Meg Shutzer

Co-Director
Meg Shutzer (she/her, they/them) is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and a reporter with the Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley. Her work focuses on gender violence and criminal justice. She has a BA from Harvard and a Master’s from UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism where she was recognized with the Reva and David Logan Prize for Excellence in Investigative Reporting. Her documentaries have screened on five continents and have won numerous awards at film festivals, including the PBS Reel South Award at the New Orleans Film Festival in 2019. She is part of the inaugural IF/Then Short Film Distribution Fellowship for her forthcoming film 8 Days at Ware. When she isn’t chasing down a story, you can find Meg teaching video journalism classes at San Quentin State Prison or spin classes at the 17th Street Athletic Club.
Participating Sessions

FILM SCREENING: SHORTCUTS

A curated selection of six short documentaries at the intersection of cinematic storytelling and journalism.  Films include: 8 DAYS AT WARE Director: Rachel Lauren Mueller and Meg Shutzer Two back-to-back suicides at a juvenile detention center in rural Louisiana raise troubling questions about the state’s justice system and exposes a legacy of abuse and neglect. BLUE ROOM Director: Merete Mueller Incarcerated participants in a mental health experiment watch nature videos...