0 2026-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596418235324-Y1CSY2FW0BP1917SKIYI/emwmfog1-1.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596466405341-35L84T89J9WOGBWQFM9O/GWH2.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596418230777-7WOMKX0ZRE1PSOWSW948/film1.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596418373146-EY5KNXQ21E5VY3U8YX9I/_ROOM+FULL.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596986069095-V0ARDWB9YFL0AHJNU78L/screen_shot_2019-07-08_at_3.14.45_pm.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/fa6cd2ff-a399-4c6f-a2ac-dd8b486330c8/Screen+Shot+2021-08-22+at+5.26.58+PM.png Home https://www.jacklechner.net/producer daily 0.75 2025-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596053704255-PJXI67VNYF2G9181C2IE/Bite+Me.jpg Producer dir. Meredith Edwards, 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596055214530-BEPTTK2XEW6EF5W93WV3/51fl9AvTGtL._AC_.jpg Producer dir. Errol Morris, 2003; won Academy Award, Best Documentary Feature https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596169662165-50X8DK8L0GQWPVBM6E7T/Explorer-KeyArt-768x432.jpg Producer 2016-2017, National Geographic Channel (supervising producer) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596172744757-22FUCROE3TOZXCDJ4XZS/91u0FC7wB2L._SL1500_.jpg Producer dir. Paul Seed (1995), HBO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596053689092-QPW5OJR4OSY52IIHHOMZ/Blue+Valentine.png Producer dir. Derek Cianfrance, 2010; nominated for Academy Award, Best Actress (Michelle Williams) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596053689581-6C49YZ6ECU4LNOP0GVSC/Left+of+the+Dial.png Producer dir. Patrick Farrelly & Kate O'Callaghan, 2005 (HBO); nominated for News & Documentary Emmy, Best Documentary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596170787480-61KWRYVQDJQ5UXW8ON7I/GWLBWLB.png Producer 2011-2012, Sundance Channel (co-executive producer) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596172744622-F48THMZ7C9N86XAFJKIZ/71MlvNhnMxL._AC_SL1500_.jpg Producer dir. Iain Softley (1994), Channel Four https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596053696197-1XG5X2VBDX3XSUCLRGTC/Naked+on+the+Inside.png Producer dir. Kim Farrant, 2007 (Showtime) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596169662168-MNJX7NQA8FHUOITZPAWW/new-yorker-presents-amazon-tv-review.jpg Producer 2016, Amazon (supervising producer) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596173697356-ZZ2DQF8LT5UGFHKUZ8D9/BOTB.png Producer dir. Gurinder Chadha (1993), Channel Four https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/fc3d82a3-4bd2-4de5-b2ba-04d8d386667e/Group+Poster_smaller.jpg Producer d. Alexis Lloyd, 2026 (producer) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596054422638-DRHR0VN5Z3QPDWPNXGDJ/The%2BNew%2BPublic.jpg Producer dir. Jyllian Gunther, 2013 (PBS) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596169666343-TCE552L6XB2Z6SHOFQSK/Parking+Lot.png Producer 2003-2004, Trio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596172747179-BI71AZ4FF2ZBL9TOQ83C/full.brassedoff-16166__31090.1556888807.jpg Producer dir. Mark Herman (1996), Channel Four AND Miramax https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/49698235-e73f-47f4-b826-7503e520bc72/Screenshot+2023-05-24+at+10.54.55+AM.png Producer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596053693014-BXXD3NI3H0949KILB9IN/Smile+%27Til+It+Hurts.png Producer dir. Lee Storey, 2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596172741099-XQE357WX3R52IQQIJW4R/8eff543d98537b7554598cf73af4b78b_4c057e80-2ed1-4177-8dca-0978f2371982_480x.progressive.jpg Producer dir. Lasse Hallstrom (2000), Miramax https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1607803997990-SFNWNVM5CGIJSDAPJ6MD/Screen+Shot+2020-12-12+at+3.12.57+PM.png Producer dir. Robert Levi, 2013 (PBS) (co-producer) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596151701428-1AU56H5P6BLNJUAKGCOX/mad_men.jpg Producer Premiered July 2007 on AMC; received 116 Emmy nominations and 16 wins. (Jack was a producer on the pilot.