Biography
Brian Michael Lynch (born June 21, 1973) is an American film and comic book writer. Lynch was the initial writer and co-creator of Angel: After the Fall for IDW Publishing alongside Joss Whedon and is best known for writing the screenplays for the films Puss in Boots (2011), Minions (2015), The Secret Life of Pets (2016), The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019), and Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022). He has also written unproduced film adaptations of both The Sims and The Muppets. Description above from...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Minions 3
2026
Writer
The third installment in the Minions spin-off series, and the seventh film overall in the Despicable Me franchise.

Mooned
2023
Thanks
Villainous Vector must figure out how to get off the moon and return to Earth.

DC League of Super-Pets
2022
Co-Producer
When Superman and the rest of the Justice League are kidnapped, Krypto the Super-Dog must convince a rag-tag shelter pack - Ace the hound, PB the potb...

Minions: The Rise of Gru
2022
Story
A fanboy of a supervillain supergroup known as the Vicious 6, Gru hatches a plan to become evil enough to join them, with the backup of his followers,...

Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
2021
Executive Producer
Peter Rabbit runs away from his human family when he learns they are going to portray him in a bad light in their book. Soon, he crosses paths with an...
Calls
2020
Director, Writer
Two friends initiate a competition to decide which one is the true prank call champion.

The Secret Life of Pets 2
2019
Writer, Screenplay
Max the terrier must cope with some major life changes when his owner gets married and has a baby. When the family takes a trip to the countryside, ne...

Illumination Presents: 10 Minion Mini-Movies
2019
Director
For the first time ever, ALL 10 MINI-MOVIES starring your favorite characters, the Minions, are in one collection! If there's a Minion featured in one...

The Secret Life of Pets
2016
Writer
The quiet life of a terrier named Max is upended when his owner takes in Duke, a stray whom Max instantly dislikes.

Binky Nelson Unpacified
2015
Director, Writer
After a daring heist at a museum, the youngest member of the villainous Nelson family, Binky, realizes he's left behind his beloved pacifier. Determin...

Minions
2015
Writer
Minions Stuart, Kevin and Bob are recruited by Scarlet Overkill, a super-villain who, alongside her inventor husband Herb, hatches a plot to take over...

Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave: The Movie
2014
Producer
Thomas is working at the Clay Pits when a storm closes in and the rain makes the clay cliffs unstable. A flash of lightning reveals what looks like gi...

Puss in Boots
2011
Story
Long before he even met Shrek, the notorious fighter, lover and outlaw Puss in Boots becomes a hero when he sets off on an adventure with the tough an...

Phil's Dance Party
2011
Writer
Phil from the animated movie HOP decides to hold his very own dance party!

Hop
2011
Screenplay
E.B., the Easter Bunny's teenage son, heads to Hollywood, determined to become a drummer in a rock 'n' roll band. In L.A., he's taken in by Fred after...

Aunt Fanny's Tour of Booty
2005
Dialogue
Aunt Fanny gives a tour of the Robot City Train Station to motley collection of robots, including Fender, Zinc, Tammy, Hacky and an Old Lady-Bot.

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
2001
as Comic Book Shopper #1 (uncredited)
When Jay and Silent Bob learn that their comic-book alter egos, Bluntman and Chronic, have been sold to Hollywood as part of a big-screen movie that l...

Love & Rage
2000
Writer
Agnes MacDonnell, a strong and self-confident Englishwoman, owns a large estate on an island off the west coast of Ireland. When she begins a passiona...
Big Helium Dog
1999
Director, Writer
A sketch comedy which spoofs its own production: A guy trying to cope with the losing his friend is pulled against his will into a lucrative TV deal t...

A Better Place
1997
as Eddie
A high school outcast new to town becomes friends with a violent loner still haunted by the death of his parents.

A Better Place
1997
Associate Producer
A high school outcast new to town becomes friends with a violent loner still haunted by the death of his parents.

Untitled Jurassic League Film
N/A
Writer
An animated adaptation of the 2022 comic miniseries centered around the Justice League as dinosaurs.