Podcast appearances and mentions of Megan Griffiths

Mindie Lind is a Seattle-based musician. In a new short animated film called "View from the Floor", Lind and co-director Megan Griffiths explore Mindie’s life as an artist grappling with imposter syndrome. Mindie was born without legs. And as she came of age, she couldn’t shake the idea that the praise and attention she received was more about her disability, and people looking to create “inspiration porn,” rather than her talent. View from the Floor debuted at Sundance this year and is available to view online now through the New York Times. Guests: Mindie Lind, co-director of "View from the Floor" Megan Griffiths, co-director of "View from the Floor" Related Links: View From the Floor website The View From the Floor: After appearing on “Maury” 25 years ago, a singer without legs questions why she’s seen as inspirational - New York Times Thank you to the supporters of KUOW, you help make this show possible! If you want to help out, go to kuow.org/donate/soundsidenotes Soundside is a production of KUOW in Seattle, a proud member of the NPR Network.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If there's a minor blessing that has emerged from the pandemic, it's in the way that film festivals have shifted and persisted with online options. As one of the leading film festivals in the world, the Sundance Film Festival continues to bring selections of their festival to global audiences via their online and in person screening events. The 2025 festival is underway, with online screenings taking place from January 30 - February 3.I mention this as one of the values of being able to attend the festival remotely is that I can stay safe as a disabled, immunocompromised person. It also then means I can watch films like Mindie Lind and Megan Griffiths superb animated short View from the Floor. This five minute documentary tells Mindie's story as a musician, a writer, a director, and as someone who lives with disability.Mindie doesn't have any legs, and while she gets around in a wheelchair, it's that view from the floor that she's forced to present on television when she becomes a guest on the Maury Povich show. With a comedic and open narration, Mindie takes viewers from her initial perspective of being invited on the show (this is in the era before 'who's your babies dad' reveals dominated the show) to the feeling she had when the producers asked her to go on stage without her wheelchair.View from the Floor decisively and intimately unpacks the concept of inspiration porn, which leads to a further discussion about the exploitation of disabled folks, especially in relation to entertainment.As co-directors, Mindie and Megan utilise the bright and expressive animation from Joe Garber to bring a sense of comedy and charm to Mindie's story, allowing non-disabled and disabled folk to understand how inspiration porn impacts everyone's lives.In the following interview, Mindie and Megan talk about meeting through the late, great filmmaker Lynn Shelton, dealing with cat calls and more, the importance of stories about disability being able to reach a global audience, how they created the look and sound of the film, before Mindie closes the chat with an interesting fact about the person who played ET on set.To help support Mindie and Megan in transforming View from the Floor into a feature film, visit ViewFromTheFloor.com. You can donate on that site, while also checking out the artwork and listen to Mindie's song as heard in the film. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If there's a minor blessing that has emerged from the pandemic, it's in the way that film festivals have shifted and persisted with online options. As one of the leading film festivals in the world, the Sundance Film Festival continues to bring selections of their festival to global audiences via their online and in person screening events. The 2025 festival is underway, with online screenings taking place from January 30 - February 3.I mention this as one of the values of being able to attend the festival remotely is that I can stay safe as a disabled, immunocompromised person. It also then means I can watch films like Mindie Lind and Megan Griffiths superb animated short View from the Floor. This five minute documentary tells Mindie's story as a musician, a writer, a director, and as someone who lives with disability.Mindie doesn't have any legs, and while she gets around in a wheelchair, it's that view from the floor that she's forced to present on television when she becomes a guest on the Maury Povich show. With a comedic and open narration, Mindie takes viewers from her initial perspective of being invited on the show (this is in the era before 'who's your babies dad' reveals dominated the show) to the feeling she had when the producers asked her to go on stage without her wheelchair.View from the Floor decisively and intimately unpacks the concept of inspiration porn, which leads to a further discussion about the exploitation of disabled folks, especially in relation to entertainment.As co-directors, Mindie and Megan utilise the bright and expressive animation from Joe Garber to bring a sense of comedy and charm to Mindie's story, allowing non-disabled and disabled folk to understand how inspiration porn impacts everyone's lives.In the following interview, Mindie and Megan talk about meeting through the late, great filmmaker Lynn Shelton, dealing with cat calls and more, the importance of stories about disability being able to reach a global audience, how they created the look and sound of the film, before Mindie closes the chat with an interesting fact about the person who played ET on set.To help support Mindie and Megan in transforming View from the Floor into a feature film, visit ViewFromTheFloor.com. You can donate on that site, while also checking out the artwork and listen to Mindie's song as heard in the film. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month on The Business Behind Sport we take another look at safeguarding in the sports industry, this time focusing on investigations. Jonny Gray speaks with Megan Griffiths, Barrister at 12 King's Bench Walk, and Charli Curran, safeguarding and investigations specialist at Ankura, to discuss: • What risks should be discussed when cases of harassment and abuse are raised? • What does a “good” response look like after receiving reports of harassment and abuse?• What might be the consequences for organizations, and individuals, if the wrong approach is taken?

