Lynn Shelton

thumb|Lynn Shelton at the Harvard Exit cinema in Seattle, Washington, during the 2015 Seattle International Film Festival Lynn Shelton (27 August 1965 – 16 May 2020) was an American filmmaker, director, screenwriter, producer, editor and actor Quotes Good drama (and comedy) often comes from the simple act of placing characters in a situation that is not usual nor comfortable for them. HuffPost Article - Interview with Lynn Shelton, Director of Humpday - 25 May 2011 - Archive My fascination is with relationships at their most microcosmic. The more epic, the more uninteresting the film-making becomes. It becomes about getting the perfect crane shot. Journalist Tim Teeman's Blog - Lynn Shelton: Hannah, her sister and their lover - 19 June 2012 - Archive I want my movies to feel like you’re paratrooping into somebody’s life. Slant Magazine - Interview: Lynn Shelton on Honing Her Process for Sword of Trust - 15 July 2019 - Archive The genesis of the vast majority of my films is an actor as a muse that I want to work with. Humpday was Mark Duplass, Outside In was his brother, Jay Duplass, this movie was Marc Maron, who I’ve been really wanting to make a movie with for three and a half years. Then there’s other things, like a territory I want to explore or an element I want to return to, like improvisation, which I haven’t done since Your Sister’s Sister. Slant Magazine - Interview: Lynn Shelton on Honing Her Process for Sword of Trust - 15 July 2019 - Archive As a filmmaker, I really am most interested in humans and their deep desire to connect to each other. How do they get through their own lives? Where have I come and where am I now? And where do I want to go from here? It’s all of those humanistic questions. Cinema76 - Interview with Sword of Trust Director Lynn Shelton - 16 July 2019 - Archive External links Category:1965 births Category:2020 deaths Category:Film directors from the United States Category:Screenwriters from the United States Category:Producers from the United States Category:Film editors Category:Actresses from Ohio Category:LGBT people Category:People from Seattle Category:Independent Spirit Award winners Category:Women born in the 1960s