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Lynn Shelton

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About Me

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selected filmography:
MY EFFORTLESS BRILLIANCE , narrative feature (coming in 2008!!!)
WHAT THE FUNNY, 2007, web series (coming soon!!!)
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
BEAUIFUL 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

My Interests

Music:

nelson sings nilsson
the lights
harvey danger
laura veirs
neutral milk hotel
clap your hands say yeah
velvet underground
throwing muses
bowie
iggy
the ponys
patti smith
eno
awesome
kristin hersh
arcade fire
kevin bewersdorf
bloc party
maggie lou may
ola podrida and david wingo
the decemberists
t-rex
blackalicious
the long winters
M.I.A.
wolfmother
GAP band
leonard cohen
the modern lovers
the black cat orchestra
gorillaz
beck
mirah
tapes n tapes
razrez
your heart breaks
liz phair
jimi hendrix
chemical brothers
joanna newsom
prince
the mountain goats
the wedding present
eodm
band of horses
the black angels
they might be giants
devo
sufjan stevens
ohio players
pure horsehair
sarah vaughan
run dmc
no they do
nusrat fateh ali khan
jim noir
hildegard von bingen
daniel johnston
the clash

Movies:

shaun of the dead
somersault
code 46
safe
lost in translation
ratcatcher
friday night
being john malkovich
nenette et boni
i am a sex addict
jules et jim
the puffy chair
hannah takes the stairs
stardust memories
the princess bride
jesus' son
you can count on me
broadway danny rose
persuasion
personal velocity
boogie nights
before sunrise/before sunset
punch-drunk love
the celebration
eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
morvern callar
andrei rublev
little odessa
bottle rocket
my new gun
out of sight
the beaver trilogy
mccabe & mrs. miller

Television:

deadwood
battlestar galactica
malcolm in the middle
arrested development
the simpsons
the office
homicide
south park (esp. the lord of the rings episode)

My Blog

kind words for BRILLIANCE

two nice young men have written very sweet things about my latest film. enjoy.http://www.torontoscreenshots.com/2008/03/03/my-effort less-brilliance/http://www.rooftopfilms.com/blog/2008/03/200 8-sxsw-f...
Posted by Lynn Shelton on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:47:00 PST

WORLD PREMIERE at SXSW!!

For those of you not in the know: I've made a film. It is a feature film. My second. I made it with some good friends and amazing creative collaborators. It is called My Effortless Brilliance. (Click ...
Posted by Lynn Shelton on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:49:00 PST

Spin.coms Exclusive Premiere of "Hair"!!!

The music video I directed most recently will be viewable TODAY exclusively on Spin.com. Booyah.A million thanks to everyone who helped to shoot it in one crazyass-long, ultra-fun day!"Hair" for The L...
Posted by Lynn Shelton on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 06:17:00 PST

ON SCREEN magazine

When I first moved back to Seattle from NYC in 1998, 911 Media Arts Center was my first point of contact with the local filmmaking community. They were also the entity that gave me my first grant ever...
Posted by Lynn Shelton on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 07:27:00 PST

You wont want to miss this...

Come for the models slouching in their underwear!Come for the waffles and booze!Come to witness me make a total ass of myself!Just come. You'll be sad if you don't.xoxlynnSeattle School & The Northwes...
Posted by Lynn Shelton on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:39:00 PST

picture lock

...is so close, I can taste it.It's such a strange place to be. After having my headspace completely dominated by one big obsession (or a seemingly endless series of small ones: "do I use this clip or...
Posted by Lynn Shelton on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 09:03:00 PST

hell

i'm editing the movie. it's fun, don't get me wrong. but it's also torture. i forgot how hard this process is.that's all. just felt like whining a little.my cast is brilliant, by the way. one might ev...
Posted by Lynn Shelton on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:05:00 PST

NAME CHANGE!!!

"Seven Ways to Sunday"has become..."My Effortless Brilliance"!...but the quality and excellence remain the same.Now named after Eric Lambert Jones' wildly popular first novel, Lynn Shelton's latest fe...
Posted by Lynn Shelton on Sat, 21 Jul 2007 07:25:00 PST

SWTS Trailer

I've posted a trailer for my new film, SEVEN WAYS TO SUNDAY, on its myspace page!View it!Like it? You can be friends with it! (Fergie is!)SEVEN WAYS TO SUNDAYdirected by Lynn Sheltonstarring Sean Nels...
Posted by Lynn Shelton on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 09:07:00 PST

SEVEN WAYS update!

Click here to read about the beginnings of my second feature film, SEVEN WAYS TO SUNDAY.THE FILM IS SHOTAfter the first two days of production in Seattle back in February (see blog above for details),...
Posted by Lynn Shelton on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 03:46:00 PST