Luke Meyer | |
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Born | New York City, U.S. |
Occupation | Filmmaker |
Years active | 2003–present |
Luke Meyer is an Americandocumentary filmmaker. His films includeDarkon,New World Order, andBreaking a Monster. He is a founding partner of the New York-based filmmaking collectiveSeeThink Films.[1]
Meyer's first film,Darkon (2006), was a documentary about the live action role playing group theDarkon Wargaming Club. It premiered at theSouth by Southwest Film Festival where it won the Audience Award.[2] The film was acquired byIFC after playing in a limited theatrical release.IFC later produced his second film,New World Order (2009) a documentary aboutAlex Jones and the rising conspiracy culture of the late 2000s. He directedBreaking a Monster (2016) about the wild break-out year of the teen bandUnlocking the Truth after they sign a $1.8 million record deal withSony Music. The film won 'Best Documentary' at the 2016 UK Video Music Awards.[3] At the 2023Tribeca Film Festival he premiered the first episode ofThe Fourth Wall, a documentary series aboutThe Sullivanians a New York-based psychotherapy cult.[4]
Born in New York City, Luke Meyer later grew up in Long Island, New York and Western Massachusetts. He studied writing atThe New School and got into filmmaking as an extension of his interest in storytelling.[5] Meyer is a part ofSeeThink Films, which he formed with Tom Davis,Andrew Neel and Ethan Palmer when the group made Darkon.He has worked as an editor, writer, and producer on the filmsAlice Neel,The Feature andKing Kelly. His short filmI Don’t Wanna Go Into the Darkness about the musicianJuiceboxxx featured inLeon Neyfakh’s bookThe Next Next Level: A Story of Rap, Friendship and Almost Giving Up.[6] In 2015 he co-created The Bellwether Film Series inAmherst, Massachusetts and since then has served as a curator for the film series.
Title | Year | Director | Producer | Writer | Cinematographer | Editor | Notes |
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Darkon | 2006 | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Documentary |
Alice Neel | 2007 | No | No | No | No | Yes | Documentary |
The Feature | 2008 | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | |
New World Order | 2009 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Documentary |
I Don't Wanna Go Into the Darkness | 2012 | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Documentary |
King Kelly | 2012 | No | Yes | No | No | No | |
Unlocking the Truth | 2013 | Yes | No | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Documentary |
Breaking a Monster[7] | 2015 | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Documentary |
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