Lynn True
Lynn True is an ward-winning documentary director/producer and editor. Her films include LUMO (PBS/P.O.V.), about a young woman's recovery from sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and SUMMER PASTURE (PBS/Independent Lens), which intimately follows a nomad family in the mountains of eastern Tibet at a critical point in their life. Called "enthralling" and made a Critic's Pick by The New York Times, SUMMER PASTURE was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award and an IFP Gotham Award, and won a Peabody Award. Lynn's last film, IN TRANSIT, made in collaboration with the late Albert Maysles, is a non-fiction portrait of America as seen through the stories of passengers aboard the country’s busiest long-distance train route. IN TRANSIT premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival (Special Jury Prize) and was nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Direction from the Cinema Eye Honors.
Lynn has also worked extensively as an editor for hire on a variety of projects. Her work has screened at festivals and venues around the world including Sundance, Tribeca, Cannes, Locarno, and IDFA; and has aired on all of the major platforms. Select credits include Once Upon a Time in Harlem (Sundance 2026), Season 11 of Art in the 21st Century (Art21) for PBS; and Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence for Hulu. Lynn serves regularly as a consultant on projects at all stages of production and mentor to filmmakers from a range of backgrounds and programs; she has been an Instructor and Advisor for the Sundance Institute, a Mentor at the Catapult and True/False Rough Cut Retreat, and on the jury of the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. Lynn graduated from Brown University with a joint degree in Urban Studies and Architecture. She lives in New York with her husband and their two young sons.
