STACY GOLDATE, ACE, is an award-winning editor, producer, and director who began her career in radio journalism, developed LGBTQ+ film workshops, programmed for film festivals, DJ'd a college radio show, taught tennis, and waited tables. She made her first documentary, LUCY BARKS! in 1996, chronicling an indie punk record shop in Nashville. She then got her MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she made experimental shorts, co-directed an installation for Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art, assistant directed Juame Plensa's now-iconic Crown Fountain in Millennium Park, and produced, directed, and edited the queer sci-fi musical, DOMINATRIX WAITRIX (2004), which premiered at BFI Flare-London and screened world-wide.

 

Based in Los Angeles, Goldate has edited music videos, scripted shorts, and 50+ non-fiction projects in a variety of genres from music and pop culture to sports, true crime, and sociopolitical topics. Her editing credits include CNN acclaimed series (THE NINETIES, THE 2000S, 1968) executive produced by Tom Hanks; The Emmy-winning OUT OF IRAQ directed by Chris McKim and Eva Orner; Ashley York’s and Sally Rubin’s multi award-winning HILBILLY (Hulu); The GLAAD Media Award-winning and Peabody-nominated DISCLOSURE (Netflix) directed/produced by Sam Feder, produced by Amy Scholder, and executive produced by Laverne Cox for which Goldate received an IDA editing award nomination; and director Amy Berg's award-winning IT'S NEVER OVER, JEFF BUCKLEY (HBO), which premiered at Sundance 2025 and screened theatrically world-wide with a successful box office and for which Goldate and co-editor Brian A. Kates received an ACE Eddie nomination for Best Edited Documentary.

 

Two films Stacy edited inspired the introduction of bipartisan legislation in the US Congress: OUR FATHER (Netflix), a documentary thriller directed/produced by Lucie Jourdan for Blumhouse, was top ten on Netflix world-wide for several weeks and led to a fertility fraud bill proposal, and INHOSPITABLE, a film directed/produced by Sandra Alvarez about the role of hospital consolidation in our broken healthcare system, was a key resource for Rep Pramila Jayapal when she introduced the Stop Anticompetitive Healthcare Act. Goldate also co-directed and produced A GREATER SOCIETY with Craig A. Colton, a film they used to get out the vote for the 2014 Midterms.

 

Goldate enjoys mentoring aspiring, emerging, and mid-career editors. She is a Karen Schmeer Documentary Fellowship Mentor, speaks to film students on college campuses, and consults on documentaries. Her latest consulting project, HBO’s THE STROLL, won the Clarity of Vision Award at Sundance 2023 and was directed by Zackary Drucker & Kristen Lovell, produced by Matt Wolf, and edited by Mel Sukekawa-Mooring. She is also a member of American Cinema Editors (ACE), The Television Academy, Film Fatales, and is in Vanderbilt University's Media Hall of Fame.

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