Megan Griffiths

Birthday: 22 April 1975, Athens, Ohio, USA

Megan Griffiths is a writer/director working in film and television. She directed two episodes of the Duplass Brothers' HBO anthology series ROOM 104. Prior to this, she completed the thriller TH ...Show More

Megan Griffiths is a writer/director working in film and television. She directed two episodes of the Duplass Brothers' HBO anthology series ROOM 104. Prior to this, she completed the thriller THE NIGHT STALKER that she wrote and directed starring Lou Diamond Phillips as serial killer Richard Ramirez. Her film LUCKY THEM starring Toni Collette, Thomas Haden Church and Johnny Depp premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and was distributed by IFC Films. Megan's film EDEN, based on the true story of a young woman captured into the world of human trafficking, was a breakout at SXSW 2012, winning the Emergent Narrative Director Award, the Audience Award for Narrative Feature as well as a Special Jury Prize for lead actress Jamie Chung. Megan's feature THE OFF HOURS, distributed by Film Movement, premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. Additionally, she has produced several other projects including Lynn Shelton's YOUR SISTER'S SISTER and the Sundance absurdist buddy comedy THE CATECHISM CATACLYSM. Megan and Lynn Shelton also co-wrote a feature for This American Life, and together with producer Gregg Fienberg sold an original pitch to HBO. In her adopted hometown of Seattle, Megan was the recipient of the 2012 Stranger Genius Award for Film, was named the 2013 City Arts Film Artist of the Year, and received the 2015 Seattle Mayor's Award for Film. She serves on the board of the Northwest Film Forum and is an advocate for sustainable production. Megan is in the process of completing her sixth feature film, entitled SADIE, due for release in 2018. Hide