Film executive Ann Lyon has died

Film executive Ann Lyons has passed away after a short illness this week.

Lyons was co-founder of LA-based IFM World Releasing Inc and long time business partner of Antony I Ginnane in Australia’s FG Film Productions PTY LTD.

Ginnane said: “I have lost my best friend. Ann was the rock solid underpinning of our production and distribution activity for more than 30 years. She was an extraordinary judge of story and had an editor’s eye for structure.”

Lyons began her film industry career in 1976 on immigration to Australia, after joining the Melbourne-based studio Corporation and The Film House. In her early years she worked as an assistant to director Fred Schepisi.