Laggies: Lynn Shelton’s Film Blends a Coming-of-Age Story With a Quarter-Life Crisis
Laggies is a fantastic movie, filled with down-to-earth characters, transcendent themes, and witty comedy
Mel Eslyn
Mel Eslyn (born August 19, 1983) is an American film producer, director and writer. She produced the 2014 Sundance Film Festival hit The One I Love, directed by Charlie McDowell and starring Elizabeth Moss, Mark Duplass, and Ted Danson. At the 2013 SXSW Film Festival Mel premiered Dayna Hanson's Imrovement Club, which played in competition and is currently still on the festival circuit. Her features as co-producer include Treatment, which premiered at the 2011 TriBeCa Film Festical, and Lynn Shelton's indie hit Your Sister's Sister, which was picked up by IFC at the 2011 Toronto Film Festival before screening at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and garnering a 2012 Gotham Award for Best Ensemble Performance. The following year, Mel premiered Shelton's follow-up Touchy Feely at the Sundance Film Festival in Dramatic Competition. She is currently in post on Robert Schwartzman's MF, and as the EP on the Seattle-based web series Rocketmen.
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