Lynn Shelton (born 1965) is an American director known for writing, directing, and producing such films as Humpday and Your Sister's Sister. Read full biography of Lynn Shelton →
I had a background in theater as an actor, and then a photographer, and then as an experimental filmmaker and editor.
I'm really fascinated by the self and how our selves shift and change over time and in relationship to different people.
All we really want in life is to connect to other human beings, and when you desperately want to connect physically to one specific human being and... →
Although humor is present in every one of my films, it has always been used as a way to make the darker, heavier stuff in my stories more palatable.... →
By the time I hit college, my secret shame was the reason I was an actor was my own words sort of dried up. I stopped writing. I stopped being able... →
Hmm, can I be obvious and say there is probably a double standard for male vs. female directors? Sadly, I think that's actually the case. And it... →
I can't wait to do a fully improvised script again, to find people who are really comfortable and into it. It's about the capabilities of the... →
I feel like this is the way I was meant to interact with acting. Which is as a director, and helping, working with actors to find their way.... →
I've fallen for straight men, I've fallen for gay men, I've fallen for straight women and gay women. I really have. I had crushes on... →
My mom was in education, and I remember reading in one of her books about multiple intelligences - this whole theory about how there are all these... →
When I started working in film, I loved photography, I loved the image, I loved telling the story within a frame, but as I started playing around... →
You wake up one day and you realize that all these years have gone by and I have this mortgage and I have this couch and I have this life and... is... →
Lynn Shelton (born 1965) is an American director known for writing, directing, and producing such films as Humpday and Your Sister's Sister.