Lindsay Watson

Person Name: Lindsay Watson
Mobile Phone: 07811457574
email: lindsay@lindsaywatson.co.uk
Web URL: http://www.lindsaywatson.co.uk

Lindsay is a Scotland-based Documentary film editor known for thoughtful storytelling and emotional depth. Her work includes Tish, the opening film of Sheffield Doc Fest 2023 and Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland’s Girl Bands, the closing film of Edinburgh International Film Festival 2024.

Lindsay excels in diverse storytelling forms, integrating archival material, immersive sound design, and multiscreen formats across feature films, exhibitions, fashion films, and TV commercials. After studying Visual Communication with a focus on Photography at The Glasgow School of Art, Lindsay refined her craft in London, collaborating with leading creatives, including photographer Emma Summerton, deepening her cinematic and aesthetic storytelling skills.

A member of British Film Editors and BAFTA Connect. Lindsay thrives in collaboration, shaping narratives that resonate deeply with audiences and is based at Bloc Collective, Leith, Edinburgh.

Selected Credits

Feature Film

Since Yesterday / 2024 / Director Blair Young & Carla J. Easton / Produced by Forest of Black & Sinead Kirwan / BBC Scotland & Screen Scotland /Official Selection - Edinburgh International Film Festival 2024 & Closing Night Film
TISH / Director Paul Sng / Produced Velvet Joy & Freya Productions / BBC Arts, BFI Doc Society and Screen Scotland / Official Selection - Sheffield Doc Fest 2023 & Opening Gala Film

Broadcast

We are All Fans / 2024 / Director Simone Heineck / Sky Sports
A View From The Terrace (Euro’s) / 2021 / BBC Scotland / Studio Something
Arctic Academy / Series / 2019 / Director Jack Warrender / BBC Scotland / Freak Productions

Documentary

What it means to be / 2023 / Director Lea Luiz Oliveira / Official Selection KASHISH Film fest
The Great Game / 2022. / Director Magnus Wake

Award Nominations

Cut Above Awards / British Film Editors 2024 - Best Single Feature Documentary - Tish / Best British Single Feature Documentary - Tish