Biography
Lynda Rosen Obst (April 14, 1950 – October 22, 2024) was an American film producer and author. Her works include Sleepless in Seattle and Interstellar. Obst founded the production companies Hill/Obst Productions in 1986 and Lynda Obst Productions in 1989.
== Early life ==
Obst was born in New York City on April 14, 1950, to Robert, a garment industry business man, and Clare Rosen, a teacher. She had younger two brothers, Rick and Michael, and grew up in Harrison New York. As a child, she considered herself a "tomboy," playing baseball and participating in gymnastics. Obst was a graduate of Pomona College in Claremont, California, and studied philosophy in the graduate program at Columbia University. However, Obst elected to leave school to work as editor/writer on the 1978 book, The Sixties: The Decade Remembered Now, by the People who Lived it Then. She met and married literary agent, David Obst.
== Career ==
Obst worked as an editor at The New York Times Magazine before moving to Los Angeles when her then-husband, David, was offered a job starting a production company.