This little piggy escaped and wreaked havoc on crops and the environmentWild pigs that have escaped or been released from farms have established self-sustaining populations in the prairies and central Canada and are wreaking havoc on farms and wilderness landscapes alike. A new study, led by Ryan Brook at the University of Saskatchewan, has tracked pigs to try to understand where, and how far, this porcine invasion can go. The research was published in the journal Biological Invasions.Satellites and space junk burning up in the atmosphere is a new kind of pollutionScientists doing high-altitude sampling of material deposited when meteorites burn up in the atmosphere are seeing a shift in the material they've been collecting. In a recent study in the journal PNAS, scientists found that increasingly the particles contain material that could have only come from vaporized space junk, such as the upper stages of rocket boosters and re-entering satellites themselves. Daniel Cziczo, an atmospheric scientist at Purdue University, said they're now trying to find out what kind of impact this in material in the stratosphere may have on things like the ozone layer and global warming.A 200 million year old marine reptile the size of a blue whaleHundreds of millions of years ago, long before dinosaurs roamed the surface of our planet, ichthyosaurs ruled the Earth's oceans. Analysis of bones found in a river basin in the UK suggests a new species might have been one the biggest marine animals that ever lived. Paleontologist Jimmy Waldron was part of the team, who published their research in the journal PLOS One. Fox skulls are optimized for diving into snowFoxes hunt in winter by listening for rodents under deep snow and then leaping and diving into the snow, plunging down to snatch their prey. A team including Sunghwan Jung, a professor of Biological and Environmental Engineering at Cornell University, did a unique experiment to confirm that the pointed shape of the fox skull is better than any other shape they tested at penetrating deep into snow. The research was published in the journal PNAS.Scientists propose a plan to study self-spreading vaccinesResearchers concerned with emerging diseases like H5N1 bird flu, which has devastated wild bird populations, are proposing a controversial way to stop the disease. Megan Griffiths, a postdoctoral researcher in viral ecology at the University of Glasgow, says transmissible vaccines would use harmless viruses to carry vaccines against pathogenic viruses. She's the co-author of a recent study in the journal Science that presents a framework for how they could safely develop self-spreading vaccines.The logic behind creating more dangerous viruses to understand them betterAnticipating how dangerous viruses — like avian influenza or coronaviruses — could transform from more innocuous forms into much more dangerous ones could help us prepare for future pandemics. Ron Fouchier, a molecular virologist at the Erasmus Medical Centre in Holland, says without doing “gain of function” research, like the kind he published in the journal Science in 2012, we never would have known which changes to lookout for with the current global H5N1 outbreak. Gain of function research, which involves experimenting with viruses to make them more dangerous, has become increasingly controversial, but Fouchier says with Europe's strict regulations to ensure safety, the risk is worth the reward. 

When Megan Griffiths finished film school she didn't head to New York or Los Angeles. Griffiths decided to make movies in Seattle after falling in love with the city's music scene in the early 1990's. Griffiths has built a career making both independent feature films in Washington State and directing bigger budget television shows in Hollywood but her heart belongs to Seattle.  The filmmaker, sidelined by the Writer's Guild of America strike, took some time to talk about her movies and Seattle's film community, with co-hosts Marcie Sillman and Vivian Phillips.

