Person

Sally Lawton

Directing · Detroit, Michigan, USA

Sally Lawton is a filmmaker and writer born in Detroit, Michigan. Her work combines documentary practice and experimental techniques. She received a BA in Digital Cinema from DePaul University (2013), and a MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (2022). Her films have been exhibited at festivals, museums and galleries, including Media City Film Festival, Echo Park Film Center, Onion City Film Festival, among others. Her writing has been featured in Brink Literary Journal and her first publication On Second Thought was published by Diagram Press in 2022. She has curated programs for The Nightingale Cinema, Constellation, Cinema Borealis, and Mothlight Microcinema. She currently teaches at The University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design.

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  Gravidity Part 1

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• The Individual

  2025

• Tolerance Radiant

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  Garden Variety

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  The Red Tide

  2022

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  Postpartum Film

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• Patrick Worth Dying For

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  The Garden of Delights

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• We May Go In a Different Direction

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• Self—Symbol

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• 2025Postpartum FilmDirector
• 2025The Individual
• 2023Garden VarietyDirector
• 2022The Red Tide
• 2022We May Go In a Different DirectionDirector
• 2020Gravidity Part 1Director
• 2019Self—SymbolDirector
• 2018Sky High and the Color of MoneyDirector
• 2018Tolerance RadiantWriter
• 2017The Hard EarthDirector
• 2017Patrick Worth Dying ForDirector
• 2015California PsychWriter
• 2014The Garden of DelightsDirector