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Lynn Fainchtein(1963-2024)

  • Music Department
  • Producer
  • Actress
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Lynn is a Music Supervisor working for feature films, documentaries, TV shows and commercials. She has worked as Music Supervisor and producer for over two hundred audiovisual works and runs a company specialized in Music Supervision and Rights Clearance for audiovisual productions, from Latin America, US, Europe, Jordan, Turkey, etc..

Lynn Fainchtein has taken her musical experience to an ample range of mediums, which include film, television, radio, journalism and recording. She has worked as producer and musical supervisor on numerous films. One of her long-standing contributions has been with the acclaimed Mexican Film Director Alejandro González Iñarritu on all his films: Biutiful (nominated for the Academy Award), Babel, 21 Grams, and Amores Perros (nominated for the Academy Award). More recently the worldwide acclaimed Birdman and The Revenant as well in ¨Limbo¨ Alejandro's new film.

Recently, she supervised music and stock footage for Alfonso Cuaron's Roma, which won the Golden Lion on the 75º Venice International Film Festival, and couple academy awards.

In addition, Lynn has collaborated with Lee Daniels on all his award winning films, Precious (Winner at The Sundance Film Festival), The Paperboy and the Butler. As well in his next film US VS BILLIE HOLIDAY about the life of Billie Holiday.

For Netflix, Lynn has undertaken the music supervision for several international projects, including Dark (Germany), The Rain (Denmark), Luis Miguel, Club de Cuervos and La Casa de las Flores (México), Élite (Spain), The Protector (Turkey), Tidelands (Australia), Coisa Mais Linda (Brazil) and Green Frontier (Colombia).

Lynn regularly collaborates with Canana Films, the production company founded by Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna, where she has musically supervised all of their TV projects and films and, which include Abel, Déficit, Chavez and Mr.Pig.

Interesting projects like David France's The Life and Death of Marsha P. Johnson, Patricia Riggen's The 33, Luis Estrada's La Dictadura Perfecta, Jerry Jameson's Captive, Manolo Caro's Amor de Mis Amores, and Walter Salles' On the Road, which participated on the 2012 Cannes Film Festival are Lynn's curation.

Among other projects, Lynn helped in the Cirque du Soleil's new show Luzia. On the other hand, Lynn has done extensive work as a producer on films and documentaries among others El Santos VS la Tetona Mendoza in 2012, Hecho en México (2012) and 0.56% ¿Qué le pasó a México? Documentary about 2006 Mexican elections).
Born1963
DiedMarch 1, 2024
Born1963
DiedMarch 1, 2024
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  • Awards
    • 1 win & 6 nominations total

Known for

Edward Norton, Zach Galifianakis, Amy Ryan, Naomi Watts, Emma Stone, and Andrea Riseborough in Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
7.7
  • Music Department
  • 2014
Marina de Tavira, Marco Graf, Yalitza Aparicio, Daniela Demesa, Diego Cortina Autrey, and Carlos Peralta in Roma (2018)
Roma
7.6
  • Music Department
  • 2018
Emilio Echevarría, Gael García Bernal, and Goya Toledo in Amores Perros (2000)
Amores Perros
8.0
  • Music Department
  • 2000
John Cusack, Nicole Kidman, Matthew McConaughey, and Zac Efron in The Paperboy (2012)
The Paperboy
5.7
  • Music Department
  • 2012

Credits

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Music Department



  • FLAMINGOS Life after the meteorite
    3.4
    • music supervisor
    • 2025
  • Diego Vásquez in One Hundred Years of Solitude (2024)
    One Hundred Years of Solitude
    8.3
    TV Series
    • music supervisor
    • 2024
  • Eduard Fernández, Zoe Bonafonte, Clara Segura, Carlos Cuevas, Salva Reina, Óscar de la Fuente, and Aimar Vega in El 47 (2024)
    El 47
    7.2
    • clearances
    • music supervisor
    • 2024
  • Kevin Kline, Cate Blanchett, and Robert Hitchmough in Disclaimer (2024)
    Disclaimer
    7.5
    TV Series
    • music supervisor
    • 2024
  • Women in Blue (2024)
    Women in Blue
    7.3
    TV Mini Series
    • music supervisor (as Lynn Fainchtein Steider)
    • 2024
  • The Messiah (2023)
    The Messiah
    8.0
    TV Series
    • music supervisor
    • 2023
  • Lost in the Night (2023)
    Lost in the Night
    6.0
    • music supervisor
    • 2023
  • Evan Whitten in Chupa (2023)
    Chupa
    5.5
    • music supervisor
    • 2023
  • Damián Alcázar, Ana de la Reguera, Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez, Ana Martín, Angelina Peláez, Luis Fernando Peña, Álex Perea, Alfonso Herrera, Joaquín Cosio, Mayte Fernández, Raphael Camarena, Sonia Couoh, and Cuauhtli Jiménez in ¡Que viva México! (2023)
    ¡Que viva México!
    5.6
    • music supervisor
    • 2023
  • No Traces (2023)
    No Traces
    6.2
    TV Mini Series
    • music supervisor
    • 2023
  • Natalia de Molina in Siege (2023)
    Siege
    5.2
    • music supervisor
    • 2023
  • Cardo (2021)
    Cardo
    6.9
    TV Series
    • music supervisor
    • 2023
  • Melissa Barrera and Paul Mescal in Carmen (2022)
    Carmen
    5.7
    • music supervisor
    • 2022
  • Daniel Giménez Cacho in Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (2022)
    Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
    6.7
    • music supervisor
    • 2022
  • Karla Souza, Izan Fernández, Renata Hermida Richards, Rodrigo Díaz, Raúl Arévalo, Dani Rovira, Michel Herráiz, and Rodrigo Gibaja in I'm Going to Have a Good Time (2022)
    I'm Going to Have a Good Time
    6.6
    • additional music supervisor
    • 2022

Producer



  • Melissa Barrera and Paul Mescal in Carmen (2022)
    Carmen
    5.7
    • executive producer
    • 2022
  • Su nombre era Dolores, la Jenn que yo conocí (2017)
    Su nombre era Dolores, la Jenn que yo conocí
    7.3
    TV Series
    • music producer
    • 2017
  • El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza (2012)
    El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza
    6.2
    • producer
    • 2012
  • Made In Mexico (2012)
    Made In Mexico
    6.9
    • producer
    • 2012
  • 0.56 %
    • producer
    • 2011
  • 0.56% ¿Qué le pasó a México? (2010)
    0.56% ¿Qué le pasó a México?
    6.6
    • producer
    • 2010
  • ¿Y tú cuánto cuestas? (2007)
    ¿Y tú cuánto cuestas?
    6.8
    • producer
    • 2007
  • John Leguizamo and Ana Claudia Talancón in Sueño (2005)
    Sueño
    5.2
    • co-producer
    • 2005

Actress



  • El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza (2012)
    El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza
    6.2
    • Additional Voices
    • 2012
  • Aro Tolbukhin - En la mente del asesino (2002)
    Aro Tolbukhin - En la mente del asesino
    6.5
    • 2002

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Lynn Fainchtein Steider
  • Born
    • 1963
    • Mexico
  • Died
    • March 1, 2024
    • Madrid, Spain
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    • 1 Article
    • 1 Pictorial

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  • When did Lynn Fainchtein die?
    March 1, 2024
  • Where did Lynn Fainchtein die?
    Madrid, Spain
  • When was Lynn Fainchtein born?
    1963
  • Where was Lynn Fainchtein born?
    Mexico
  • What was Lynn Fainchtein known for?
    Amores Perros, The Paperboy, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), and Roma

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