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Mary Lambert Biography

Birth Name:Mary Lambert

Birth Place:Helena, Arkansas, United States

Profession Director, Writer, Producer, Set decorator, Assistant director, Editorial department, Camera department

Fast Facts

  • Was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature for "Siesta" in 1988
  • Won an Audience Award at the Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival for "Pet Sematary" in 1990
  • Was nominated for an International Fantasy Film Award for Best Film for "Pet Sematary" in 1990
  • Won a Hawaii Ocean Film Festival Award for Cultural Connections to the Sea for "Miss South Pacific: Beauty and the Sea" in 2011
  • Graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a degree in Fine Art
  • Started out as a music video director who worked on Madonna's "Like a Virgin" and "Material Girl" as well as Janet Jackson's "Nasty․"
  • Best known as the director of the films "Pet Sematary," "Pet Sematary II," and "Urban Legends: Bloody Mary․"
  • During her career as a music video director, she worked with artists like Whitney Houston, Mick Jagger, Annie Lennox, and Sting, among others
  • Directed the Digital Pictures video game "Double Switch" in 1993

Awards

  • 1988Grand Prize-: nominated
  • 1988Independent Spirit Award-Best First Feature: nominated
  • 1990Audience Award-: winner
  • 1990Grand Prize-: nominated
  • 1990International Fantasy Film Award-Best Film: nominated
  • 1991Critics Award-: nominated
  • 1993Grand Prize-: nominated