Lindsey Dryden

Lindsey Dryden

출생 : , Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK

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Lindsey Dryden (she/her) is an Emmy®-winning film producer, director, writer and campaign strategist with bases in Gloucestershire, UK and Austin, TX. She is the founder of Little By Little Films, and known for telling stories that allow audiences unique and authentic access to unexpected, moving and gripping new worlds; for nurturing bold new voices; and for advocating for opportunities for underrepresented storytellers in the film industry. She is a sought-after consultant, guest speaker and mentor, and has been a juror and/or screener for BIFA, BAFTA, SXSW and film funds. Lindsey is the 2019 Simon Relph Memorial Bursary winner, a BFI Vision Awardee 2020 and a full voting member of the film and TV chapter of BAFTA. She’s a proud founding member of Queer Producers Network and FWD-Doc (Filmmakers with Disabilities); a member of Documentary Producers UK (DPUK); a Lecturer in Film Production (and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy); sits on the BFI’s Disability Advisory Board and Press Reset campaign; and is a fellow of BAFTA/BFI Flare, Guiding Lights, Good Pitch, HotDocs Forum and Sundance Creative Distribution Initiative. Lindsey produced Sundance Special Jury Award-winning and Oscar longlisted feature documentary Unrest with director Jennifer Brea (2017, PBS Independent Lens/Netflix), and produced Emmy®-winning Trans In America with directors Daresha Kyi and Cary Cronenwett (2018, ACLU/Conde Nast). She co-produced multi-award-winning Unrest VR (2017, Tribeca), Exec Produced Ahead of the Curve (Frameline, 2020) with co-directors Jennifer Rainin and Rivkah Beth Medow and an all-female LGBTQ+ crew, and Exec Produced BIFA-nominated The Forgotten C with Jessi Gutch and Molly Manning Walker for the Uncertain Kingdom series (2020). As a director she is represented by Hannah Boulton at The Agency. She has written and directed feature documentary Lost and Sound (2012, SXSW), short Jackie Kay: One Person, Two Names (2017, Tate Queer British Art) and short doc Close Your Eyes And Look At Me (2009, True/False), and has several nonfiction films and fiction scripts in development. With a background as an Impact Producer, Lindsey consults on and crafts innovative impact, distribution, exhibition and audience engagement strategies. She co-authored FWD-Doc’s Toolkit for Inclusion & Accessibility with Netflix and Doc Society and Unrest’s Sundance Creative Distribution Case Study, and contributed to DocSociety’s Hi5 Impact Unrest Case Study.

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Lindsey Dryden
Lindsey Dryden

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No Ordinary Man
Executive Producer
The legacy of Billy Tipton, a 20th-century American jazz musician and trans icon, is brought to life by a diverse group of contemporary trans artists.
The Forgotten C
Executive Producer
The pandemic crawls on and Aisha shelters in her flat. Doorstep visits from friends and family mark the passing weeks as Aisha struggles with how to tell them what's happening to her.
Eisha Love: A Trans Woman of Color in Chicago
Producer
Eisha Loves shares the daily struggles Black trans women face in Chicago and across America.
Trans in America: Texas Strong
Producer
Trans In America is a verité short documentary series, and an intimate portrait of three transgender individuals as they battle for their civil rights in the United States. The three films reveal the daily impact of discrimination on three families as they battle with bathroom bills, vulnerability in employment and housing, and the aftermath of incarceration, in Texas, Illinois and Georgia. Texas Strong is an intimate portrait of Kimberly and Kai Shappley: a mother has to confront her religious community while her 7-year-old transgender daughter navigates life at school, where she's been banned from the girls' bathroom.
언레스트: 누워서 싸우는 사람들
Producer
누구보다 건강하고 씩씩했던 하버드 박사과정 학생. 어느 날 찾아온 만성피로증후군으로 병상에 누워 지내는 상황이 되자, 용기 있게 자신의 투병 과정을 카메라에 담는다.
Jennifer Chavez: A Trans Woman Working in a Male-Dominated Industry
Producer
When Jennifer Chavez lost her job after telling others she is transgender, she sued for discrimination. Years later, having won a national victory in a case that will protect trans people across the nation, she finds herself alienated from her industry, and unable to make a living.