Megan Mylan

Megan Mylan (born 1969 in California) is an American documentary filmmaker. She won with Smile Pinki 2009 Oscar for Best Short Documentary.

Life

Megan Mylan was born in California and grew up in Dallas, Texas. She attended Highland Park High School there in 1988 and made their statements. She studied journalism at Georgetown University 's School of Foreign Service and moved for her Masters in Journalism and Latin American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.

Megan Mylan participated with Terra Weikel, Nina Grotch and Frances Reid at the non-profit production company for documentaries Principe Productions. Her first documentary was Batidania about the African Banda Afro Reggae, a drum group from one of the poorest and most notorious favelas of Rio de Janeiro. There followed in 2004 along with Jon Shenk From Sudan to Houston, Texas: Lost boys. The two directors as a result won the Independent Spirit Award and was nominated for an Emmy.

Followed in 2008 Smile Pinki, was honored for the Megan Mylan 's Oscar. 2013 was followed by My Little Friends on a multi- generation house in Mount Kisco, New York, to spend with the young children and the elderly with dementia together the day and Raça Joel Zito Araújo along with the tensions in Brazil.

2014 After My Garden Grows celebrate its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. The film is about a young girl planting in India for their family food on a small roof garden.

Filmography

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