Lynn Shelton, Director of ‘Mad Men’ and ‘Glow’ Episodes,

Director and producer Lynn Shelton, who stewarded a number of fashionable indie movies, together with “Humpday,” and in addition directed plenty of episodes for distinguished TV exhibits like “Glow” and “Mad Men,” has died from a beforehand undisclosed blood dysfunction, her publicist mentioned on Saturday. She was 54.

Shelton’s prolific output included directing 5 episodes of “New Girl,” eight episodes of “Fresh off the Boat,” 5 episodes of “Glow,” two episodes of “Maron” and one episode of “Mad Men,” amongst work on a number of different TV collection.

The Seattle native began off as an aspiring actor and photographer in her 20s however finally moved in direction of filmmaking after being impressed by French director Claire Denis, who had shared she didn’t direct her first film till she was 40. Shelton directed her first movie, “We Go Way Back,” in 2006, however her break got here in 2009, when “Humpday,” starring Joshua Leonard, Alycia  Delmore and longtime collaborator Mark Duplass, premiered at Sundance and obtained rave critiques. “Humpday” was acquired and distributed by Magnolia Pictures afterward and later gained the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award in 2010.

She reunited with Duplass for 2011’s “Your Sister’s Sister,” a comedy-drama additionally starring Emily Blunt and Rosemarie DeWitt. Shelton went on to direct “Touchy Feely” in 2013 and the Keira Knightly-led “Laggies” in 2014. Her subsequent movie, “Outside In,” was her first dramatic movie and starred Edie Falco and Jay Duplass in a film a couple of convict who falls in love along with his previous highschool trainer. The final movie Shelton directed and produced was “Sword of Trust,” a comedy starring Marc Maron, with whom she spent the final yr of her life.

Shelton was born on August 27, 1965 in Oberlin, Ohio. She was raised in Seattle and later returned to her birthplace to attend Oberlin College earlier than getting into the University of Washington’s college of drama. Shelton additionally earned a Master’s of Fine Arts in pictures from the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan.

Shelton is survived by her son, Milo Seal, her former husband Kevin Seal, whom she was married to from 2001 to 2019. She can be survived by her dad and mom Wendy and Alan Roedell and David “Mac” Shelton and Frauke Rynd and three siblings.