Director

Meghan McDonough

Directing

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Beginning to build directing work.

TMDB popularity

0.3

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Directed movies: 1Directed series: 0All crew credits: 2

TMDB ID: 3104411

Known for: Directing

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2021 - 2023

Years active: 3

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Biography

Meghan McDonough is a documentary director, editor, and journalist whose work focuses on queer history and community. Her short film Old Lesbians was commissioned by The Guardian, selected for Aesthetica/Audible’s 2023 Listening Pitch, shortlisted for the IDA Documentary Awards, and screened internationally at institutions including the British Film Institute and the American LGBTQ+ Museum. She has worked at Quartz and NBCUniversal Local, and her freelance work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Washington Post, Scientific American, and Thomson Reuters Foundation. She is a BRIClab Film + TV resident (2024–2025) and is currently developing her first feature documentary.

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