Mary Lambert


Director

About

Birth Place
Helena, Arkansas, USA

Biography

Trained as a painter, Lambert first gained notice in the 1980s for the short films she made for "Saturday Night Live" and the seminal, often controversial Madonna music videos including "Material Girl," "Like a Virgin" and "Like a Prayer." She made her first feature, the pretentious psychological thriller, "Siesta" (1986) before moving on to the more commercial film adaptation of Stephen...

Biography

Trained as a painter, Lambert first gained notice in the 1980s for the short films she made for "Saturday Night Live" and the seminal, often controversial Madonna music videos including "Material Girl," "Like a Virgin" and "Like a Prayer." She made her first feature, the pretentious psychological thriller, "Siesta" (1986) before moving on to the more commercial film adaptation of Stephen King's best-selling thriller, "Pet Sematary" (1989).

Life Events

1986

First film credit as creative consultant on "Under the Cherry Moon"

1987

Film directing debut, "Siesta"

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