Lynn Shelton, an independent filmmaker who directed Humpday and Little Fires Everywhere, has died aged 54. Shelton had become the leading voice of the new American independent cinema movement. Lynn Shelton changed my life when she handed me the Directing Award at Sundance in 2012. pic.twitter.com/KySqgIdqQd — Ava DuVernay (@ava) May 16, 2020She directed four episodes of the miniseries Little Fires Everywhere, starring Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington. Director Ava DuVernay said Shelton changed her life after handing her an award at the Sundance Film Festival in 2012.

Source: Irish Independent May 17, 2020 11:37 UTC