Megan Riakos

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Female

Place of Birth Sydney, Australia

Megan Riakos

Biography

Megan is a filmmaker with 18 years experience in the screen industry, culminating in her debut feature Crushed. Crushed screened at festivals around the world including Montreal World Film Festival, Miami International Film Festival and Napa Valley Film Festival before completing a successful limited theatrical release in Australia and acquisitions by Channel 10 and Qantas. She combines her filmmaking with her role as co-founder of Women in Film & Television Australia where she is a vocal advocate for women in the screen industries. In 2017, Megan launched Hemlock & Cedar Films, a production company that merges these two fields of advocacy and creativity by focusing on female-led screen content. The Australian women’s horror anthology Dark Whispers Vol. 1, is the first project to be launched under the company, screening at festivals in Australia, including Cinefest Oz, Monsterfest and ScreenWave Film Festival as well as international screenings at the upcoming Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival and Final Girls Berlin Film Festival in 2020. Megan is also the writer/director of an episode of the online horror series Deadhouse Dark, due for release in 2020. Megan is a graduate of the Australian Film Television & Radio School and has completed the Professional Screenwriters Program at UCLA. She is an innovative, collaborative and driven filmmaker, speaker, teacher and advocate, with an infectious enthusiasm for the art and craft of filmmaking.

Known For

Writer

2015
Crushed

as Writer

2015
Crushed

as Screenplay

2013
Blue Bird

as Writer

2012
The Shed

as Writer

2012
The Shed

as Screenplay

2011
50-50

as Screenplay

2011
50-50

as Writer

2011
Making Tracks

as Writer

2010

Director

2021
Deadhouse Dark

as Director

2019
2015
Crushed

as Director

2013
Blue Bird

as Director

2012
The Shed

as Director

2011
Making Tracks

as Director

2011
50-50

as Director

2010
2005
Lethal

as Second Assistant Director

Producer

2019
2015
Crushed

as Producer

2013
Blue Bird

as Producer

2012
The Shed

as Producer

2011
Making Tracks

as Producer

Art

2007
Spider

as Art Department Assistant

2005
Feed

as Property Master

Crew