Mary Lambert (director)

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Mary Lambert
Born (1951-10-13) October 13, 1951 (age 73)
Occupation Film director
SpouseJerome Gary
ChildrenJordan 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]

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Life and career

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 .

Personal life

She is married to Jerome Gary and has a son named Jordan. [5]

Filmography

Short film

YearTitleDirectorWriterProducer
1977Rapid Eye Movements [6] YesNoNo
2012PearlYesYesYes

Film

YearTitleNotes
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
2014Presumed Dead in Paradise
Fishing Pono: Living in Harmony with the SeaAlso writer
2021 A Castle for Christmas
2023 Best. Christmas. Ever!

Television

YearTitleDirectorWriterEpisodeNotes
2021 The Goldbergs YesNo"Daddy Daughter Day 2"
2019 Step Up: High Water YesNo"Splits"
2017 Arrow YesNo"The Sin-Eater"
2016 The Blacklist YesNo"The Director"
2010On the Road in AmericaYesNo"Cowboys and Indians"
2008The Dark Path ChroniclesYesYes"Lost in the Dark Path"
"Searching for Solace"
"Entering the Dark Path"
"Trapped"
"Vampire Temptations"
"A Father's Warning"
"Friday Evening: The Awakening"
2007On the Road in AmericaYesYes"Mississippi Delta"
2001Strange FrequencyYesYes"More Than a Feeling"
YesYes"Disco Inferno"
1994 Rebel Highway YesYes"Dragstrip Girl"
1992 Red Shoe Diaries YesYes"Accidents Happen"Credited as Alan Smithee
1989 Tales from the Crypt YesYes"Collection Completed"

TV movie

TV special

Documentary works

Short films

YearTitleDirectorWriterHerself
2006Stephen King's 'Pet Sematary': The CharactersNoNoYes
Stephen King's 'Pet Sematary': Stephen King TerritoryNoNoYes
Stephen King's 'Pet Sematary': Filming the HorrorNoNoYes
2011Miss South Pacific: Beauty and the SeaYesYesNo

Film

YearTitleDirectorProducerHerself
2007 14 Women YesYesNo
2014Sex & MusicNoNoYes
2017Unearthed & Untold: The Path to Pet SemataryNoNoYes

TV series appearances

YearTitleEpisode
2017Soundtracks: 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

YearTitleDirectorHerself
1984The Go-Go's: Wild at the GreekYesNo
1998When You Believe: Music from "The Prince of Egypt"YesNo
2004 X-Rated: The Pop Videos They Tried to Ban YesYes
2005The 100 Greatest Pop VideosNoYes
2008Dark Path Chronicles: Making OfNoYes
Dark Path Chronicles: Behind the CharactersYesYes
2009 Pretty Bloody: The Women of Horror NoYes
2011Chiller 13: Horror's Creepiest KidsNoYes

Music videos

YearTitleArtistDirectorWriterProducerRef.
1998"When You Believe" (alternate version) Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey YesNoNo
1997"Turn My Head" Live YesNoNo
1992"My Destiny" Lionel Richie YesNoNo
1992"Empire" Queensrÿche YesNoNo
"Another Rainy Night (Without You)" (version 2)YesNoNo
1990"Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)" Mötley Crüe YesNoNo
"Without You"YesNoNo
1989"Rock Wit'cha" Bobby Brown YesNoNo
"Jelly Roll" Blue Murder YesNoNo
"Valley of the Kings"YesNoNo
"Like a Prayer" Madonna YesYesNo [9] [10]
1987"La Isla Bonita"YesNoNo
"We'll Be Together" Sting YesNoNo
1986"Nasty" Janet Jackson YesNoNo
"Control"YesNoNo
"Feel the Heat" Jean Beauvoir YesNoNo
"Love Touch" Rod Stewart YesNoNo
1985"Dancin'" Chris Isaak YesNoNo
"Would I Lie to You?" Eurythmics YesNoNo
"Ways to Be Wicked" Lone Justice YesNoNo
"Material Girl" Madonna YesYesNo [10]
1984"The Glamorous Life" Sheila E. YesNoNo
"Like a Virgin" Madonna YesYesNo [10]
"Borderline"YesNoYes
"Turn to You" The Go-Go's YesNoNo
"Monster" Fred Schneider YesNoNo

Video game

Director

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