About me
Meg Shutzer is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, investigative reporter and senior editor at Mission Local, a nonprofit newsroom in San Francisco. Meg’s documentaries have screened on five continents and won numerous awards at film festivals. Their most recent investigation into a juvenile detention center in Louisiana was published on the front page of The New York Times and was a Finalist for the Livingston and Dart Awards. A companion film, 8 Days at Ware, was released on PBS. Their documentaries include MOTHER (2024), 8 Days at Ware (2022, PBS) Knocking Down the Fences (2021, PBS) and New Generation Queens (2015, Amazon).
Meg has a BA from Harvard and a Master’s in Journalism from UC Berkeley. When they aren’t chasing down a story, you can find Meg teaching journalism classes at San Quentin State Prison or cycling classes at 17 Reasons Athletic Club in the Mission District.
