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Megan Griffiths(I)

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Megan Griffiths
SADIE is the story of a girl who will stop at nothing to preserve her father's place on the home front. Sadie (Sophia Mitri Schloss) is the daughter of a soldier and models herself after his military example. When her mom (Melanie Lynskey) begins dating a new man (John Gallagher, Jr.), Sadie vows to drive him out by whatever means necessary. He is the enemy, and if she's learned anything from the world she inhabits, it's that the enemy deserves no mercy. The film also stars Tony Hale, Danielle Brooks, Tee Dennard, and Keith L. Williams.
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Megan Griffiths is a writer/director working in film and television. She has directed shows for HBO (Room 104), EPIX (Graves), TNT (Animal Kingdom), Hulu (Looking for Alaska), USA (Dare Me), Fox (Prodigal Son), Netflix (The Society, Trinkets), and Amazon (Panic). Prior to this, she wrote and directed Sadie, which stars Melanie Lynskey, John Gallagher Jr, Danielle Brooks, and Tony Hale, and features breakout performances from its young stars Sophia Mitri Schloss and Keith L. Williams, and premiered at the 2018 South by Southwest Film Festival. She also created the thriller The Night Stalker, starring Lou Diamond Phillips as serial killer Richard Ramirez, which premiered on Lifetime Television. Her film Lucky Them starring Toni Collette, Thomas Haden Church and Johnny Depp premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and was distributed by IFC Films. Griffiths's film Eden, based on the true story of a young woman captured into the world of human trafficking, was a breakout at SXSW 2012, winning the Emergent Narrative Director Award, the Audience Award for Narrative Feature as well as a Special Jury Prize for lead actress Jamie Chung. Griffiths's feature The Off Hours, distributed by Film Movement, premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.

Additionally, Griffiths has produced several other projects including the Sundance absurdist buddy comedy The Catechism Cataclysm, as well as Your Sister's Sister, directed by the late Lynn Shelton, Griffiths's close friend and frequent collaborator. Griffiths and Shelton also co-wrote a feature for This American Life, and together with producer Gregg Fienberg sold an original pitch to HBO.

Griffiths is a member of the director's branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. In her adopted hometown of Seattle, Griffiths was the recipient of the 2012 Stranger Genius Award for Film, was named the 2013 City Arts Film Artist of the Year, and received the 2015 Seattle Mayor's Award for Film. She serves on the board of Northwest Film Forum and is an active advocate for sustainable production.

Griffiths also writes about her experiences in the entertainment industry for her blog Thoughts on Film, and discusses recent releases for the film commentary site The Talkhouse.
BornApril 22, 1975
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Megan Griffiths in The Off Hours (2011)
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Director Megan Griffiths with the cast of Lucky Them at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Megan Griffiths and Toni Collette at Toronto International Film Festival for the premiere of Lucky Them.
Director Megan Griffiths with the cast of The Off Hours
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Melanie Lynskey, Megan Griffiths, and Sophia Mitri Schloss at an event for Sadie (2018)
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Toni Collette and Thomas Haden Church in Lucky Them (2013)
Lucky Them
6.1
  • Director
  • 2013
Eden (2012)
Eden
6.6
  • Director
  • 2012
The Off Hours (2011)
The Off Hours
5.9
  • Director
  • 2011
Lou Diamond Phillips in The Night Stalker (2016)
The Night Stalker
5.8
TV Movie
  • Director(directed by)
  • 2016

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Director

  • Year of the Fox
    • Post-production
  • Bailee Madison, Chandler Kinney, Malia Pyles, Maia Reficco, and Zaria in Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin (2022)
    Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin
  • I'll Show You Mine
  • Panic (2021)
    Panic
  • Kiana Madeira, Brianna Hildebrand, and Quintessa Swindell in Trinkets (2019)
    Trinkets
  • Her Effortless Brilliance: A Celebration of Lynn Shelton Through Film and Music
  • Marlo Kelly in Dare Me (2019)
    Dare Me
  • Michael Sheen and Tom Payne in Prodigal Son (2019)
    Prodigal Son
  • Charlie Plummer, Denny Love, Jay Lee, and Kristine Froseth in Looking for Alaska (2019)
    Looking for Alaska
  • Animal Kingdom (2016)
    Animal Kingdom
  • Kathryn Newton in The Society (2019)
    The Society
    • (directed by)
  • Sadie (2018)
    Sadie
  • The Sound (2018)
    The Sound
  • Nick Nolte in Graves (2016)
    Graves
  • Room 104 (2017)
    Room 104
  • Lou Diamond Phillips in The Night Stalker (2016)
    The Night Stalker
    • (directed by)

Producer

  • Year of the Fox
    • Post-production
  • I'll Show You Mine
  • Her Effortless Brilliance: A Celebration of Lynn Shelton Through Film and Music
  • Cary Elwes, Catherine Keener, Justin Chatwin, Maya Rudolph, Molly Shannon, Anton Yelchin, and Riley Keough in We Don't Belong Here (2017)
    We Don't Belong Here
  • Ron Ford in M.O.P.Z. (2016)
    M.O.P.Z.
  • Minimum Wage (2015)
    Minimum Wage
  • Koinonia (2014)
    Koinonia
  • Rat Pack Rat (2014)
    Rat Pack Rat
  • Mark Duplass, Emily Blunt, and Rosemarie DeWitt in Your Sister's Sister (2011)
    Your Sister's Sister
  • The Catechism Cataclysm (2011)
    The Catechism Cataclysm
  • Eros (2009)
    Eros
  • Zoo (2007)
    Zoo
  • The Guatemalan Handshake (2006)
    The Guatemalan Handshake
  • First Aid for Choking

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • The Catechism Cataclysm (2011)
    The Catechism Cataclysm
  • $5 Cover: Seattle (2009)
    $5 Cover: Seattle
  • Hyun Bin and Tang Wei in Late Autumn (2010)
    Late Autumn
  • Harvey Keitel, Cuba Gooding Jr., Miguel Ferrer, and Leonor Varela in Wrong Turn at Tahoe (2009)
    Wrong Turn at Tahoe
  • Eric Roberts, David Rasche, and Elisabeth Röhm in Crimes of the Past (2009)
    Crimes of the Past
  • The Whole Truth (2009)
    The Whole Truth
  • The Day My Parents Became Cool (2009)
    The Day My Parents Became Cool
  • The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle (2009)
    The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle
  • Butterfly Dreaming (2008)
    Butterfly Dreaming
  • Email to Bill Gates (2007)
    Email to Bill Gates
  • Knowing the Game (2007)
    Knowing the Game
  • Cthulhu (2007)
    Cthulhu
  • Zoo (2007)
    Zoo
  • June and July
  • We Go Way Back (2006)
    We Go Way Back

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Indie Focus: 'Sadie' Director Megan Griffiths Brings War Home
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Indie Focus: 'Sadie' Director Megan Griffiths Brings War Home
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The Landlord
SADIE Theatrical Trailer
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SADIE Theatrical Trailer
Eden Trailer
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Eden Trailer
TAOS
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    • Megan Griffiths Official Website
    • April 22, 1975
    • Athens, Ohio, USA

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