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596054253180-5RRS6AQZWY5NZCEZM1JT/Untouchable.jpg Producer dir. Ursula MacFarlane, 2019 (Hulu) (consulting producer) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596172744505-F1K8U4E3P3XDNYEUSTMY/cider_house_rules_1999_original_film_art_2000x.jpg Producer dir. Lasse Hallstrom (1999), Miramax https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596174649436-XHI5VMBQRU9K4TEYMK8D/Shots.png Producer 2001, Court TV; dir. Derek Cianfrance (producer) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596151658641-6L8NLSJ3LO2M2RJNYECX/Group+poster.jpg Producer dir. Alexis Lloyd; premiered May 2020 on YouTube https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596053693238-TOHRTCKYC8OXC2F37HW0/Very+Young+Girls.png Producer dir. David Schisgall, 2007 (Showtime) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596169665655-L0C5KF2UL82Z9CZODAYA/Sunset+Daze.png Producer 2010, WE (co-executive producer) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596172746611-VZ3DXH34Q0L2TMFFF104/crying_game.jpg Producer dir. Neil Jordan (1992), Channel Four https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596169664632-LN7C94TRJ7HG3I7VTWQ0/TruInside.png Producer 2016, Tru TV (producer) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596173911598-GYZETEPV5PN24KG6ITAI/91Qzw95KymL._SL1500_.jpg Producer dir. John Mackenzie (1995), HBO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596172746544-05AR1TY139ZL02SJ6JW3/s-l1600-1.jpg Producer dir. Mike Newell (1994), Channel Four https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/bb28b788-ae26-4c16-a84f-8aae525de057/6a00e008dca1f08834026be407c8da200d-800wi.jpeg Producer 2023 (co-executive producer) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596172752024-RD7OR9N5NNU37ZJ04XW1/full_monty_xlg.1400x1400.jpg Producer dir. Peter Cattaneo (1997) (Jack developed at Channel Four) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596172749744-C7HH4K6WQTTL20L22V52/good_will_hunting_1997_original_film_art_2000x.jpg Producer dir. Gus Van Sant (1997), Miramax https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596172741238-2N9VI8HGAWRFMUS75LT3/Guinevere-459702586-large-1.jpg Producer dir. Audrey Wells (1999), Miramax https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/7f392ccf-f1eb-48b7-98f6-f403d8206349/MV5BZGIxNGI4MjMtMzc2Ny00NDhhLWJiNGEtMWQ3YjM1ZDk1YWM3L2ltYWdlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjQzNDI3NzY%40._V1_.jpg Producer dir. David Drury (1997), HBO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596212860327-VGFHMW2Z3Y92HVNG5Y7F/Screen+Shot+2020-07-31+at+12.26.11+PM.png Producer dir. Michael Rymer (1999), Miramax/Dimension https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/c3195977-f05f-4330-afc7-660f97e1ddd2/MV5BMTA4OTYxNjQ0NDNeQTJeQWpwZ15BbWU3MDU0MTMyMzg%40._V1_.jpg Producer dir. Stephen & Timothy Quay (1995), Channel Four https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/5130e0d2-79c1-4687-b686-2b7e82e81687/MV5BYmQ0YjdkZTYtZWNiMi00ZTM1LTkzMjYtNTJkN2NiNGRhYjRhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNDE0MzQxNjQ%40._V1_.jpg Producer dir. Ken Loach (1994), Channel Four https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596172751063-4DST4282NN4LPELPE9G7/LV.jpg Producer dir. Mark Herman (1998), Miramax https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596174418905-AQ7YDUJNWI6M2V0A1BLW/mansfield_park.jpg Producer dir. Patricia Rozema (1999), Miramax https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/52eb600b-9538-4bde-9675-6a3d737e5d4a/MV5BZTU0ODZiNTktMTI0OC00NzZjLTlhZTMtYTE3ZjVlMmVhMmI4XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTQxNzMzNDI%40._V1_.jpg Producer dir. Wes Craven (1999), Miramax