Megan Q. Daniels
- Cinematographer
- Editor
- Director
Director and cinematographer Meg Daniels has been telling people's stories for over 25 years. After she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Photography from Rochester Institute of Technology, she became a photo essayist and freelance photographer producing projects about various topics ranging from restorative justice in South Africa to teenagers exploring their identity. After a three-year career as a newspaper staff photographer, she received her Master of Science Degree at North Carolina State University where she won an award for outstanding scholarly research for her thesis project in which she used photography and qualitative research methodologies to explore the emotional impact photographs can have on women. While a student in the Master of Fine Arts degree in the Documentary Film Program at Wake Forest University, she won the Student Pitch Competition at the 2018 New Orleans Film Festival and received her degree in 2019. Her first feature film, Proper Pronouns, aired on North Carolina's local PBS station in November 2020. Now on the festival tour, the film has screened in multiple film festivals including Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, New Orleans Film Festival, and Cucalorus Film Festival.
Currently, Meg is working on a project about how the pandemic has affected small businesses in North Carolina. The episodic documentary, Taking Orders, focuses on how the COVID-19 pandemic has paralyzed hundreds of small, NC businesses, causing irreversible damage for many. The federal government's hasty, unorganized response to rescue small businesses all but failed leaving a North Carolina restaurateur, CrossFit gym owners, and teen-aged candy store owner to redefine their livelihood at a time when there is little hope that small businesses will survive this pandemic. Meg uses filmmaking to address social justice issues in North Carolina.
Currently, Meg is working on a project about how the pandemic has affected small businesses in North Carolina. The episodic documentary, Taking Orders, focuses on how the COVID-19 pandemic has paralyzed hundreds of small, NC businesses, causing irreversible damage for many. The federal government's hasty, unorganized response to rescue small businesses all but failed leaving a North Carolina restaurateur, CrossFit gym owners, and teen-aged candy store owner to redefine their livelihood at a time when there is little hope that small businesses will survive this pandemic. Meg uses filmmaking to address social justice issues in North Carolina.