Lynn Shelton
Lynn Shelton (born August 27, 1965 in Oberlin , Ohio - † May 16, 2020 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American film and television director , screenwriter , film editor , film producer and actress .
Life
Lynn Shelton was born in Ohio in 1965 as one of four children of Wendy and David "Mac" Shelton, but grew up in Seattle . In 1989 she moved to New York City to her boyfriend, the former MTV presenter Kevin Seal . She completed her studies in Photo, Video and Related Media at the School of Visual Arts in 1995 with a Master of Fine Arts . In the late 1990s, Shelton and Kevin Seal moved back to Seattle, where their son was born shortly thereafter.
In Seattle, Shelton was initially primarily active as a film editor . In 2003 she attended a screening of the French film Vendredi soir at a film forum in the presence of the director Claire Denis . Denis reported on her experiences with her first film Chocolat - Verbotene Sehnsucht , which confirmed Shelton in her decision to pursue a career as a film director even at the age of 37.
In 2006 she made her directorial debut with the film drama We Go Way Back , for which she also wrote the script. In 2008 the comedies What the Funny and My Effortless Brilliance were created . She became known to a wider audience with the comedy drama Humpday , which won the Special Jury Prize for Spirit of Independence at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and was also shown at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival in the side series Quinzaine des réalisateurs .
Shelton then took over the direction of various television episodes of series such as Mad Men , Ben and Kate , New Girl , The Mindy Project , Master of None , Fresh Off the Boat , Shameless and Casual .
Grow Up !? - I will grow up later , based on a script by Andrea Seigel . Shelton shot several episodes of the series Love and GLOW for Netflix .
Lynn Shelton lived in Seattle. Her marriage to Kevin Seal produced a son. Most recently she was in a relationship with comedian Marc Maron , with whom she worked on GLOW . She died of a blood disease at the age of 54 .
Filmography (selection)
Director
- 2006: We Go Way Back
- 2008: What the Funny
- 2008: My Effortless Brilliance
- 2009: Humpday
- 2010: Mad Men (TV series, one episode)
- 2011: My best friend, her sister and I (Your Sister's Sister)
- 2012: Ben and Kate (TV series, one episode)
- 2012-2014: New Girl (TV series, five episodes)
- 2013: Touchy Feely
- 2014: Grow Up !? - I'll grow up later (Laggies)
- 2014–2015: The Mindy Project (TV series, two episodes)
- 2015: Master of None (TV series, two episodes)
- 2015-2017: Fresh Off the Boat (TV series, nine episodes)
- 2016: Shameless (TV series, one episode)
- 2016: Maron (TV series, two episodes)
- 2016–2017: Casual (TV series, three episodes)
- 2017: The Good Place (TV series, one episode)
- 2017: Santa Clarita Diet (TV series, one episode)
- 2017: Outside In
- 2017: Ghosted (TV series, one episode)
- 2017-2018: Love (TV series, four episodes)
- 2017-2019: GLOW (TV series, four episodes)
- 2018-2019: Mr. Griffin - Don't feel like school ( AP Bio , TV series, two episodes)
- 2019: Sword of Trust
- 2020: Little Fires Everywhere (Miniseries)
script
- 2006: We Go Way Back
- 2008: My Effortless Brilliance
- 2009: Humpday
- 2011: My best friend, her sister and I (Your Sister's Sister)
- 2013: Touchy Feely
- 2017: Outside In
- 2019: Sword of Trust
cut
- 2002: Outpatient
- 2004: Hedda Gabler
- 2004: Afternoon Delight (short film)
- 2004: 8 Minutes to Love (short film)
- 2005: Hello (short film)
- 2006: We Go Way Back
- 2007: Diggers (short film)
- 2008: My Effortless Brilliance
- 2009: Eros (short film)
- 2013: Touchy Feely
production
- 2008: My Effortless Brilliance
- 2009: Humpday
- 2019: Sword of Trust
play
- 2007–2008: Young American Bodies (TV series, nine episodes)
- 2008: Nights and Weekends
- 2008: Moving (short film)
- 2009: Humpday
- 2009: One Shot Film (short film)
- 2010: Your Lucky Day (short film)
- 2011: The Off Hours
- 2011: The Catechism Cataclysm
- 2012: Journey of Love - The real adventure is love (Safety Not Guaranteed)
- 2012: Junk
- 2013: Prince Avalanche (voice)
- 2013: Lucky Them - In Search of Matthew Smith (Lucky Them)
- 2015: Waxie Moon in Fallen Jewel
- 2016: Maron (TV series, one episode)
- 2019: Sword of Trust
Web links
- Lynn Shelton in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lynn Shelton on mumblecore.info, accessed May 24, 2019.
- ↑ Remembering Lynn Shelton . In: WTF with Marc Maron on May 18, 2020.
- ↑ a b c Brent Lang: Lynn Shelton, Director of 'Humpday' and 'Little Fires Everywhere,' Dies at 54 . In: Variety , May 16, 2020. Accessed May 17, 2020.
- ^ A b c d e Margy Rochlin: Scriptless in Seattle: A Filmmaker's Map . In: nytimes.com of May 4, 2012.
- ↑ Rodrigo Perez: SVA Alumnus Lynn Shelton on 'Outside In' and Advice to Young Filmmakers . In: sva.edu from April 12, 2018.
- ^ Bridgette Bates: Awards Celebrate 2009 Storytellers . In: festival.sundance.org from January 25, 2009.
- ↑ Humpday . In: quinzaine-realisateurs.com, accessed on May 23, 2019.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Shelton, Lynn |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film director, screenwriter, editor, film producer, and actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 27, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oberlin , Ohio , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 16, 2020 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California , United States |