Lynn Reynolds was an American director

Film director

A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

 and screenwriter. Reynolds directed 81 films between 1915

1915 in film

The year 1915 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* February 8 : D.W Griffith's The Birth of a Nation premieres at Clune's Auditorium Los Angeles and breaks box office and film length records, running at a total length of 3 hrs 10 minutes.* June 18 : The Motion Picture Directors...

 and 1928

1928 in film

-Events:Although some movies released in 1928 had sound, most were still silent.* July 28 - Lights of New York is released by Warner Brothers. It is the first "100% Talkie" feature film, in that dialog is spoken throughout the film...

. He also wrote for 58 films between 1914

1914 in film

The year 1914 in film involved some significant events, including the debut of Cecil B. DeMille as a director.-Events:*The 3,300-seat Mark Strand Theatre opens in New York City....

 and 1927

1927 in film

-Events:*January 10 - Fritz Lang's science-fiction fantasy Metropolis premieres in Germany.*April 7 - Abel Gance's Napoleon often considered his best known and greatest masterpiece, premiers at the Paris Opéra and would demonstrate techniques and equipment that would not be used for years to...

.

Reynolds was born in Harlan, Iowa

Harlan, Iowa

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 and died in Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

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, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Death

Returning home after being snowbound in the Sierras for three weeks, Reynolds telephoned his wife, actress Kathleen O'Connor, to arrange a dinner party at their Hollywood home with another couple. During the dinner, Reynolds and O'Connor engaged in a heated quarrel in which each accused the other of infidelity

Infidelity

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. With his guests following in an attempt to calm him down, Reynolds left the table to retrieve a pistol from another room where he shot himself in the head.

Selected filmography

• Fast Company
  Fast Company (1918 film)
  Fast Company is a 1918 silent comedy film directed by Lynn Reynolds and starring Lon Chaney, Sr.-Cast:* Franklyn Farnum - Lawrence Percival Van Huyler* Katherine Griffith - Mrs. Van Huyler* Lon Chaney, Sr. - Dan McCarty...
  
  (1918)
• Overland Red
  Overland Red
  Overland Red is a 1920 Western film starring Harry Carey.- Cast :* Harry Carey - Overland Red* Charles Le Moyne - Silent Saunders* Harold Goodwin - Collie* Vola Vale - Louise Alacarme* David B. Gally - Billy Winthrop...
  
  (1920)
• Bullet Proof
  Bullet Proof (1920 film)
  Bullet Proof is a 1920 Western film directed by Lynn Reynolds and starring Harry Carey.-Cast:* Harry Carey - Pierre Winton* William Ryno - Father Victor* Fred Gamble - Father Jacques* Kathleen O'Connor - Mary Brown* J. Farrell MacDonald - Jim Boone...
  
  (1920)
• Sky High
  Sky High (1922 film)
  Sky High is a 1922 American silent film written and directed by Lynn Reynolds and starring Tom Mix, J. Farrell MacDonald, Eva Novak, and Sid Jordan...
  
  (1922)
• Riders of the Purple Sage
  Riders of the Purple Sage
  Riders of the Purple Sage is Zane Grey's best-known novel, originally published in 1912. Most critics agree that it played a significant role in shaping the formula of the popular Western genre.- Plot in a paragraph :...
  
  (1925)
• The Man in the Saddle
  The Man in the Saddle
  The Man in the Saddle is a Western film directed by Lynn Reynolds and Clifford Smith, starring Hoot Gibson and featuring Boris Karloff.-Cast:* Hoot Gibson - Jeff Morgan Jr* Charles Hill Mailes - Jeff Morgan Sr...
  
  (1926)