https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596172744444-LR60EW65VOBCM3TXC1C3/naked_original_film_art_spo_2000x.jpg Producer dir. Mike Leigh (1993), Channel Four https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/ea49cdc5-3791-4306-971a-3b10c2d9419c/MV5BOGUzYjY2YzMtOWY1NS00MWFiLWE4OTEtZmYzNzhiYmM4OTU5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjMwMjk0MTQ%40._V1_.jpg Producer dir. Boaz Yakin (1998), Miramax https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596172740623-SQR2LG6L993U502E5NO2/s-l640.jpg Producer dir. Ken Loach (1993), Channel Four https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596174419083-BJIY1NWWOSWNI8J7XKH6/71e8SPP0ZsL._AC_SL1166_.jpg Producer dir. John Dahl (1998), Miramax https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596172750244-QNX1KNCCJAO7H2Q1Q106/safe_1995_original_film_art_aa711f5a-dbac-4758-b7da-09ea59839c84_2000x.jpg Producer dir. Todd Haynes (1995), Channel Four https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596172749415-HEII28ZMFVQMT9SBHIFY/s-l1600.jpg Producer dir. Danny Boyle (1994), Channel Four https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596212828719-RDNEBV1HC5LOS14SAFC5/shopping.jpg Producer dir. Paul W.S. Anderson (1994), Channel Four https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596174418266-2KXOOYB5814XMY7RU4IK/Super_Troopers_movie_poster.jpg Producer dir. Jay Chandrasekhar (2001) (Jack developed at Miramax) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596173350765-0M4MM406J6AIF2X9E51B/VG.png Producer dir. Todd Haynes (1998), Miramax https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1661103678650-0AJW55BILNMMKIVC4707/29487.jpg Producer dir. Stephen Gyllenhaal (1992), Channel Four https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596174420448-Z0R3AM4HBFHF28EJ33S5/the_wings_of_the_dove.jpg Producer dir. Iain Softley (1997), Miramax https://www.jacklechner.net/bio daily 0.75 2026-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1623953046907-WFCOHKZNDTNEW5GNVF7B/IMG_0007.jpg https://www.jacklechner.net/consultant-speaker daily 0.75 2026-04-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596396476146-462IYWUPWN79SB1LXBQL/With+Reginald+Hudlin+and+Chadwick+Boseman.jpg Consultant/Speaker Jack, Reginald Hudlin, Chadwick Boseman (Marshall) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596415680464-20LS0EJ47BNMHO6YTFDU/JL+and+James+L.+Brooks.jpg Consultant/Speaker Jack, James L. Brooks (Edge of Seventeen) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596415679064-VUPJYJFGUXMJK67DDW09/Silence+2.jpg Consultant/Speaker Jack, Martin Scorsese, Jay Cocks (Silence) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596415679195-679IWFWXFYXCSTWIZWFL/12+Years+a+Slave+1.jpg Consultant/Speaker Alfre Woodard, Steve McQueen, Lupita Nyong'o, Michael Fassbender, Dede Gardner, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jack (12 Years a Slave) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/1596415679001-ZYP9ZXMOY71E29HEJY5N/Promised+Land.jpg Consultant/Speaker Mitzie Rothzeid (Producers Guild), Jack, Matt Damon, John Krasinski, Chris Moore (Promised Land) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/fbf470ff-8ff0-4a44-b8dd-daf3fb17169d/Eddie+Redmayne%2C+Felicity+Jones%2C+%26+JL%2C+10.29.14.jpg Consultant/Speaker Felicity Jones, Eddie Redmayne, Jack (The Theory of Everything) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/6873c202-cbfa-4bb0-9bf0-00984be1d92c/JL+%26+Lee+Daniels%2C+10.17.13+horizontal.jpg Consultant/Speaker Jack, Lee Daniels (The Butler) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/9ec5b7ec-21ca-4add-8540-7f9e5dc748da/With+Amy+Adams+2.jpg Consultant/Speaker Amy Adams, Jack (Big Eyes) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21d2ea5192cf7148b7a346/52ccbd3d-0222-400c-9c93-7420cd4a8f88/Copy+of+_G6A0344_DiVito_05012024.JPG Consultant/Speaker Glenn Close, Jack (Columbia master class) https://www.jacklechner.net/contact daily 0.75 2021-08-22