Mary Lambert | |
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Born | Helena, Arkansas, U.S. | October 13, 1951
Occupation | Film director |
Spouse | Jerome Gary |
Children | Jordan Gary |
Relatives | Blanche Lincoln (sister) |
Mary Lambert Gary (born October 13, 1951) is an American director. She has directed music videos, television episodes and feature films, mainly in the horror genre. [1]
Lambert was born in Helena, Arkansas, the daughter of Martha Kelly and Jordan Bennett Lambert III, a rice and cotton farmer. [2] Her younger sister is former U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas. Lambert graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a B.F.A.
Lambert directed Chris Isaak's first music video "Dancin'" and Janet Jackson's "Nasty" and "Control" music videos. She also directed videos for Annie Lennox, Mick Jagger, The Go-Go's, Whitney Houston, Alison Krauss, Live, Mötley Crüe, Queensrÿche, Sting, Debbie Harry, Tom Tom Club and others. She directed many of Madonna's early videos including "Borderline", "Like a Virgin", "Material Girl", "La Isla Bonita", and "Like a Prayer".
In 1987, she released her first feature film, the stylish and controversial Siesta , starring Ellen Barkin and Jodie Foster. It was nominated for the IFP Spirit Award for Best First Feature, losing to Dirty Dancing . She is known to horror fans for directing the 1989 adaptation of Stephen King's novel Pet Sematary and its sequel, Pet Sematary Two . [3] More recently, Lambert directed 2005's Urban Legends: Bloody Mary and the 2011 Syfy horror film Mega Python vs. Gatoroid . [4]
She directed the 1993 Digital Pictures FMV video game Double Switch .
She is married to Jerome Gary and has a son named Jordan. [5]
Short film
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer |
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1977 | Rapid Eye Movements [6] | Yes | No | No |
2012 | Pearl | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Year | Title | Notes |
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1986 | Under the Cherry Moon | Uncredited, [7] listed as Creative Consultant |
1987 | Siesta | |
1989 | Pet Sematary | [8] |
1991 | Grand Isle | |
1992 | Pet Sematary Two | |
1999 | Clubland | |
2000 | The In Crowd | |
2001 | Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge | |
Strange Frequency | ||
2005 | Urban Legends: Bloody Mary | |
2007 | The Attic | |
2014 | Presumed Dead in Paradise | |
Fishing Pono: Living in Harmony with the Sea | Also writer | |
2021 | A Castle for Christmas | |
2023 | Best. Christmas. Ever! | |
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Episode | Notes |
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2021 | The Goldbergs | Yes | No | "Daddy Daughter Day 2" | |
2019 | Step Up: High Water | Yes | No | "Splits" | |
2017 | Arrow | Yes | No | "The Sin-Eater" | |
2016 | The Blacklist | Yes | No | "The Director" | |
2010 | On the Road in America | Yes | No | "Cowboys and Indians" | |
2008 | The Dark Path Chronicles | Yes | Yes | "Lost in the Dark Path" | |
"Searching for Solace" | |||||
"Entering the Dark Path" | |||||
"Trapped" | |||||
"Vampire Temptations" | |||||
"A Father's Warning" | |||||
"Friday Evening: The Awakening" | |||||
2007 | On the Road in America | Yes | Yes | "Mississippi Delta" | |
2001 | Strange Frequency | Yes | Yes | "More Than a Feeling" | |
Yes | Yes | "Disco Inferno" | |||
1994 | Rebel Highway | Yes | Yes | "Dragstrip Girl" | |
1992 | Red Shoe Diaries | Yes | Yes | "Accidents Happen" | Credited as Alan Smithee |
1989 | Tales from the Crypt | Yes | Yes | "Collection Completed" |
TV movie
TV special
Short films
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Herself |
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2006 | Stephen King's 'Pet Sematary': The Characters | No | No | Yes |
Stephen King's 'Pet Sematary': Stephen King Territory | No | No | Yes | |
Stephen King's 'Pet Sematary': Filming the Horror | No | No | Yes | |
2011 | Miss South Pacific: Beauty and the Sea | Yes | Yes | No |
Film
Year | Title | Director | Producer | Herself |
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2007 | 14 Women | Yes | Yes | No |
2014 | Sex & Music | No | No | Yes |
2017 | Unearthed & Untold: The Path to Pet Sematary | No | No | Yes |
TV series appearances
Year | Title | Episode |
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2017 | Soundtracks: Songs That Defined History | "Out, Loud & Proud" |
2016 | Soundbreaking: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music | "Sound and Vision" |
2012 | Celebrity Ghost Stories | "Bill Bellamy/Dawn Wells/Jack Blades/Mary Lambert" |
Inside Horror | "Dead Kids Walking" | |
2004 | The 100 Scariest Movie Moments | Part I: 100-81 |
TV movies
Year | Title | Director | Herself |
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1984 | The Go-Go's: Wild at the Greek | Yes | No |
1998 | When You Believe: Music from "The Prince of Egypt" | Yes | No |
2004 | X-Rated: The Pop Videos They Tried to Ban | Yes | Yes |
2005 | The 100 Greatest Pop Videos | No | Yes |
2008 | Dark Path Chronicles: Making Of | No | Yes |
Dark Path Chronicles: Behind the Characters | Yes | Yes | |
2009 | Pretty Bloody: The Women of Horror | No | Yes |
2011 | Chiller 13: Horror's Creepiest Kids | No | Yes |
Year | Title | Artist | Director | Writer | Producer | Ref. |
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1998 | "When You Believe" (alternate version) | Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey | Yes | No | No | |
1997 | "Turn My Head" | Live | Yes | No | No | |
1992 | "My Destiny" | Lionel Richie | Yes | No | No | |
1992 | "Empire" | Queensrÿche | Yes | No | No | |
"Another Rainy Night (Without You)" (version 2) | Yes | No | No | |||
1990 | "Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)" | Mötley Crüe | Yes | No | No | |
"Without You" | Yes | No | No | |||
1989 | "Rock Wit'cha" | Bobby Brown | Yes | No | No | |
"Jelly Roll" | Blue Murder | Yes | No | No | ||
"Valley of the Kings" | Yes | No | No | |||
"Like a Prayer" | Madonna | Yes | Yes | No | [9] [10] | |
1987 | "La Isla Bonita" | Yes | No | No | ||
"We'll Be Together" | Sting | Yes | No | No | ||
1986 | "Nasty" | Janet Jackson | Yes | No | No | |
"Control" | Yes | No | No | |||
"Feel the Heat" | Jean Beauvoir | Yes | No | No | ||
"Love Touch" | Rod Stewart | Yes | No | No | ||
1985 | "Dancin'" | Chris Isaak | Yes | No | No | |
"Would I Lie to You?" | Eurythmics | Yes | No | No | ||
"Ways to Be Wicked" | Lone Justice | Yes | No | No | ||
"Material Girl" | Madonna | Yes | Yes | No | [10] | |
1984 | "The Glamorous Life" | Sheila E. | Yes | No | No | |
"Like a Virgin" | Madonna | Yes | Yes | No | [10] | |
"Borderline" | Yes | No | Yes | |||
"Turn to You" | The Go-Go's | Yes | No | No | ||
"Monster" | Fred Schneider | Yes | No | No |
Director
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