- Born
- Birth nameJohn H. Lind the 3rd
- Height6′ 3″ (1.91 m)
- Jay Lind was born the first of three children to a distinctly middleclass family in the small town of Salisbury, Maryland, USA. He spent most of his childhood trying not to be noticed only to come into his own as an actor and director at Salisbury State College, where he came under the tutalage of Lee Starnes and was mentored by reknown stage and film actor Austin Pendleton. After College Jay went off to the Army, serving as an Intelligence officer in West Berlin and distinguishing himself for valor during the invasion of Grenada, for which he was awarded a number of medals including the Purple Heart. After military service Jay returned to the stage in New York and soon was directing again. He shot his first film SANGRE SONGES (amer title "Valerie") in 1990, during which shooting he met his future wife Maria Pechukas, beginning an on and off affair that lasted past their divorce up to her death in 2000. He has continued to make interesting and quirky films through out his career, including "Night of the Cat", "Do You Like Women?" and "Carmilla" (1998) all of which featured or starred his wife Maria Pechukas. In 2000 Jay wrote and Directed "To Dance With Death" starring Brinke Stevens and Lauren Westen for One Shot Productions. Jay remains, to this day, one of the most entertaining, quirky and controversial artists in the history of cinema. In addition to his film work, Jay has authored a number of books on subjects such as the identity of Jack the Ripper and the mythology of the Vampire.
- IMDb mini biography by: Jay Lind <lind_jay@hotmail.com
- SpouseMaria Pechukas(April 30, 1994 - May 14, 1998) (divorced, 2 children)
- [how he hit into directing] I studied acting and film and theatre in college, got out and couldn't get a gig, so I joined the Army as an Intelligence Agent. After that, making movies was a whole lot less pressure. I got out of the service and hung around Europe for a while and drifted back into Theatre and Film. The maturity I gained in military service helped me realize that I could put my own projects together and not rely on another person. Not have to sell my soul to someone else to work.
- [his late wife actress Maria Pechukas, who suffered from anorexia and clinical depression] She was very sad. She was one of the most beautiful, talented people I'd ever met, but she was like a bruised peach. She never recovered from the bruise. I'm very, I feel very guilty. I promised her I would always be there for her and I wasn't. I didn't find out that she had died until about a week had passed.
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