LYNN BIRDWELL

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, LINE PRODUCER, DIRECTOR

Lynn would love to live in a world where coffee is always hot and there is a never-ending stream of new episodes of Doctor Who. The oldest of seven children, and now with seven grandchildren, she was a born manager and teacher. She is known today as a staunch defender of television and film development in Houston, consciously activating for the revival of a true film production industry in the 4th most populous city in the US. She provides production services as an Executive Producer for Bird House Productions, which includes films, documentaries, episodic series, commercials, music videos, content and photography for world-class artists, production companies, directors, photographers, and global brands.

From a nest in Houston, her most recent producing credits include:

• MD Anderson campaign, with director Flynn Drew for Energy BBDO Flare

• Kingsford Charcoal, with photographer Penny De Los Santos for FCB Chicago

• Chino Pacas and JOP “Modo Capone” Ft Drake music video for Playing For Legacy with ShotClock NY

• Acadia Pharmaceuticals testimonials, for Propel Health and Cutter Entertainment

• River Oaks District campaign 2024 and the Houston Ballet, with photographer Scott Lowden for House of Current

• “Rich Baby Daddy” music video, filmed and directed by Drake, for OVO

• February 2024 Vanity Fair February Cover Story of Simone Biles for Conde Nast

• Markus Klinko hosted photo exhibit, Tootsies

• Toyota USA video and stills content assets library with VaynerMedia

• BetterWorldFragranceHouse commercial with Drake for Freenjoy

• Invisalign global content assets library with Wanderlust

• Instagram campaign with CJ Stroud for Fanatics

• Nike NOCTA clothing brand campaign with Drake

• Nuro, autonomous vehicle brand, film and video content library assets

• SCI global photo library “Celebration of Life” with photographer Randy Allbritton

• Studio Ramsay’s “No Taste like Home” Ep 1 with James Marsden & Antoni Porowski

• HP global content assets library with Filter Management

• Manchester City Football and Asahi Super Dry with TroubleMaker UK

• Breitling luxury watches content with Eric Harlan, in Jazz at the Astorian

• “The Caregiver” online episodic series with Greg Grunberg for Bandwagon

• Reebok “Nano Shoes” with 4 global athletes, in NY and Iceland

• "OXAGON, City of the Future” film for NEOM with NAF

• Gap / Athleta commercial campaign with Simone Biles

• “Cup of Joe” series with Joe Jonas and Matthew McConaughey for Quibi

• “Palau” life story film, with director Dan Rubottom, starring Gastón Pauls

• “Ay Lav Yu Tuu” with writer, director, star Sermiyan Midyat, and Barry Corbin, Steve Gutenberg, Nikki Leigh

Since 1993, Lynn has skillfully produced for and owned award-winning commercial and documentary film production companies with blue chip agencies and clients. A founder of Texas commercial film production company Rio Bravo Pictures, she served as managing partner until 2002. She served as an agency broadcast producer for the largest Hispanic-owned ad agency in the US, Lopez Negrete Communications throughout 2002, producing for Goya, Walmart, and Bank of America. Lynn continually managed location production work for many magazine-format and reality TV series, and in 2010 was tapped to line produce and direct the Gracie award-winning 3rd season of “The Little Couple” for LMNO Productions on TLC. A favorite career project was field producing and interviewing Holocaust survivors for Steven Spielberg on his “Shoah Foundation” historical museum archives.

Often, Lynn’s deep interest in a subject will lend to her serving as director for an amazing and worthwhile project. One of this is a beautiful art film and performance project, presented at both the Rothko Chapel, and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, at BreathThePulseOfTheUniverse.com

Coming from a Houston-based family, Lynn is always happy to share what’s wonderful about Houston to new visitors. A founding member of the Houston Producers Association, she serves on the advisory council of the University of Houston Jack Valenti School of Communications. She has been an active member of Women in Film & TV, the American Advertising Federation, Texas Association of Motion Media Professionals, the Texas Motion Picture Alliance, the Petroleum Club of Houston, and the Association of Independent Commercial Producers. She supports the arts in Houston as a past guild member for Houston’s Rothko Chapel, and as a founding board member of the CLBB Foundation for the Arts in Education, honoring her mother. Awards she has been proud to receive for her work include the American Advertising Addy Awards, Telly Awards, WorldFest Awards, MTV Awards, UK Music Video Awards, Gracie Awards, and Cannes Lion, as well as being honored in museums world-wide, for artistic excellence.