NW Film Forum Honors Lynn Shelton With Online Screening

May 20, 2020• byMichael Strangeways

The Seattle film and arts community as well as fans of her work as a film and television director were shocked by the very sudden death last Friday, May 15th of filmmaker and longtime Seattle resident LYNN SHELTON.

Lynn died at the age of 54 from complications of a blood disorder. Known internationally for her independent films including Hump Day and Your Sister’s Sister, many of her films included LGBTQ themes and characters. Shelton herself came out as bisexual in a 2012 interview with Out Magazine.

She was also beloved by the Seattle film community for her warmth, talent, charm and served as a mentor to many local filmmakers.

Lynn Shelton was scheduled to participate in an online screening of her first feature film We Go Way Back, with Seattle’s Northwest Film Forum this Thursday, May 21st. That screening will continue (via NWFF’s Facebook page) but sadly, without Lynn.

More via NWFF:

Director Lynn Shelton passed away suddenly on Friday, May 15th, 2020. A long-time friend of Northwest Film Forum and one of the Seattle film community’s brightest lights, she will be deeply missed.

On Thursday, May 21st, Lynn had planned to chat along with us to a livestream of her first feature, We Go Way Back, on NWFF’s Facebook Videos page. This event will still take place, but with the accompanying live chat repurposed as a space to share memories of Lynn. We hope you can join us!

To read testimonials from members of the NWFF community, staff, and board about Lynn’s influence in their lives and work, visit bit.ly/sheltontributes.

About the Author: Michael Strangeways

As the Editorial Director/Co-Owner, Michael Strangeways writes, edits and does about a million other jobs for Seattle Gay Scene, Puget Sound's most visited LGBTQ news, arts and entertainment website now celebrating its 14th year as a media outlet. A semi-proud Midwesterner by birth, he's lived in Seattle since 2000. He's also a film producer who would like you to check out the Jinkx Monsoon documentary, "Drag Becomes Him" now available on Amazon.com. In his spare time, he gets slightly obsessive about his love for old movies, challenging theater, "otters", vodka, chocolate, "I,Claudius", Lizzie Borden, real books made out of paper, disaster films, show tunes, Weimar era Germany, flea markets, pop surrealistic art, the sex lives of Hollywood actors both living and dead, kitties, chicken fried steak, haute couture and David Bowie. But, not necessarily in that order.