Assistant Director: Megan Griffiths

 
For the past seven years, Megan Griffiths has been an active member of the Northwest film community.  Before relocating to Seattle, Megan received her MFA in Film Production from Ohio University School of Film. While there Megan wrote, directed and edited three award-winning short films (her thesis film NOT WAVING BUT DROWNING, was a 2001 Student Academy Award nominee and recipient of awards for cinematography, directing and editing). 

In 2002, Megan made the move to feature-length films with FIRST AID FOR CHOKING. Set in Megan’s hometown of Moscow, Idaho, this film follows a girl’s journey to come to terms with her family’s dysfunction and a friend’s betrayal. In addition to gaining accolades from programmers, critics and press, her debut feature screened at festivals in Telluride, Portland, Washington DC, and Seattle before securing distribution through Film Threat.

As a Seattle-based freelancer, Megan has been a much sought after cinematographer, AD and editor for features locally and around the US. Most recently, Megan co-produced ZOO, a documentary that screened in competition at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and was released theatrically by ThinkFilm. Megan brings her rare combination of a cinematographer’s eye, an editor’s sense of timing and her unique style of storytelling to her latest film, The Off Hours.