I'LL SHOW YOU MINE tells the story of Priya Sura (Poorna Jagannathan), an author who found breakout success when she wrote a memoir about her abusive father. She has since made a career of exploring her own trauma through a feminist lens. Recently, however, she has been finding it harder and harder to have an emotional connection in her writing. So she's now mining someone else's trauma by interviewing Nic (Casey Thomas Brown), her nephew by marriage, about his history of exploitation as a gender nonconforming model and pansexual poster boy. But Nic won't engage without a quid pro quo, so to get to the most hidden parts of his story, she must dig into areas she has scrupulously managed to avoid in her own. Director Megan Griffiths (Eden, Lucky Them) joins us for a conversation on the challenges and rewards that come from a two actor film project, working with the talented duo of Poorna Jagannathan (The Night Of, Never Have I Ever) and Casey Thomas Brown (The Kominsky Method) and how finding a cinematic sweet spot for an engaging, and insightful character driven story about trauma and recognition. For more go to: ill-show-you-mine-2023

SPOILER WARNING: As a part of the SIFF series of interviews and film reviews host Beau Forbes sits down with Television and Film Director Megan Griffiths to discuss her new directorial effort Year Of The Fox. A coming of age tale set in 1997 about a young woman whose parents split and she is forced to split her time between Seattle and Aspen. We discuss film nerd stuff like cameras and color grading as well as emotional aspects of the film and the subtle acting. Megan also tells the show what her comfort food film is. Socials: Megan Griffiths @thecinechick on IG Beau Forbes @forbes.film & @morethantwocentspod on IG Like, Subscribe, Download, and Share to all of your friends that love Film. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/morethantwocents/support

Check out our line of badass action camera chin mounts for off-road helmets - https://wannabes.life/ Find Megs Braap on: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/megs_braap/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/MeganGriffithsDirtbike Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/megsbraap Class Schedule - https://us.tractionerag.com/usaclinics In this episode of the WannaBes MobCast we interview the intrepid Megan Griffiths, known the internet wide as Megs Braap. Megs is a true badass in the enduro world for more reasons that we can count and she's one of our heroes. We love following Megs journey for two reasons, she's awesome on the bike, and she's awesome at social media (both of which we can generally only aspire to dream about). Meg has been doing things her own way for just about forever. She didn't let anyone tell her to ride a dirt bike (except maybe the sales team where she almost bought a quad), and she didn't let anyone stop her starting her own business. We chat through how she got into riding, why she decided to start her clinics, and what you can expect to learn if you take one. We also dig into Megs clear tenacity, talking through how she spent the Covid months living in the woods to preserve her savings and how her stable of bikes comes hard won. Watch the whole episode to get all the details! Credits: Studio productions by Seth https://www.instagram.com/seth.orsomething/ Video editing by Nikola Popovic: https://www.instagram.com/goteki_audio_video/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjwxp4vUUnAW4lLrbClFvgg

Jillian talks with genuine bad ass, enduro racer, athlete, and teacher Megan Griffiths. Meg shares her passion for dirt bikes, enduro, tailriding, and teaching. Her career began as a full-time electrician working in oil fields; however, she was miserable and never had the time to ride. In 2020, amid Covid, she quit her job as an electrician and now lives full time on the road, teaching clinics throughout the US and Canada. Megs discusses her lifestyle, her practice philosophy, personal growth, and the importance of finding joy in what you do

In this episode of the 2 Wheeled Rider Podcast we are joined by Megan Griffiths who you likely know better as Megs Braap. Boasting an instagram following of nearly 150k followers, 365k Facebook followers and a YouTube Channel with over 66k subscribers, Megan has had her dirt bike riding videos and clips go viral more than once. Megan's large social media following is due to her mad skills on a dirt bike. While you'll learn a lot about Megan and riding during the course of this interview, if you'd like to learn to be a better rider be sure to check out her schedule and get signed up for one of her riding clinics. All the applicable social media and website links are listed below.Megs Braap Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/megs_braap/Megs Braap YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugPFDyYCzY9Qs79NevYdMwMegs Braap Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/megsbraapMegs Braap Ride Clinics: https://us.tractionerag.com/usaclinicsUpcoming 2WR Ride Event Info: https://2wheeledrider.com/events/ Support the the podcast by clicking the link below for your next Rocky Mountain ATV/MC orderhttps://rockymountainatvmc.com?ref=1055For more from 2 Wheeled Rider please check out the links below:2 Wheeled Rider Podcast Website https://2wrpodcast.com2WR Podcast Instagram https://instagram.com/2wr_podcast2 Wheeled Rider Website https://2wheeledrider.com/2WR Facebook Group  https://www.facebook.com/groups/7620367443992912 Wheeled Rider on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/2wheeledriderchannel2 Wheeled Rider Amazon Store https://www.amazon.com/shop/2wheeledriderMario on Instagram https://instagram.com/marioorsiniBrian on Instagram https://instagram.com/boyer562Contact Information:2wrpodcast@gmail.com2 Wheeled Riderc/o Mario OrsiniPO Box 64Bunker Hill, WV 25413Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/2wheeledrider)

