Director

Sally Lawton

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Directed movies: 5Directed series: 0All crew credits: 5

TMDB ID: 3444855

Known for: Directing

Place of birth: Detroit, Michigan, USA

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2014 - 2025

Years active: 12

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Biography

Sally Lawton is a filmmaker and writer born in Detroit, Michigan. Her work combines documentary practice and experimental techniques. She received a BA in Digital Cinema from DePaul University (2013), and a MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (2022). Her films have been exhibited at festivals, museums and galleries, including Media City Film Festival, Echo Park Film Center, Onion City Film Festival, among others. Her writing has been featured in Brink Literary Journal and her first publication On Second Thought was published by Diagram Press in 2022. She has curated programs for The Nightingale Cinema, Constellation, Cinema Borealis, and Mothlight Microcinema. She currently teaches at The University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design.

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