Life and career

Lambert was born in Helena, Arkansas, the daughter of Martha Kelly and Jordan Bennett Lambert III, a rice and cotton farmer. Her younger sister is former U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas. Lambert graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a B.F.A.

Lambert directed Chris Isaak's first music video "Dancin'" and Janet Jackson's "Nasty" and "Control" music videos. She also directed videos for Annie Lennox, Mick Jagger, The Go-Go's, Whitney Houston, Alison Krauss, Live, Mötley Crüe, Queensrÿche, Sting, Debbie Harry, Tom Tom Club and others. She directed many of Madonna's early videos including "Borderline", "Like a Virgin", "Material Girl", "La Isla Bonita", and "Like a Prayer".

In 1987 she released her debut feature, the stylish and controversial Siesta, starring Ellen Barkin and Jodie Foster. It was nominated for the IFP Spirit Award for best first feature. She is known to horror fans for directing the 1989 adaptation of Stephen King's novel Pet Sematary and its sequel, Pet Sematary Two. More recently, Lambert directed 2005 Urban Legends: Bloody Mary and the 2011 Syfy horror film Mega Python vs. Gatoroid.

She directed the 1993 Digital Pictures FMV video game Double Switch.

Filmography

Director

• The Blacklist - Episode "The Director" (2016)
• Presumed Dead in Paradise (2014)
• Fishing Pono: Living in Harmony with the Sea (2014 PBS)
• Miss South Pacific: Beauty and the Sea (2011 documentary short)
• Mega Python vs. Gatoroid (2011 TV movie)
• The Attic (2007)
• 14 Women (2007 documentary)
• Urban Legends: Bloody Mary (2005)
• Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge (2001)
• Strange Frequency (2001)
• The in Crowd (2000)
• Clubland (1999)
• When You Believe: Music from 'The Prince of Egypt' (1998 TV movie documentary)
• My Stepson, My Lover (1997 TV movie)
• Face of Evil (1996)
• Dragstrip Girl (1994)
• Pet Sematary Two (1992)
• Grand Isle (1991)
• Bobby Brown: His Prerogative (1989 video documentary)
• Pet Sematary (1989)
• Siesta (1987)
• The Go-Go's: Wild at the Greek (1984 TV documentary)
• Rapid Eye Movements (1977 short)