Recorded on 18 June 2021  In this podcast, Dr David Selwyn, CPOC Director, interviews  Dr Megan Griffiths and Captain Alex Jolly about the winning presentation at the RCoA/CPOC Patient Safety in Perioperative Practice Event 2021 - identifying and mitigating latent safety threats using in-situ simulation with human factors feedback delivered by airline pilots. 

Q&A for Her Effortless Brilliance: A Celebration of Lynn Shelton Through Film & Music with director & producer Megan Griffiths, producer Mel Eslyn, and executive producer Mark Duplass. Directed by Megan Griffiths Produced by Mel Eslyn, Megan Griffiths, & Adam Kersh Executive Produced by Mark Duplass & Jay Duplass Lynn Shelton Retrospective Compilation by World Famous Footage of Lynn's 50th Birthday Provided by Ian Knipple

David chats with film/TV director Megan Griffiths about what the pandemic has been like in the entertainment industry this year.Thanks for listening to our series about the Seattle pandemic. If you appreciated this series, please consider leaving a review for us on iTunes or sharing the podcast. Support me on Patreon!Links:Learn more about Megan's workFollow Megan on TwitterSeattle Times' article about Megan's weddingMegan Griffiths and others remember Lynn SheltonWeekly Recommendation17 BlocksThis podcast is powered by Simplecast. Check them out at simplecast.com for a great podcast management and analytics solution.Let me know your feedback for the podcast by emailing culturallyrelevantshow(AT)gmail(DOT)com.Follow the show on Twitter.Find every episode of the show at CulturallyRelevantShow.com.

Seth Hammaker is doing awesome in his rookie year in SX. Dan Hubbard is just a rad dude and talks about announcing and Race Day Live. Megan is an Enduro rider who has a cool story.

Pediatric Pulmonary hypertension (PAH) is a heterogeneous disease, characterized by sustained elevation of pulmonary arterial pressures and death from right ventricular failure. Given the extremely high burden of morbidity and mortality associated with this disease, and the risk of the invasive procedures required for diagnostics, novel biomarkers for this disease would be beneficial. In this episode, we meet Early Career Investigator, Dr. Megan Griffiths from Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, who examined two candidate IGF axis proteins as potential predictors of PAH severity. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Q&A with writer/director Megan Griffiths. Moderated by Mara Webster.

Friends of Lynn Shelton grace the podcast to share their memories and feelings about the filmmaker Lynn Shelton who died unexpectedly on May 16th of a blood disorder. Guests include the cinematographer & filmmaker Ben Kasulke, filmmaker Megan Griffiths, and actor & filmmaker Joshua Leonard.

It's the end of April's (Hannah Marks, Slash) senior year of high school, when she and longtime boyfriend Nick (Dylan Sprouse, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody) break up. While getting trashed at a house party, she bumps into Dylan's new squeeze, Clara (Liana Liberato, also in To the Stars), a recent transplant from Fresno. BANANA SPLIT is set against the backdrop of April’s last days before heading off to college. Her plans for her last few high school months are about to hit a snag when she becomes best friends with her ex-boyfriend’s new squeeze. Usual teen social norms mean that they have to hate each, but it turns out they have way more in common than a mutual beau. Over the summer Clara and April develop a perfect kindred-spirit friendship in ways they never thought possible, all while working overtime to keep their relationship secret from Nick. Director Benjamin Kasulke (Your Sister's Sister, Safety Not Guaranteed), stops by to talk about working with co-writer / co-star Hannah Marks, making the transition from cinematographer to director and finding the sweet spot of believability in this very entertaining teen drama / comedy. About the filmmaker Benjamin Francis Kasulke is a director, cinematographer, and Stranger Genius Award recipient born in 1977 in Syracuse, NY. After earning degrees in film from Ithaca College and FAMU  (Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts) in Prague, he worked as a negative cutter with the Image Treasury in Seattle. His cinematographer career began while working extensively with the local dance film community, which he turned into collaborations with the likes of Guy Maddin, Lynn Shelton, Megan Griffiths, and Colin Trevorrow. He became a vital component of the Pacific Northwest film community, acting as cinematographer on such films as Humpday and The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle (both SIFF 2009), The Freebie (SIFF 2010), The Off Hours (SIFF 2011), Your Sister's Sister (SIFF 2012), Safety Not Guaranteed (2012), Touchy Feely (SIFF 2013), Laggies (2014), and My Last Year With The Nuns (SIFF 2014). Banana Split marks his feature directorial debut. For news and updates go to: facebook.com/bananasplitmov Social Media twitter.com/bananasplitmov twitter.com/benkasulke twitter.com/hannahmarks

