Brian Michael Lynch (born June 21, 1973) is an American film and comic book writer.

Lynch was the initial writer and co-creator of Angel: After the Fall for IDW Publishing alongside Joss Whedon, and is best known for writing the screenplays for the films Puss in Boots (2011), Minions (2015), The Secret Life of Pets (2016), The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019), and Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022).

He has also written unproduced film adaptations of both The Sims[1] and The Muppets.

Except for four years during early childhood spent in Indiana, Lynch lived in New Jersey all his life.

Lynch has worked on a number of comics and animated series: