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Stella Meghie is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. She is known for her feature films Jean of the Joneses (2016), Everything, Everything (2017), The Weekend (2018), and The Photograph (2020). Meghie has also directed episodes for television series including Grown-ish, Insecure and First Wives Club.
Stella Meghie is known for Jean of the Joneses (2016), The Weekend (2018) and The Photograph (2020).
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Stella Meghie is a Canadian writer and director who helmed the comedy-drama The Weekend, starring Sasheer Zamata and Dewanda Wise, the Amandla Stenberg vehicle Everything, Everything and the critically acclaimed comedy-drama Jean of the Joneses, which aired on TV One.
Jan 11, 2019 · Learn about Stella Meghie, one of the few black women directors working in Hollywood today, who has made three feature films in three years, including "Everything, Everything" and "The Weekend". Find out how she started, what inspires her, and what projects she has in the pipeline.
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Sep 21, 2018 · Stella Meghie explains what it's like to break ground for a new generation of filmmakers. "I wrote it when I was around that age it was just everything that was in my experience at that time,"...
- Finding Her Way to Screenwriting
- Making A Studio Feature
- Shaking Things Up
Stella began her career in public relations, after post-undergrad internships at Def Jam and Women’s Wear Daily brought her to New York from her native Toronto. New York is where she says she became a cinephile. Growing up, “I was more into capital-E entertainment, going to see Batman. After I moved to New York, I got a little more cultured and hun...
Stella debuted Jean of the Jonesesat South by Southwest in March 2016, just after #OscarsSoWhite had gained momentum. “There was definitely a shift in mindset, like, ‘Okay, we can’t just keep erasing Black directors, Black writers, Black stories,’” she recalled. “It was a good moment to be trying to break through because people were realizing you s...
As Stella’s career has taken off, she’s remained determined to maintain control over her voice and her stories, and to “protect my art.” That’s why she launched a production company called Bad But Beautiful, inspired by the title of an Eartha Kitt album. “I loved what it said and what it meant,” she said. It’s a sentiment she finds in the strong wo...
Jan 24, 2020 · Stella Meghie isn’t interested in extraordinary tales. For the Jamaican–Canadian filmmaker, everyday stories are the most remarkable.
