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| Born | January 1, 1953 Madison, Wisconsin |
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| Years active | 1983 - present | ||||||
| Spouse(s) | David Lynch (2006) | ||||||
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Mary Sweeney (born January 1, 1953) is an award-winning American film editor and film producer best known for collaborating with the avant-garde American film director, David Lynch. Sweeney has worked with Lynch on several critically acclaimed films and television series, most notably editing cult hits Twin Peaks, Lost Highway (1997), and Mulholland Drive (2001) for Lynch's Asymmetrical Productions[1] company. She also served as co-screenwriter of 1999's The Straight Story with John Roach.
Sweeney has also been Lynch's longtime domestic partner, and the couple eventually married in 2006, but filed for divorce one month later citing irreconcilable differences. [2] Together the couple has one son born in 1992, Riley Sweeney Lynch. A long-time Hollywood resident, Sweeney is also head of The Sullivan Canyon Riders Club, a Los Angeles equestrian club which has worked to prevent land used by horse riders from being sold to developers, an effort which has been financially supported by well-known film director, Steven Spielberg and actress Kate Capshaw.[3]
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Mary Sweeney started out as an assistant editor working for film editor Duwayne Dunham on such films as Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart and the television series Twin Peaks. She quickly moved up and became director David Lynch's first choice film editor. As their working and off-screen relationships developed, Lynch promoted Sweeney to be one of the producers on his films (largely handling the post-production end of each show). [4]
In 1994, Sweeney read an article in the New York Times about an old man who drove a tractor cross country just to see his ailing brother. The article piqued Sweeney's interest enough that she passionately worked to option the rights to it for over four years.[4] Sweeney went on a journey to recreate the original tractor owner, Alvin Straight's route, in which she met several of the same people Straight had met; this helped Sweeney and co-screenwriter, John Roach to draft their screenplay. When Sweeney first mentioned the idea to her partner David Lynch, he was initially uninterested in the project. After Lynch read the script, however, he changed his mind. Lynch decided to direct the film, which would be his "straightest" narrative film to date.