Overview

• Flynn died May 23 at age 70 in Santa Monica after a four-year battle with renal cancer, his partner Timothy Kraus confirmed.
• He began his career managing a University of Michigan movie theater before rising to SVP of Advertising at United Artists Theatres.
• As VP of Field Publicity and Promotions at Orion Pictures, he led award-winning campaigns for Dances with Wolves and The Silence of the Lambs.
• In his roles as SVP Marketing at Gramercy Pictures and EVP Marketing at Focus Features, he guided promotions for Fargo, The Big Lebowski and Traffic.
• A nearly 30-year member of the Academy’s marketing branch, he is survived by his partner of 43 years and extended family with donations encouraged to the Motion Picture & Television Fund.