Lindsay Calleran is an award-winning filmmaker from New York who holds an MFA from Brooklyn College’s Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema. There, Lindsay’s work was nominated for the KODAK Student Award and the IFP Short Film Showcase. In addition to film, Lindsay has taught and performed improv comedy at the Upright Citizen's Brigade Theatre for over a decade, and toured with the UCBTourCo. 

 

Lindsay’s short film WHAT I SEE WHEN I LOOK won the top prize after its premiere at The Sun Valley Film and was included at Palm Springs ShortFest, Indie Memphis, Oak Cliff & many more. Lindsay’s most recent short, I’M REALLY SCARED I’M DYING TBH was commissioned in partnership with Modern Silent Shorts and first exhibited at Isabella Rossellini’s MAMA FARM. It won the audience award after premiering at Nitehawk Shorts Festival and went on to play festivals nationally before screening as part of the 2025 NYC Rooftop Summer Series. It was awarded the 2025 Trailblazer Award by Short of the Week after being nominated for Drama Short of the Year. 

 

Lindsay’s debut feature, CAITY, premiered in U.S. Narrative Competition at the 25th Tribeca Festival. CAITY is supported by Sundance Catalyst, the Gotham Film Market, the OUTFEST Screenwriting Lab, The SAGIndie New Voices! Reading Series and the Los Cabos Gabriel Figueroa Meet Market.