Marc Maron and many more mourn director Lynn Shelton: ‘We were starting a life together’

“Lynn didn’t just know everybody’s name, she knew their partner’s name, their kid’s name, their kid’s school,” said actress Keira Knightley. “It was so chill.” Following news of Lynn Shelton’s tragic death on Friday, the beloved indie film director’s fans, friends and collaborators took to Twitter to pay tribute. pic.twitter.com/E8s4dozfDO — Reese Witherspoon May 16, 2020 In addition to “Little Fires Everywhere,” Shelton also directed episodes of “Mad Men,” “GLOW,” “The Mindy Project” and “Fresh Off the Boat.” She made her directorial debut at the Sundance Film Festival with “We Go Way Back” in 2006 before achieving greater success with her 2009 feature, “Humpday,” starring Joshua Leonard and Mark Duplass. pic.twitter.com/LcowmbGqum — Mark Duplass May 16, 2020 Sometimes she would appear in her films, as she did last year in “Sword of Trust.” Times film critic Justin Chang, in his appreciation of Shelton’s career, said that “in one six-minute scene” she “manages to convey longtime struggle with addiction and loss.” Movies Appreciation: Lynn Shelton, director of ‘Humpday’ and ‘Sword of Trust,’ found beauty in human imperfection Lynn Shelton, a pillar of the independent filmmaking community, died Friday at 54. “The poignancy is made even more unbearable,” Chang writes, “by the fact that Mel is played — beautifully — by Marc Maron, Shelton’s romantic partner and frequent collaborator, with whom she was writing a new movie.” Lynn Shelton changed my life when she handed me the Directing Award at Sundance in 2012.