Meghan McDonough

Meghan McDonough is a documentary director, editor, and journalist whose work focuses on queer history and community. Her short film Old Lesbians was commissioned by The Guardian, selected for Aesthetica/Audible’s 2023 Listening Pitch, shortlisted for the IDA Documentary Awards, and screened internationally at institutions including the British Film Institute and the American LGBTQ+ Museum. She has worked at Quartz and NBCUniversal Local, and her freelance work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Washington Post, Scientific American, and Thomson Reuters Foundation. She is a BRIClab Film + TV resident (2024–2025) and is currently developing her first feature documentary.