Director & Producer
New York · Film, photography & campaigns
Selected work09 projects · Films & photography
Further film work
Loud & Longing Feature film · First Assistant Director
About
I’m Lindsay Alexandra Carter, a New York–based director and producer working across film, photography, and campaigns.
I think a director’s job is to surround themselves with geniuses and let them shine in their area of genius. I’m a connector and a conduit, bringing people together around a clear idea of what we’re making and why.
My background spans performance, dance, theatre, and work in nearly every department. That range gives me a shared language with department heads, an understanding of their needs, and a sense of where someone’s expertise could solve a problem or change what’s possible.
There is no small role on my set. I want everyone to understand how their contribution affects the whole and have a personal reason to care about its creation. I pay attention to where people want to grow and look for opportunities within the project to support that.
With performers, ownership depends on trust. They know what they’re experiencing from inside a scene; I bring an outside eye. My job is to build enough confidence for them to tell me what’s happening, then offer useful direction so they can get back to the work.
I believe specificity makes material accessible. The uniqueness of our experiences and voices gives someone else a way in. That guides my campaign work, too: finding how an author’s humor, an artist’s practice, or a place’s particular history can shape the films, photographs, and language we make.
Selected agency projects were made through Target Marketing Digital, with roles and collaborators credited on each project.