Amey has cast for directors including: Lynn Shelton, Matt Ross, Megan Griffiths, The Duplass Brothers, and Jeremy Garelick. Some of Amy's recent work includes the films: Sadie, Paddleton, and Greener Grass along with the Netflix series Everything Sucks and Best Worst Weekend Ever. Upcoming releases Amy has cast include The Werewolf, Big Time Adolescence, and Golden Arm.  

Kerry Hustwit is a filmmaker and assistant professor of Communication and Digital Media at Neumann University. Megan Griffiths is an award-winning writer/director working in film and television. She has directed shows for HBO, EPIX, TNT, and Netflix. Additionally, Megan has directed six feature films, among them Eden, which won the Emergent Narrative Director Award and the Audience Award for Narrative Feature at SXSW 2012.

Listen to my conversation with friend and film editor Celia Beasley about her recent 11 month long trip from Madagascar to Columbia with her two children and husband. She shares some powerful insights around giving kids more latitude, using empathy to limit whining, and why riding on a scooter in Sri Lanka is the perfect time to discuss the birds and the bees. Celia is dynamic and thoughtful and makes me feel like a big wimp. Celia Beasley is a film editor based in Seattle her recent credits include SADIE, directed by Megan Griffiths and OUTSIDE IN, directed by Lynn Shelton. Her website is: celiabeasley.com. To learn more about Celia’s trip you can find her blog including posts and videos from her kids at http://btfwa.blogspot.com.  

What is it like to grow up the child of a therapist? Megan Griffiths is a filmmaker whose dark characters and tragic situations are undoubtedly influenced by her mother’s work as a social worker. Her latest film, Sadie, is a modern critique of the American culture of violence as it effects a young girl whose father is away at war. It is streaming now on Amazon Prime and available for rent or purchase on iTunes. She sat down with John to talk about the psychology of her films, her mom’s impact on her art, and working as a female filmmaker in the #MeToo era. Support: www.patreon.com/betweenus Contact: betweenuspodcast@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/betweenuspodcast/ Twitter: twitter.com/BetweenUsPod Instagram: www.instagram.com/betweenuspod/

This week we chat with Sadie Director Megan Griffiths. www.thecinechick.com Megan Griffiths is a writer/director working in film and television. She recently directed two episodes of the Duplass Brothers' HBO anthology series Room 104 and an episode of the Epix comedy Graves, starring Nick Nolte. Prior to this, she wrote and directed the thriller The Night Stalker, starring Lou Diamond Phillips as serial killer Richard Ramirez. 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. Megan'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. Megan's feature The Off Hours, distributed by Film Movement, premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. Additionally, she has produced several other projects including Lynn Shelton's Your Sister's Sister and the Sundance absurdist buddy comedy The Catechism Cataclysm. Megan and Lynn Shelton also co-wrote a feature for This American Life, and together with producer Gregg Fienberg sold an original pitch to HBO. In her adopted hometown of Seattle, Megan 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 is the vice president of the board of the Northwest Film Forum and is an active advocate for sustainable production. Megan's sixth feature film, entitled 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, premiered at the 2018 South by Southwest Film Festival. Megan also sporadically 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. Please visit us on the socials as we'd love to hear from you!https://www.instagram.com/goguerillafilmwww.twitter.com/goguerillafilmgoguerillafilm@gmail.com

