John Flynn: John Flynn. Director: Lock Up. John Flynn was a very fine, efficient and sadly underrated director who excelled at making mean'n'lean crime pictures. His movies are distinguished by tight plots, a hard, no-nonsense tone, and a taut, streamlined and fiercely economical directorial style. John was born on March 14, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Manhattan Beach, California. He served in the coast guard, where he studied journalism with...
Known For: Lock Up (Director), Out for Justice (Director), The Outfit (Director), Rolling Thunder (Director)