Television Kightlinger was a featured player for
Saturday Night Live (1994–95). In 2006, she appeared in
The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman, a comedy series. Asked how much of the series was based on her personal experience, she said: Kightlinger has had three stand-up comedy specials on HBO and six on Comedy Central.
Film In 1997, Kightlinger appeared in ''
Who's the Caboose?'', an independent movie comedy starring
Sarah Silverman and directed by
Sam Seder. In 2001, Kightlinger made a short film,
Dependable People, which won both the Black Maria Film Festival Director's Citation (Honorable Mention) and the International Festival of Cinema and Technology Best New Director Award in 2002. It was released on the DVD
Celebrity Mix with other short films in 2006. In 2003, she directed her first documentary,
Sixty Spins Around the Sun, which chronicles the
New York City street movement to repeal the
Rockefeller Drug Laws. It focuses on political satirist turned activist
Randy Credico and his fight to repeal the laws. The film follows Credico to
Tulia, Texas during a
racially motivated drug bust. Included in this documentary are stand-up comics
Larry David,
Colin Quinn,
Don Gavin,
Vanessa Hollingshead, and
Nick DiPaolo. It won Best Documentary at the 2003 Empire State Film Festival, 2003
Boston International Film Festival, and 2005
Beverly Hills Film Festival (Jury Award). In 2005, Kightlinger starred in the short film
Dysenchanted, directed by Terri Edda Miller, which received critical acclaim. She has written and directed several short films, including
Cat Demon: Re-Exhumed, which are available to view on her website. Additional film credits include
Daddy Day Care,
Kicking & Screaming,
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie,
The Truth About Lies and
The Outdoorsman.
Book Kightlinger's book
Quick Shots of False Hope was published in 1999.
The New York Times Book Review described it as "funny and disturbing", "memorable", and an "idiosyncratic and darkly comic debut." As of 2006, she was adapting the book for film.
Internet Kightlinger has written several shorts for
Funny or Die and
Atom.com, including "American Heroine", in which she starred, and "Roy Fabcock: Legendary Lover" (2010). == Personal life ==