Lindsay Utz

Lindsay Utz
Born	Lindsay Ann Utz Park Ridge, Illinois, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Arizona
Occupations	Film editor director
Years active	2004–present

Lindsay Utz is an American documentary film director, editor, and producer. ^{[1] [2]} She is best known for her work on American Factory, Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry , and Prime Minister.

Life and career

Lindsay was born in Park Ridge, Illinois. She graduated from the University of Arizona in 2003 with a B.A. in Media Studies. ^[3] From 2006 to 2009, she was Executive Producer at Good Magazine, where she ran the video department. ^[4] She broke into feature-length documentary editing with 2011's Bully. ^[5] Additional editing credits include Quest (2017), Miss Americana (2020), Martha (2024), among others. She was supervising editor and producer on the Jennifer Lopez documentary, The Greatest Love Story Never Told (2024). In 2025, she co-directed Prime Minister, a documentary about former Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern, which won the World Documentary Audience Award at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. ^[6] In 2025, she launched documentary production company Win Win Pictures with music supervisor and producer Margaret Yen.

Lindsay is a member of American Cinema Editors and the Documentary Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. ^[7]

Filmography

Year	Title	Credited as		Note
		Editor	Director
2009	Good: Internet Censorship	No	Yes	Documentary; co-director
2011	Bully	Yes	No	Documentary
2012	Op-Docs	Yes	No	1 Episode
2012	Buoy	Yes	No	Feature film
2014	In Country	Yes	No	Documentary
2015–2016	Frontline	Yes	No	2 Episodes
2017	Quest	Yes	No	Documentary
2019	American Factory	Yes	No	Documentary; also, camera
2019	Contaminated Memories	Yes	No	Short film
2020	Miss Americana	Yes	No	Documentary
2021	Since You Arrived, My Heart Stopped Belonging to Me	Yes	No	Documentary; consulting editor
2021	Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry	Yes	No	Documentary
2022	Civil: Ben Crump	Yes	No	Documentary
2024	Martha	Yes	No	Documentary
2025	Prime Minister	No	Yes	Documentary; co-director

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2018	Cinema Eye Honors	Outstanding Achievement in Editing	Quest	Won	[8]
2019	International Documentary Association	Best Editing	American Factory	Nominated	[9]
	Critics' Choice Documentary Awards	Best Editing		Nominated	[10]
2020	Cinema Eye Honors	Outstanding Achievement in Editing		Nominated	[11]
	American Cinema Editors	Best Edited Documentary – Feature		Nominated	[12]
	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program		Nominated	[13]
2025	World Documentary Audience Award	World Cinema Documentary, Sundance Film Festival	Prime Minister	Won	[14]

References

1. "Oscar win puts Park Ridge native Lindsay Utz on stage at Academy Awards". Chicago Tribune. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
2. "Q&A: Lindsay Utz talks Miss Americana, American Factory". dailynorthwestern.com. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
3. "Lindsay Utz: 2021 Alumna of the Year". Arizona Arts. 2021-11-05. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
5. "Karen Schmeer Fellowship Goes to 'Bully' Editor Lindsay Utz". IndieWire. 8 March 2012. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
6. Fernandez, Sylvy (2025-01-31). "2025 Sundance Film Festival Award Winners Announced - sundance.org" . Retrieved 2025-06-12.
7. "GLOBAL MEMBERSHIP AT A GLANCE". app.oscars.org. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
8. "2018 Cinema Eye Honors Bet On New Generation of Filmmakers, As Yance Ford's 'Strong Island' Makes History". IndieWire. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
9. "Winners & Nominees". documentary.org. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
10. "Critics' Choice Documentary Awards". criticschoice.com. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
11. "Cinema Eye Honors: 'American Factory,' 'Apollo 11' Lead Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. 7 November 2019. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
12. "ACE 70TH EDDIE AWARDS – NOMINEES". americancinemaeditors.org. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
13. "Lindsay Utz, ASC". emmys.com. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
14. Fernandez, Sylvy (2025-01-31). "2025 Sundance Film Festival Award Winners Announced - sundance.org" . Retrieved 2025-06-12.

External links

• Lindsay Utz at IMDb