This week we chat with Sadie Director Megan Griffiths. www.thecinechick.com Megan Griffiths is a writer/director working in film and television. She recently directed two episodes of the Duplass Brothers' HBO anthology series Room 104 and an episode of the Epix comedy Graves, starring Nick Nolte. Prior to this, she wrote and directed the thriller The Night Stalker, starring Lou Diamond Phillips as serial killer Richard Ramirez. 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. Megan'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. Megan's feature The Off Hours, distributed by Film Movement, premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. Additionally, she has produced several other projects including Lynn Shelton's Your Sister's Sister and the Sundance absurdist buddy comedy The Catechism Cataclysm. Megan and Lynn Shelton also co-wrote a feature for This American Life, and together with producer Gregg Fienberg sold an original pitch to HBO. In her adopted hometown of Seattle, Megan 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 is the vice president of the board of the Northwest Film Forum and is an active advocate for sustainable production. Megan's sixth feature film, entitled 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, premiered at the 2018 South by Southwest Film Festival. Megan also sporadically 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. Please visit us on the socials as we'd love to hear from you!https://www.instagram.com/goguerillafilmwww.twitter.com/goguerillafilmgoguerillafilm@gmail.com

Gary Scott reviews Bohemian Rhapsody, Unarmed Verses, conversation with writer/director Megan Griffiths, and I dedicate this episode my mother’s dog, Diamond and it ends with the Message Of The Week.

Host Jeff Goldsmith interviews writer-director Megan Griffiths about Sadie. Download my podcast hereCopyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2018. All rights reserved.

This week we have the director of the new drama Sadie, Seattle's own Megan Griffiths. The genre film that she has chosen to discuss is Terry Gilliam's weirdo time travel movie 12 Monkeys. Megan and April really get into the ins and outs of working in independent cinema; from the casting to achieving control on set. Megan discusses how she and Terry Gilliam have the similarity of not working within the Hollywood system; Gilliam living in London while Megan lives in Seattle. She elaborates on her new movie Sadie and shooting in a trailer park with Melanie Lynskey. April and she also cover shooting nudity and the need for the actors to be completely comfortable. This is a great conversation that proves you don't have to work within the confines of Hollywood in order to be a successful filmmaker. Check out the trailer for Sadie which is in theaters now. And if you haven't seen it yet, go watch 12 Monkeys With April Wolfe with Megan Griffiths. You can let us know what you think of Switchblade Sisters at @SwitchbladePod on Twitter. Or email us at switchbladesisters@maximumfun.org Produced by Casey O'Brien and Laura Swisher for MaximumFun.org.

On the latest episode of the Talkhouse Podcast, Jurassic World's Colin Trevorrow sits down with his fellow director and longtime friend Megan Griffiths, whose new movie Sadie, starring Melanie Lynskey, John Gallagher Jr and emerging star Sophia Mitri Schloss, is in select theaters from October 12. The two filmmakers, both veterans of the vibrant Seattle indie scene, discuss everything from the correct pronunciation of their names (spoiler: people always say Trevorrow's wrong) to how their upbringings shaped them as directors, while also touching on such topics as diversity in Hollywood, Bryce Dallas Howard's footwear in Jurassic World, why Griffiths is an ideal candidate to direct blockbusters, the myth of Trevorrow's “overnight success,” and much, much more. For more filmmakers talking film and TV, visit Talkhouse at talkhouse.com/film. Subscribe now to stay in the loop on future episodes of the Talkhouse Podcast

SADIE is the story of a 13-year-old girl who lives at Shady Plains Trailer Park with her mother while her father serves repeated tours in the military. Her dad has broken many promises that he will return, but Sadie (Sophia Mitri Schloss) idolizes him and believes in his cause, so she waits, preserving his place on the home-front. Less patient is her mom, Rae (Melanie Lynskey) who stopped receiving letters or calls from her husband years ago. She has been half-heartedly dating the counselor from Sadie’s school, Bradley (Tony Hale) but it isn’t until a mysterious newcomer moves in next door that she truly considers moving on. Rae’s best friend is Carla (Danielle Brooks,) who works at the local bar and has a penchant for unavailable men. Carla's son Francis (Keith L. Williams) and her retired father Deak (Tee Dennard) are Sadie’s charge and confidante, respectively. The arrival of Cyrus (John Gallagher, Jr.) disrupts the balance of life at Shady Plains. When Sadie sees a relationship developing between Cyrus and Rae, she pledges to come between them, whatever it takes. Cyrus becomes the enemy, and if she’s learned nothing else from the world she inhabits, it’s that the enemy deserves no mercy. Director and Writer Megan Griffiths joins us to talk about her gritty, heartfelt drama about class, addiction and growing up on the margins. For news and updates go to: sadiefilm.com

Producer Lacey Leavitt ("Safety Not Guaranteed," "Laggies") is on tour with the new film "Sadie" as part of the Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers, which stopped in Athens on Sept. 16th for a screening at the Morton Theatre. Lacey spoke to Andrew in the lobby about the serious topics the film addresses and the response it has received from audiences on the tour. Visit sadiefilm.com to find out when "Sadie" will be playing near you.

