Michele Meek
Filmmaker, Creative Executive, Film Festival Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Author and Film/theatre Journalist
Providence, Rhode Island
September 2016
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About Michele
Michele Meek, Ph.D. is a writer, filmmaker, professor and entrepreneur. Michele has written and directed numerous award-winning short narrative and documentary films ("Imagine Kolle 37," "Red Sneakers," etc) that have screened at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, the Anthology Film Archives in New York, as well as at festivals, events, and schools across the world. She also worked as associate producer on the documentary Salvage, which premiered at SXSW Film Festival in March 2019.
She is currently working on three film-related projects: "Bay Creek Tennis Camp" a forthcoming short narrative film about youth and gender inclusivity; "Cruisin'" a feature-length rom-com/sex comedy; and "The Impermanence of Everything" an international documentary feature project.
Michele is also an author and journalist. Her most recent books include "Consent Culture and Teen Films: Adolescent Sexuality in US Movies" (2023), "Independent Female Filmmakers: A Chronicle through Interviews, Profiles, and Manifestos" (2019), and "The Mastermind Failure Club" (2020). She writes for outlets such as Ms. Magazine, , Script Magazine, Entrepreneur, The Good Men Project, and others, and she presented a 2018 TEDx talk "Why We're Confused About Consent—Rewriting Our Stories of Seduction." She is an Assistant Professor in the Communication Studies department at Bridgewater State University, where she teaches film production, digital media, gender and film studies, and screenwriting.
Michele also has a background as an entrepreneur. She founded (transitioned to Women in Film & Video New England), Independent Media Publications (acquired by Emerson College); and the Online New England Film Festival. Her entrepreneurial successes over the years have been lauded in Inc. Magazine, National Public Radio, The Boston Globe, and the Sundance Channel.
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Salvage (
0000 - 2019 )
Documentary Associate Producer -
Imagine Kolle 37 (
2017 )
Film (Documentary, Short, Adventure, Family and 1 More) Director Two girls imagine their way to Kolle 37, a real adventure playground in Berlin, Germany. Recently called "the mother of all Berlin playgrounds" by The New York Times, Kolle 37 enables children to build and climb three-story wooden structures, make fire, and use hammers, saws and axes. Founded in 1990, Kolle 37 invites young people ages six through sixteen, without their parents, to embrace risky play in the 'adventure playground' under the loose supervision of playworkers. Although about 1,000 adventure playgrounds exist in Europe, there are only a few in the U.S. where the concept of 'free play' is becoming an endangered concept. But adventure playgrounds not only encourage young people to play outdoors in all seasons, they also provide children a chance to face risk, learn skills, and build confidence. Ultimately, 'Imagine Kolle 37' poses the question-can we, as Americans, imagine Kolle 37, which in fact is a real children's playground in Berlin? -
Red Sneakers (
2008 )
Film (Short) Director Red Sneakers is a short film about nine-year-old Cassie and her little brother Tommy who go through a series of after-school babysitters leaving their frazzled working mom with few options. They end up at the apartment of Mrs. Feinstein, a cold, rigid woman who goes to great lengths to keep her spoiled son separate from the other kids. However, she's met her match in Cassie who finds a way to subvert her control and payback the shoddy treatment! Written by Michele Meek
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