[1] Her father, Jerry de Wilde, is an art and commercial photographer most noted for his photos of Jimi Hendrix and other musicians at the Monterey Pop Festival, and other icons of the 1960s.
[3] Her mother, Mary, lived in England, prompting De Wilde's fascination with English culture as a self-proclaimed Anglophile.
When performing political theater for Lollapalooza in 1995, she experienced heat stroke that led her to the singer Beck, who allowed her to cool off in his tour bus.
[citation needed] Her portrait subjects include Willie Nelson, Sean Watkins, Ryan Adams, Sonic Youth, Tegan and Sara, and Wolfmother.
She has since directed music videos for Beck, The Decemberists, Florence and the Machine,[10] Spoon, Ingrid Michaelson, The Raconteurs, Rilo Kiley and Death Cab for Cutie.
[13] She previously directed a interlude segment of the HBO documentary Six by Sondheim, incorporated the song, "Send in the Clowns", which is performed by Audra McDonald and Will Swenson.