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Dan Lindsay is an American documentary filmmaker. He is the co-director, producer and an editor of the 2011 sports documentary Undefeated , which received the 2011 Oscar for Best Documentary Feature. [1]

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Lindsay and T. J. Martin co-directed LA 92 for National Geographic Channel in early 2017. In June 2017, Lindsay was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking. [2]

In 2021, Lindsay and T. J. Martin co-directed a documentary film about the life of singer Tina Turner, titled Tina , for HBO. [3] The same year, Lindsay signed a first look deal with Imagine Documentaries. [4]

Filmography

As director

Film

YearTitleNotes
2008Last Cup: Road to the World Series of Beer PongAlso writer
2011 Undefeated
2013My Favorite Picture of YouShort film
2015I Am Dying
2017 LA 92 Credited as Dan Lindsay
2021 Tina Also writer

Television

YearTitleNotes
2018 Dogs Episode: "Territorio de Zaguates"

As producer

Film

YearTitleNotes
2011 Undefeated Credited as Dan Lindsay
2013My Favorite Picture of You
2017 Copwatch Executive producer
2020Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over BrooklynExecutive producer; television film

Television

YearTitleNotes
2021 9/11: One Day in America Executive producer
5 episodes
2023JFK: One Day in AmericaExecutive producer
3 episodes
Credited as Dan Lindsay
2024Cult Massacre: One Day in JonestownExecutive producer
Episode: "The Promised Land"
Credited as Dan Lindsay

As actor

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006Missed ConnectionDanShort film
2007 Entourage WaiterEpisode: "Sorry, Harvey"
Credited as Dan Lindsay
2008Cute CoupleZachShort film
2021 Riverdale Sean McPharlinEpisode: "Chapter Eighty-Eight: Citizen Lodge"

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResult
2012 Academy Awards Best Documentary Feature Film Undefeated Won
Black Reel Awards Outstanding Documentary Nominated
2017 Primetime Emmy Awards Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking LA 92 Won
Black Reel TV Awards Outstanding Television Documentary or Special Nominated
Seattle Film Critics Society Awards Best Documentary Feature Nominated
2021 Black Reel TV Awards Outstanding Television Documentary or Special Tina Won
Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program Nominated
2022 British Academy Television Awards Best Factual Series 9/11: One Day in America Nominated

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References

  1. "Official Oscars site" . Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  2. "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Retrieved July 13, 2017.
  3. White, Peter (February 10, 2021). "HBO's Tina Turner Feature Doc To Debut This Spring; Universal Pictures Content Group Takes World Rights". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
  4. "'Tina' Filmmakers Sign First-Look Deal With Imagine Documentaries (EXCLUSIVE)". www.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2021-05-14.