Tag: Mad Men
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Lynn Shelton, Director of ‘Humpday’ and ‘Little Fires Everywhere,’ Dies at 54
Lynn Shelton, an indie filmmaker who helped popularize the mumblecore genre with works such as “Humpday” and “Your Sister’s Sister,” died Friday of a blood disorder. She was 54.Shelton was best known for her naturalistic, understated approach to comedy and drama in low-budget films that were hits with the Sundance crowd, but she reached a…
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Lynn Shelton, ‘Humpday’ director and Us indie darling, dies at 54
Writer, director, actor died in Los Angeles from previously unidentified blood disorder.Lynn Shelton, a doyenne of Us indie cinema who broke out at Sundance with her female gaze comedy Humpday, has died. She was 54.Shelton died on Friday (May 15) in Los Angeles from a previously unidentified blood disorder. Besides her film accolades, she was…
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Lynn Shelton, Director of ‘Humpday’, ‘Mad Men’ and ‘Glow’, Has Died at 54
Many notable names have passed away due to complications from coronavirus, but today brings the shocking and unexpected news of indie film and television director Lynn Shelton dying at 54 years old from other complications. The filmmaker worked on everything from mumblecore indie movies like Humpday and Your Sister’s Sister to hit television shows like…
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Friends and Collaborators Mourn the Loss of Director Lynn Shelton: ‘She Was Only Just Getting Started’
Lynn Shelton, the beloved indie film director who also helmed mainstream TV programs like “Little Fires Everywhere,” “Mad Men” and “Glow,” tragically died on Friday. Her publicist cited a previously unknown blood disorder as the cause of death. She was 54.Shelton made her directorial debut at the Sundance Film Festival in 2006 with “We Go…
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Lynn Shelton Dies: ‘Humpday,’ ‘Glow,’ ‘Little Fires Everywhere’ Director Was 54
Writer, director, producer, actor, and editor Lynn Shelton passed away on Friday, May 15 at the age of 54 in Los Angeles due to a previously unidentified blood disorder. Shelton was among the leading voices of American independent film, working on all sides of the camera in such films as “Humpday,” “Your Sister’s Sister,” “Outside…
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Alison Brie: ‘The effects of trauma spider-webbed through the whole family’
Even as a little girl, Alison Brie knew how to entertain a crowd. Now, the star of Mad Men and Glow is tackling the heartbreak of her grandmother’s struggles with mental illnessWhen Alison Brie was in middle school, her grandmother, who was schizophrenic and homeless, was knocked down by a car and left in a…
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Elisabeth Moss: ‘The Handmaid’s Tale hasn’t taken a toll, it has helped me’
The Handmaid’s Tale star on doing her own stunts in The Invisible Man, the symbolic power of Offred’s cape – and working with a demanding dogElisabeth Moss, 37, has been nicknamed “the Queen of Peak TV” for her award-winning roles in several of the 21st century’s most acclaimed dramas. She played the president’s daughter Zoey…
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Disney+ Series ‘Hawkeye’ Finds Its Writer and Executive Producer in ‘Mad Men’ Alum
Upcoming Disney+/Marvel series Hawkeye is getting a major dose of television street cred thanks to the writer that has just been hired to pen the entire series. Hawkeye is Jeremy Renner’s latest outing as the titular top marksman and his first appearance as Hawkeye post-Avengers: Endgame. Per The Hollywood Reporter, former Mad Men writer Jonathan…
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Disney+ Taps ‘Mad Men’ Writer Jonathan Igla To Helm Its ‘Hawkeye’ Spinoff
Remember when we used to argue about Disney snatching up all the best independent directors for Marvel movies? It might be time to brush off those arguments and apply them to television. With Disney+ set to launch later this year—and Disney promising to unleash a flurry of television shows based on its ‘Star Wars’ and…
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‘Don’t Worry, Darling’: Olivia Wilde Set to Direct, Star In New Psychological Thriller
Having made her feature directorial debut with the acclaimed comedy Booksmart, Olivia Wilde has lined-up a very different sort of follow-up. The filmmaker and actress will direct and star in Don’t Worry, Darling, a psychological thriller about an unhappy 1950s housewife. So it sort of sounds like Mad Men, with more thriller stuff. Deadline broke…