BIOGRAPHY
Lynn Shelton grew up in Seattle, studying acting, painting, poetry and photography in her formative years. After a decade spent acting for the stage, she attended the MFA program in Photography at the School of Visual Arts in NYC. She then spent a decade learning the ins and outs of cinema as an experimental and documentary filmmaker (The Clouds That Touch Us Out of Clear Skies, The Fruits of Our Labors), and as an editor, (Outpatient, Hedda Gabler, Measure), before writing and directing her first feature-length film upon invitation from The Film Company, a nonprofit film studio. The result, We Go Way Back, premiered at SLAMDANCE 2006 where it picked up the Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature and the Award for Best Cinematography.

Her second feature film, My Effortless Brilliance, premiered at SXSW 2008 and screened at a bevy of festivals across the country. The film was awarded the Special Jury Prize for Excellence in Direction at the Atlanta Film Festival and was picked up for distribution by IFC Films. Humpday, Lynn's third feature starring Mark Duplass and Joshua Leonard, will premiere at Sundance in 2009.

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY
HUMPDAY, 2009, narrative feature
MY EFFORTLESS BRILLIANCE, 2008, narrative feature
SETTING SUN, 2007, music video for The Lights
WE GO WAY BACK, 2006, narrative feature (produced by the film company)
MORAL CENTRALIA, 2006, music video for Harvey Danger
MAGNETIZED, 2006, music video for Laura Veirs
THE FRUITS OF OUR LABORS, 2005, experimental documentary (click here to read an article about it)
SUMMER, 2004, experimental
OUR ROUND EARTH w/ lori goldston, 2001, experimental
THE CLOUDS THAT TOUCH US OUT OF CLEAR SKIES, 2000, experimental documentary (dedicated website)
BEAUTIFUL OHIO, 2000, experimental
PSYCHEDELIC NURSING MAMA, 1999, experimental
SECRETS OF THE FLESH, 1996, experimental
IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER, 1996, experimental
FORGETTING THAT WE ARE WATER, 1995, experimental
THE DOWN OF HER, 1995, documentary
WHITE, 1994, experimental