Merete Mueller

Director/Producer

Merete Mueller is a documentary director based in New York. Her work explores our relationships to built and natural environments, and has included in-depth reporting on climate and infrastructure, as well as intimate stories about body image, homes, and belonging. Merete’s films have screened at SXSW, Hot Docs, DOC NYC and The Brooklyn Museum, via Al Jazeera, the Canadian Broadcasting Channel, Netflix, The New York Times Op-Docs series,
and The New Yorker.

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...