Producer Lacey Leavitt ("Safety Not Guaranteed," "Laggies") is on tour with the new film "Sadie" as part of the Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers, which stopped in Athens on Sept. 16th for a screening at the Morton Theatre. Lacey spoke to Andrew in the lobby about the serious topics the film addresses and the response it has received from audiences on the tour. Visit sadiefilm.com to find out when "Sadie" will be playing near you.

Washington-based director Megan Griffiths joins the show to chat with SJ Chiro about her new film SADIE (screening with An Afternoon with Melanie Lynskey on Sunday May 27th at 2:30p at the Egyptian). They discuss the lead performance from Sophia Mitri Schloss (Lane 1974), the problem with the term "strong female characters", and tackling violence on screen.

Four filmmakers laud Seattle through their personal stories about this soulful city. Panelists include filmmakers Dave Grohl, Megan Griffiths, Josh Taft, John Ramsay and JJ Augustavo. Presented by Visit Seattle.

Today we're delighted to welcome Seattle-based filmmaker Megan Griffiths to the show to talk about her new film The Night Stalker. Also joining us is lead actor Lou Diamond Phillips!

It's Special Ops with Mark Rahner, Rev & Walker! They're joined by writer/director of the film The Night Stalker, Megan Griffiths! See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

NWP welcomes director Megan Griffiths!  Megan Griffiths was born in Ohio, lived in Moscow, Idaho in her teens and was an undergraduate at the University of Idaho, where she earned a B.A. in visual communications. She went on to received an MFA in Film Production from Ohio University School. Megan Griffiths has been a director, writer and producer in the independent film community for over a decade. Her most recent feature is Lucky Them, which premiered at the 2013 Toronto Film Festival and stars Toni Collette, Johnny Depp, Thomas Haden Church and Oliver Platt.  Her previous feature, Eden starred Jamie Chung, Matt O'Leary and Beau Bridges and premiered at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival in Austin. The film won the Audience Award and Megan received the Emergent Narrative Female Director award from Chicken and Egg Pictures. Eden went on to receive awards at the Milan International Film Festival, Seattle International Film Festival and the San Diego Asian Film Festival.  http://www.ifcfilms.com/films/lucky-them   http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0341722/ http://facebook.com/northwestprime  This show is sponsored in part by http://audibletrial.com/northwestprime Free Trial FIRST BOOK FREE  are audio books right for you? 

Megan has worked in the independent film community for over a decade. Megan received her MFA in Film Production from the Ohio University School of Film. While in school Megan wrote and directed several award-winning student films including Not Waving but Drowning, a 2001 Student Academy Award nominee.  Megan's first feature was First Aid for Choking, and Megan's second feature, The Off Hours, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Megan was a co-producer on Lynn Shelton's film Your Sister's Sister and on the acclaimed Sundance documentary, Zoo. Megan's third and most recent feature film that she has both written and directed, Eden, premiered at SXSW and has been lauded by critics and at other film festivals worldwide.   Eden is about a young Korean-American girl, abducted and forced into prostitution by domestic human traffickers, who joins forces with her captors in a desperate plea to survive. Megan has also directed the upcoming film, Lucky Them, starring Toni Collette, Thomas Haden Church, and Oliver Platt, about a rock journalist assigned to track down her ex-boyfriend.

Ben has worked for Megan Griffiths on her short film Eros and narrative feature, The Off Hours.  Ben has also worked on projects for Guy Maddin including Brand Upon the Brain!, Keyhole, and the upcoming Spiritismes. Ben’s work with director Lynn Shelton includes: We Go Way Back, My Effortless Brilliance, Humpday, and Your Sister’s Sister. Some other films Ben shot include: Nights and Weekends, The Catechism Cataclysm, The Lie, and Safety Not Guaranteed.