Lindsey Phillips is a documentary filmmaker and editor based in Brooklyn, New York. In her work she celebrates unique traditions and idiosyncrasies of place, culture, and communities, finding humor and humanity in complex places. She is currently editing her first feature film, a hybrid documentary called Holding Back the Tide, and also working on a comedic hybrid project called Serious Play about the juggling community. She is known for directing and editing The Exceptionally Extraordinary Emporium, a film about the significance of costuming during Mardi Gras in New Orleans, My Name Is Marc, And You Can Count On It, about Cleveland’s late-night commercial cult icon Marc Brown, and Rhythm’s Gonna Get Ya, a city symphony of challenges NYC subway commuters face. Her award-winning films have screened at numerous festivals across the country and have appeared on PBS's Reel South and Mailchimp Presents. 

As an editor, Lindsey works in short and feature-length documentary film, branded documentaries, and commercials. Clients include Rolex, Purina, Babbel, Chime, Forward, and Benjamin Moore; her work has been featured in The New Yorker, The Washington Post, Time Magazine, Vox, and CNN’s Great Big Story. Lindsey is also a freelance Post Production Supervisor and an Editing Instructor at the New York Film Academy. 

Lindsey was part of the 2019 UnionDocs Collaborative Studio residency, holds a Certificate in Documentary Arts from the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, and graduated from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh in Digital Media Production.