Daniel Lindsay

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]

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

Year	Title	Notes
2008	Last Cup: Road to the World Series of Beer Pong	Also writer
2011	Undefeated
2013	My Favorite Picture of You	Short film
2015	I Am Dying
2017	LA 92	Credited as Dan Lindsay
2021	Tina	Also writer

Television

Year	Title	Notes
2018	Dogs	Episode: "Territorio de Zaguates"

As producer

Film

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

Television

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

As actor

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Missed Connection	Dan	Short film
2007	Entourage	Waiter	Episode: "Sorry, Harvey" Credited as Dan Lindsay
2008	Cute Couple	Zach	Short film
2021	Riverdale	Sean McPharlin	Episode: "Chapter Eighty-Eight: Citizen Lodge"

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
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