Lynn Shelton, a director, writer and producer known for her work on Humpday and more recently the miniseries Little Fires Everywhere, died Friday in Los Angeles, a rep for Shelton told Deadline. Sh…
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Shelton was born August 27, 1965 in Oberlin, Ohio and grew up in Seattle. After high school, she attended Oberlin College in Ohio and the University of Washington School of Drama. She moved to New York and pursued a Master of Fine Arts degree in photography and related media at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan.
She didn’t begin making films until her mid-30’s. After hearing French director Claire Denis speak at Seattle’s Northwest Film Forum in 2003, and revealing she was 40 when she directed her first feature film, Shelton realized she still had plenty of time., which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Slamdance Film Festival in 2006, and, which premiered at the SXSW Film Festival in 2008 and led to Shelton winning the Independent Spirit “Someone to Watch” Award.
Shelton is survived by her son Milo Seal, her husband of many years, Kevin Seal, her parents Wendy & Alan Roedell and David “Mac” Shelton & Frauke Rynd. She is also survived by her brothers David Shelton, Robert Rynd and sister Tanya Rynd, as well as Marc Maron, with whom she spent the last year of her life.
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