Lindsay was born in
Park Ridge, Illinois. She graduated from the
University of Arizona in 2003 with a B.A. in Media Studies. From 2006 to 2009, she was Executive Producer at Good Magazine, where she ran the video department. She broke into feature-length documentary editing with 2011's
Bully. 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. In 2025, she launched documentary production company Win Win Pictures with music supervisor and producer Margaret Yen. She is represented by United Talent Agency. Lindsay is a member of
American Cinema Editors and the Documentary Branch of the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. ==Filmography==