Megan Griffiths

Megan Griffiths (born April 22, 1975)^[1][2] is a filmmaker from Seattle, Washington, USA and a board member of Northwest Film Forum.^[3]

Early life and education

Griffiths was born in Ohio, lived in Moscow, Idaho in her teens, attended Moscow High School, and was an undergraduate at the University of Idaho where she earned a B.A. in visual communications in 1997.^[1][2][4]

Griffiths received an MFA in Film Production from Ohio University School of Film in 2000 or 2001.^[1][3][5]

Career

In 2011, she directed The Off Hours. The following year, 2012, she directed Eden, which premiered in Austin, Texas.

Griffiths' film Lucky Them starring Toni Collette premiered in the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.^[6]

Awards

• The Stranger Genius Award for Film, 2012^[7]
• Emergent Narrative Female Director audience award, South by Southwest, 2011^[8]
• In 2013 Griffiths was chosen as one of the Artists of the Year by City Arts magazine along with Wes Hurley, Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, and Jinkx Monsoon.^[9]

Television

• $5 Cover: Seattle — First Assistant Director for several episodes, 2010
• Graves (2017) — Director, 1 episode "They Die Happier"
• Animal Kingdom (2018) — Director, 1 episode "Prey"

Filmography

• Shag Carpet Sunset (2002) — Director of Photography^[1]
• First Aid for Choking (2003) — Writer/Director/Producer
• Urban Scarecrow (2006) — Cinematographer
• We Go Way Back (2006) — First Assistant Director
• The Guatemalan Handshake (2006) — Producer/First Assistant Director
• June and July (2006) — First Assistant Director
• Zoo (2007) — Assistant Director^[10]
• Cthulhu (2007) — First Assistant Director
• Butterfly Dreaming (2008) — First Assistant Director
• Moving (short) (2008) — Writer/Director
• The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzie (2009) — First Assistant Director
• The Day My Parents Became Cool (short) (2009) — First Assistant Director
• The Whole Truth (2009) — First Assistant Director
• Crimes of the Past (2009) — First Assistant Director
• Wrong Turn at Tahoe (2009) — First Assistant Director
• Eros (short) (2009) — Writer/Director
• Late Autumn (2010) — First Assistant Director
• The Catechism Cataclysm (2011) — Producer/Assistant Director/Casting Director
• The Off Hours (2011) — Writer/Director/Editor/Casting
• Eden (2013) — Writer/Director
• Lucky Them (2014) — Director^[1]
• Rat Pack Rat (2014) — Producer
• The Night Stalker (2016) — Director
• Sadie (2018) — Writer/Director

References

External links

• Megan Griffiths on IMDb