Lindsey Hagen

Lindsey Hagen is an Oscar-qualified director, executive producer and development executive with a focus on cause-related storytelling. She has a background in sales and marketing, journalism, brand strategy and documentary filmmaking. Hagen leads a successful career ideating and pitching meaningful stories to brand and network partners, creating compelling human-centered films and campaigns. She currently leads development efforts at gnarly bay studios based in Rhode Island and Colorado. She is currently vice president on the board of directors at 5PointFilmFestival. Lindsey was a 2017 Commitment Grant finalist and a 2019 Commitment Grant recipient. Hagen’s films have gone on to Oscar-qualifying festivals like Tribeca, Cannes, DocNYC, BigSky and Outfest and have won numerous Staff Picks and Telly Awards. Her film After Skid Row (Mountainfilm 2022) Oscar qualified in 2023 and was acquired by The LA Times Short Docs program, her film California Natural was nominated for the James Beard Commercial Media Award and her short documentary High Road (Mountainfilm 2023),) was voted Vimeo’s Best of Year in the branded film category. She is also the director of Ode to Desolation (Mountainfilm 2020), Fight or Flight (Mountainfilm 2022), and Waterfall Hunters (Mountainfilm 2024).