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Mary Sweeney

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Mary Sweeney

Known For

Production

Gender

Female

Birthday

Jan 1, 1953 (73 years old)

Place of Birth

Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Biography

Mary Sweeney is an American director, writer, film editor and film producer. She was briefly married to American film director David Lynch, with whom she collaborated for 20 years. Sweeney worked with Lynch on several films and television series, most notably the original Twin Peaks series (1990), Lost Highway (1997), The Straight Story (1999), and Mulholland Drive (2001). Sweeney is the Dino and Martha De Laurentiis Endowed Professor in the Writing Division of the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California. She was formerly the chair of the Film Independent board of directors. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mary Sweeney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting
2025Welcome to LynchlandSelf - Editor
2017Take A HikeBing's Mom (Voice)
1997Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David LynchSelf
Production
2018The RomanoffsConsulting Producer
2009BarabooProducer
2006Inland EmpireProducer
2001Mulholland DriveProducer
1999The Straight StoryProducer
1997Lost HighwayProducer
1995NadjaProducer
Directing
2009BarabooDirector
2006In the Eye Abides the HeartDirector
1990Wild at HeartScript Supervisor
Writing
2018The RomanoffsWriter
2009BarabooWriter
1999The Straight StoryWriter