Kathleen Lingo Editorial Director for Film and TV, The New York Times

Kathleen Lingo is an Oscar-nominated producer and the first editorial director of film and television for The New York Times. She is focused on developing and producing nonfiction feature films and television series. In 2020, three feature documentaries she produced for The New York Times premiered: Time (Amazon Studios), nominated for a 2021 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature; Some Kind of Heaven (Magnolia Pictures), which premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and earned over $1 million at the box office in 2021; and Father Soldier Son (Netflix), recognized for Best Editing at Tribeca Film Festival and with two Emmy nominationsl. Before becoming editorial director, she was executive producer of The Times’ short documentary series Op-Docs. During her tenure, the series published 250 shorts, virtual reality and interactive documentaries that garnered accolades including three Oscar nominations, ten Emmy nominations, three Emmy Awards, two Peabody Awards, and two IDA Awards for Best Short Form series.