Lynn Shelton

Lynn Shelton

Directing
1965-08-27
Oberlin, Ohio, USA

Biography

Lynn Shelton (August 27, 1965 – May 15, 2020) was an American filmmaker known for writing, directing, and producing such films as Humpday and Your Sister's Sister. She was associated with the mumblecore genre. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lynn Shelton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For & Full Filmography16 Titles

#1Maron

Drama Series - 2013, 16 episodes as Sheila

7.0 / 10
Comedy

Marc Maron has been a comedian for 25 years. He’s had his problems. He was an angry, drunk, self involved, twice divorced compulsive mess for most of his adult life, but with the popularity of a podcast he does in his garage and a life of sobriety, his life and career are turning around. MARON explores a fictionalized version of Marc’s life, his relationships, and his career, including his incredibly popular WTF podcast, which features conversations Marc conducts with celebrities and fellow comedians. Neurosis intact, Maron is uniquely fascinating, absolutely compelling and brutally funny.

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#2Safety Not Guaranteed

Movie - 2012, 2h 15m as Uptight Mom

6.8 / 10
ComedyRomanceSci-Fi

Three magazine employees head out on an assignment to interview a guy who placed a classified ad seeking a companion for time travel.

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#3Young American Bodies

Drama Series - 2006, 16 episodes as Sarah

3.3 / 10
DramaComedy

Young American Bodies is an American web series, which originally premiered on Nerve.com and currently airs on IFC and at IFC.com in the United States. Each short episode looks into the intersecting love lives of six twenty-somethings in Chicago. The series is produced and directed by Joe Swanberg, the director of Hannah Takes The Stairs and Nights and Weekends.

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#4Lucky Them

Movie - 2013, 2h 15m as Lisa

6.0 / 10
Drama

More interested in partying and flirting with young musicians than work, veteran rock journalist Ellie Klug has one last chance to prove her value to her magazine’s editor: a no-stone-unturned search to discover what really happened to long lost rock god, Matt Smith, who also happens to be her ex-boyfriend. Teaming up with an eccentric amateur documentary filmmaker, Ellie hits the road in search of answers.

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#5Sword of Trust

Movie - 2019, 2h 15m as Deirdre

6.0 / 10
Comedy

When Cynthia and Mary show up to collect Cynthia's inheritance from her deceased grandfather, the only item she's received is an antique sword that he believed to be proof that the South won the Civil War.

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#6Prince Avalanche

Movie - 2013, 2h 15m as Madison (voice)

6.1 / 10
ComedyDrama

Two highway road workers spend the summer of 1988 away from their city lives. The isolated landscape becomes a place of misadventure as the men find themselves at odds with each other and the women they left behind.

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#7Humpday

Movie - 2009, 2h 15m as Monica

5.4 / 10
ComedyDrama

Imagine your life is somewhat complete with a house, job, and wife but then your best friend from college comes knocking at your door at 2 AM. During a pot-induced hedonistic party, a plan is hatched between the two friends to create an Art Film of “two really straight men having sex.” If they only knew how much this would affect all of their lives.

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#8Nights and Weekends

Movie - 2008, 2h 15m as Mattie's Sister

5.6 / 10
DramaRomance

A man and woman must face the tension that builds between them during a long-distance relationship.

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#9The Off Hours

Movie - 2011, 2h 15m as Danielle

5.2 / 10
Drama

A waitress working the night shift at a roadside diner in a small, industrial town becomes intrigued by a charming truck driver, while the diner's owner struggles to keep his dwindling business afloat.

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#10Her Effortless Brilliance: A Celebration of Lynn Shelton Through Film and Music

Movie - 2020, 2h 15m as Self

6.0 / 10
Documentary

A music driven tribute to the late indie filmmaker Lynn Shelton.

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#11Half the Picture

Movie - 2018, 2h 15m as Self

6.6 / 10
Documentary

At a pivotal moment for gender equality in Hollywood, successful women directors talk about their art, lives and careers.

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#12Junk

Movie - 2012, 2h 15m as Marla

8.8 / 10
Comedy

Kaveh and Raul are two b-movie co-writers who have suffered a bitter falling out. Kaveh's lost his girlfriend, and spends his days getting high in his apartment, while Raul is off studying at Columbia University. But when one of their films ("Islama-rama 2") is accepted by a film festival, the two ex-friends are forced to tentatively re-connect in order to pitch their script to the mysterious producer, Yukio Tai (James Hong). Along the way, they will have to brave brutish bodyguards, cutthroat colleagues, inept agents, romantic entanglements, prima donna actors, and the trials of their own bitter friendship.

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#13Waxie Moon in Fallen Jewel

Movie - 2015, 2h 15m as Mean Tabloid Lady

3.0 / 10
Comedy

Is inner beauty more important than shopping? Can homosexuals read? Does prostitution solve everything? And who is she wearing? Discover the answers to these and other existential questions in Fallen Jewel - a new motion picture brought to you by the creators of the acclaimed Capitol Hill series. Featuring sensational original soundtrack, fierce fashion, plenty of man-candy and vibrant performances, it's the queer pop-art fantasia you've been waiting for your whole life. Waxie Moon, a "burlesque performer for a new century" - NPR, searches for a perfect man between exuberant musical numbers and the unspeakable ordeals of motherhood. Addicted to romance and dressed to kill, Waxie is always ready to fall in love. In the wildly shifting world where genders and genres are fluid, Waxie's adventures include a trip to the underworld, a forbidden love affair in the 1950's, and even online dating!

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#14We Go Way Back

Movie - 2006, 2h 15m as Susan (voice)

5.1 / 10
DramaComedy

A tragic-comic tale with surrealistic tendencies about a lost 23-year-old who is haunted by her disappointed 13-year-old self.

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#15Marc Maron: Too Real

Movie - 2017, 2h 15m as Self

6.9 / 10
Comedy

Battle-scarred stand-up comedian Marc Maron unleashes a storm of ideas about meditation, mortality, documentary films and our weird modern world.

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#16The Clouds That Touch Us Out of Clear Skies

Movie - 2000, 2h 15m as Self

8.8 / 10
Documentary

An imagistic and experimental 16mm documentary on miscarriage, as told directly by and for the women who experienced it.

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