
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.
Postpartum Film 2025
Director
Garden Variety 2023
Director
The Red Tide 2022
Actor, Director, Writer
We May Go In a Different Direction 2022
Director
Gravidity Part 1 2020
Director, Writer
Self—Symbol 2019
Director, Writer
Sky High and the Color of Money 2018
Director, Writer
Tolerance Radiant 2018
Writer, Director
The Hard Earth 2017
Director, Writer
Patrick Worth Dying For 2017
Director, Writer
California Psych 2015
Writer, Director
The Garden of Delights 2014
Director, Writer
The Individual 2025
Actor
Credits from TMDB.