Lynn O'Donnell was an independent film producer, whose works included the award-winning Crumb

Crumb (film)

Crumb is a 1994 documentary film about the noted underground comic artist Robert Crumb and his family. Directed by Terry Zwigoff and produced by Lynn O'Donnell and David Lynch, it won widespread acclaim, including both the Grand Jury Prize and best cinematography prize at the Sundance Film Festival...

, Living on Tokyo Time

Living on Tokyo Time

Living on Tokyo Time is a 1987 movie starring Minako Ohashi and Ken Nakagawa and directed by Steven Okazaki.It is a romantic comedy revolving around Japanese American rock musician Ken and his marriage of convenience to Kyoko, a young immigré from Japan who speaks limited English.The film...

, and a number of specials made for America public television, including films on Nobel Laureate Czesław Miłosz and Argentinian tango superstar Carlos Gardel

Carlos Gardel

Carlos Gardel was a singer, songwriter and actor, and is perhaps the most prominent figure in the history of tango. He was born in Toulouse, France, although he never acknowledged his birthplace publicly, and there are still claims of his birth in Uruguay. He lived in Argentina from the age of two...

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O'Donnell collaborated primarily with filmmakers Terry Zwigoff

Terry Zwigoff

Terry Zwigoff is an American filmmaker whose work often deals with misfits, antiheros, and themes of alienation. His fiction films are the features Ghost World , Bad Santa , and Art School Confidential...

 and Steven Okazaki

Steven Okazaki

Steven Okazaki is an American filmmaker. He is Sansei Japanese American and is based in the San Francisco Bay Area...

, but worked as well with others, including Irving Saraf and Allie Light.

Films on which she worked won two Academy Awards

Academy Awards

An Academy Award, also known as an Oscar, is an accolade bestowed by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers...

, and most other major cinema awards and honors, and were featured at film festivals around the world.

O'Donnell died in 1996 of ovarian cancer

Ovarian cancer

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