Lyndall Hobbs
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Lyndall Georgina Hobbs is an Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n film director and producer. She was born in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

, Australia in March 1952. She was a close childhood friend of the journalist Amanda Zachariah of the Geelong Advertiser
Geelong Advertiser
The Geelong Advertiser is a daily newspaper servicing Geelong, Victoria, Australia, the Bellarine Peninsula and surrounding areas. The Geelong Advertiser is the oldest newspaper title in Victoria and the second oldest in Australia, and was first published on 21 November 1840. The newspaper is...

. She spent a considerable period of her life in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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 during which time she directed 'Steppin' Out' featuring top UK act Secret Affair
Secret Affair
Secret Affair were a mod revival band, formed in 1978 and disbanded in 1982. They reformed to perform and record in the 2000s.-Career:In a period of a little over two years, Secret Affair posted five releases in the UK Singles Chart and released three albums...

 before moving to Hollywood in the United States. For a period of her life, she had a relationship with the movie actor Al Pacino
Al Pacino
Alfredo James "Al" Pacino is an American film and stage actor and director. He is famous for playing mobsters, including Michael Corleone in The Godfather trilogy, Tony Montana in Scarface, Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice in Dick Tracy and Carlito Brigante in Carlito's Way, though he has also appeared...

. She has one daughter, Lola Rose Thompson and adopted son, Nick David Hobbs.

Her story was told in a documentary by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, "In Her Father's Eyes".

Sources

http://www.abc.net.au/austory/content/2007/s1993203.htm

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0387605/
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