From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lyndall Georgina Hobbs is an Australian film director and producer. She was born in Melbourne, Australia in March 1952. She was a close childhood friend of the journalist Amanda Zachariah of the Geelong Advertiser. She spent a considerable period of her life in the United Kingdom during which time she directed 'Steppin' Out' featuring top UK act Secret Affair before moving to Hollywood in the United States. For a period of her life, she had a relationship with the movie actor Al Pacino. She has one daughter, Lola Rose Thompson and adopted son, Nick David Hobbs. Her story was told in a documentary by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, "In Her Father's Eyes". Description above from the Wikipedia article Lyndall Hobbs, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.