14 Facts About Lynn Shelton

Lynn Shelton was an American filmmaker, known for writing, directing, and producing such films as Humpday and Your Sister's Sister.

Lynn Shelton described herself as having been audacious as a young girl, but having lost confidence in her creativity in adolescence.

Lynn Shelton then moved to New York and followed the Master's of Fine Arts program in photography and related media at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan.

Lynn Shelton began working in the film industry as a film editor and made a series of experimental short films which have been described as "accomplished" and providing the basis for the "subtle, almost anthropological scrutiny" brought to bear in her later works.

Lynn Shelton had wanted to be a director, but was worried that being in her mid-30s, it was too late to begin.

When she saw French director Claire Denis speak at Seattle's Northwest Film Forum in 2003, Denis revealed she was 40 when she directed her first feature film, and that revelation made Lynn Shelton realize that she still had plenty of time.

In 2004, Lynn Shelton began writing and directing her first feature film, We Go Way Back.

Laggies was the first film Lynn Shelton directed that she had not written.

In 2015, Lynn Shelton was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Director's Branch.

Lynn Shelton has directed episodes for TV shows since 2009 including The Good Place, GLOW, New Girl, Mad Men, Casual and, in 2020, the Hulu miniseries Little Fires Everywhere, starring Kerry Washington and Reese Witherspoon.

Lynn Shelton described her approach to comedy as doing the opposite:.

Lynn Shelton was married to actor Kevin Seal, with whom she had a son, Milo Seal.

Lynn Shelton was in a relationship with stand-up comedian Marc Maron at the time of her death.

Lynn Shelton died of acute myeloid leukemia in Los Angeles on May 15,2020, at age 54, after several days of ill health.