Meg Griffiths

Director and Producer, Universe Creative

Los Angeles, California United States

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About

Meg Griffiths is a Los Angeles-based documentary director and producer. Meg Griffiths began her career as a photo and video journalist at the Houston Chronicle and then held a leadership role at Teach For America where she built the nonprofit’s first video studio. After overseeing content development and digital strategy at an LA-based agency, Meg co-founded Universe Creative, a documentary production company that collaborates with foundations, nonprofits, and socially conscious brands. Meg’s work has been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and is supported by the International Documentary Association, the Redford Center, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Walton Family Foundation, and the Wallace Foundation. She holds a MA in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin. Her debut feature film, IMPOSSIBLE TOWN, premiered at Mountainfilm in Telluride, CO, and Meg serves on the board of the Documentary Producers Alliance.

Featured Work

Technicolor

When Byron Sanders, a superhero-obsessed Black kid from South Dallas, seizes an opportunity to go to a predominantly White private school, his reckoning with race and class puts him on a path to becoming CEO of one of the most influential nonprofits in the city.

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Impossible Town

When her father dies suddenly, Dr. Ayne Amjad takes up his mission to help a small West Virginia town exposed to cancer-causing chemicals. Driven by his call to “help others” at all costs, Ayne launches an audacious plan to relocate the community. But as pressure mounts and new information comes to light, she must decide how far she’s willing to go to aid the town’s fight for justice.

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Marissa's Story

Inspired by the belief that real change requires bold action, a young activist leaves her work at Para Los Niños to pursue Hispanic Studies at Brown University—determined to transform her passion for community advocacy into lasting impact.

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Made By: Lizzo

This Amazon Studios series features talent like Lizzo and depicts formative milestones that shape perspective, inform identity, and make us who we are.

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