Lindsey Grayzel (also credited as Lindsey Goodwin-Grayzel) is a documentary filmmaker from Portland, Oregon. She started as an editor in 1994 then became producer and director in 1999.[1]

Lindsey Grayzel
Born
Lindsey Goodwin
OccupationFilmmaker
Years active1994–present
Known forFelony arrest while filming Trans Mountain Pipeline protest

While filming for her documentary The Reluctant Radical,[2] she was arrested and charged with criminal sabotage and other felonies while filming a protest break-in at the Trans Mountain Pipeline in Skagit County, Washington in October 2016,[3][4] the same day as another filmmaker was arrested at a Keystone Pipeline site in Pembina County, North Dakota.[5] According to The Guardian and Filmmaker magazine, Grayzel was outside a fenced area filming the protest inside a no-trespassing area.[3][6] Filmmaker also reported that Grayzel was subjected to a strip search before being jailed.[6] Charges against Grayzel were dropped the next month.[7]

Personal life

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Abraham and Lindsey Grayzel (nee Goodwin) married in 1996.[8] Their son Ben Grayzel is also a filmmaker. He produced Northwest Trees in 2015 while a student at Cleveland High School in Portland.[9][10]

Filmography

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  • Inside Iraq: The Untold Stories (2004) (editor) OCLC 60350343
  • Dark Water Rising: Survival Stories of Hurricane Katrina Animal Rescues (2006)[11][12][13] (2006) (editor)
  • Switch: A Community in Transition[14] (2009) (editor) OCLC 698203512 OCLC 945433414
  • Lessons from Iraq (2010) (editor) OCLC 670935618
  • Understanding Suicide, Supporting Children (2011) (producer/director) OCLC 843202963
  • Supporting the grieving child (2012) OCLC 906573511
  • The journey : a story of healing and hope (2014) OCLC 919211812
  • Supporting the grieving student (2014) OCLC 961474424
  • ná·qc tımíne wısí·x: Of One Heart (2014) (editor) for Nez Perce National Historical Park[15] OCLC 910945215
  • Where Ice and Ocean Meet (2015) (editor), the first documentary made for Kenai Fjords National Park[16]
  • Family Journeys (2015) OCLC 1028237338
  • Life journeys : reclaiming life after loss (2016) OCLC 1088564902
  • Under Pressure, Lake Mead Intake No. 3
  • Circle of Life (editor)
  • Local Control for Healthy Communities
  • Portland's Big Pipe (East Side Big Pipe)
  • Health Records
  • The reluctant radical : civil disobedience to fight climate change (2019) OCLC 1158987532

Television

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References

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  1. ^ Doc Camp 2017 speakers, Women in Film and Television International Portland chapter, retrieved 2017-06-01
  2. ^ Emilly Prado (April 26, 2017), "Changing the World with The Reluctant Radical: They Tried to Make a Movie. Then They Got Arrested.", The Portland Mercury
  3. ^ a b Levin, Sam (2016-10-20). "Documentary film-makers face decades in prison for taping oil pipeline protests". The Guardian. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
  4. ^ U.S. documentary filmmakers face prison for filming protest, Committee to Protect Journalists, October 20, 2016
  5. ^ Whitcomb, Dan (2016-10-14). "Celebrities rally behind filmmaker arrested in pipeline protests". Reuters. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
  6. ^ a b Bernstein, Paula (2017-05-22). "A Disturbing Trend: Documentary Filmmakers Arrested for Doing Their Job". Filmmaker. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
  7. ^ Gene Johnson (November 7, 2016), Charges dropped against pair who filmed pipeline protest, Associated Press – via Washington Times
  8. ^ "Vital Statistics-Marriages", Bates Magazine, Bates, Spring 1997
  9. ^ Cyrus Lyday (January 13, 2016), "Graduate Ben Grayzel's newest marijuana documentary features Cleveland", Cleveland Clarion
  10. ^ Nina Mehlhaf (July 13, 2015), Teen pot use documentary gets Cleveland grad into college, KGW News – via USA Today
  11. ^ Samdahl, Diane (2015), "It's (not) all about the dogs: volunteers and pet rescue", in Carr, Neil (ed.), Domestic Animals and Leisure, Springer, p. 107, ISBN 9781137415547, OCLC 909025709
  12. ^ Vice, Jeff (2006-08-25), "Film review: 'Water' is dark view of rescued animals", Deseret News, retrieved 2017-06-05[dead link]
  13. ^ "Katrina documentary focuses on animals". KLSU. 2007-02-01. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
  14. ^ "Switch: A Community in Transition", official website (review), Mental Health Association of Portland, January 15, 2009, retrieved 2017-06-01
  15. ^ 2016 Salem film festival, US National Park Service, retrieved 2017-06-02
  16. ^ Park Debuts New Film (press release), US National Park Service, August 25, 2015, retrieved 2017-06-02
  17. ^ Oregon Art Beat: Leslie Lee (Episode information), Oregon Public Broadcasting, retrieved 2017-06-02
  18. ^ Oregon Art Beat: Glass Artist Tim Chilina (Episode information), Oregon Public Broadcasting, retrieved 2017-06-02
  19. ^ Dennis Meiners (Episode information), Oregon Public Broadcasting, retrieved 2017-06-02
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