Lindsey Martin

Biography

Lindsey's films are humorous, sometimes dark looks at the inner workings of families going through crisis, often embracing the absurd. Her interests are in locations and how humans connect to the places they are from; in cyclical patterns of generations of women living in poverty in rural America and the bizarre tactics individuals, especially young girls and women, design to cope with traumatic experiences. Using traditional narrative structures and a mixture of live action and animation, Lindsey mixes in changing visual modes allowing the viewer to explore character’s complex thought processes. Lindsey is a 2024-25 Ohio Humanities Film Fellow through Ohio State University’s Wexner Center for the Arts. Her films have screened nationally and internationally including the Slamdance Film Festival, the Philadelphia Institute of Contemporary Art, the Athens International Film and Video Festival, and Cleveland International Film Festival. Her film, Pottero, won Best Animation at Provincetown International Film Festival and the Anchorage International Film Festival. Her films have also screened at various conferences and symposiums around the U.S. and abroad. Lindsey received her BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University and her MFA from Temple University. She is an Assistant Professor of Film Production at Ohio University’s School of Film in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains.