Visual History with Mary Lambert

She is regarded as a pioneer of the music video genre with works for Madonna, including Borderline, Like a Virgin, Like a Prayer, and Material Girl, as well as videos for artists like Janet Jackson, Mick Jagger, Rod Stewart, Motley Crue, Annie Lennox, and Sting. For television, she has directed an episode of Tales from the Crypt, and the movies for television Face of Evil; My Stepson, My Lover; Strange Frequency; Halloweentown II; and the music special, When You Believe: Music from ‘The Prince of Egypt’ with Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Wynnona Judd and others. Her feature directing debut, Siesta, starring Ellen Barkin, Gabriel Byrne, Jodie Foster and Julian Sands, earned Lambert a nomination from the Independent Spirit Awards for Best First Feature. Grand Isle, with Kelly McGillis, and Ellen Burstyn, received the Critics Choice Award at the Deauville Film Festival. Other feature credits include the popular horror films Pet Sematary, Pet Sematary II, and The In Crowd, and the reality series On the Road in America. Most recently, she completed 14 Women, a portrait of the women serving as Senators in the United States Congress.