Margaret Metzger

Margaret Metzger

(She/Her)
Documentary editor
Margaret (Meg) Metzger is a documentary editor.
Full Bio
Margaret (Meg) Metzger is a documentary editor with a decade of experience working in the documentary field. Her award-winning credits include shorts, features, and television, spanning vérité, hosted, and archival-driven projects.

Meg studied philosophy at Brown University and began her career in Athens, Greece. She worked in film and publishing in Athens, becoming fluent in the language, before moving to New York in 2012 to concentrate on documentary filmmaking. In 2015, she transitioned from research and production roles to editing. Meg was a participant in the Karen Schmeer Foundation’s Diversity in the Edit Room program in 2018-2019, with mentors Mary Manhardt and Aljernon Tunsil. In January 2020, she was the Artist-in-Residence at the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville, NY.
Professional Credits
Monty (2018) Director & Editor

Documentary short



Jill Soloway Millie Dresselhaus Judaline Cassidy Debra Messing Eva Longoria (2017) Editor

Profiles for the MAKERS series



OJ Simpson: Made in America (2016) Archival Researcher

Winner of the Oscar for Best Documentary



Bush v. Gore (2016) Researcher

Short documentary for Retro Report/The New York Times



Runaway Plane (2016) Researcher

Short documentary for Retro Report/The New York Times



Edison (2015) Researcher

Documentary for American Experience



The Big Burn (2015) Researcher

Documentary for American Experience



1964 (2014) Researcher

Documentary for American Experience



Constitution USA with Peter Sagal (2013) Production Assistant

Documentary for Twin Cities Public Television
Industry Awards
Jacob Burns Creative Culture award at the Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival, 2018, for Monty
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