Michele Meek is a writer and filmmaker whose expertise has spanned the media, publishing and technology industries.

She pioneered the development of NewEnglandFilm.com, the premiere magazine and resource for independent filmmaking in the northeast in 1997.  She also led the transition of the 30-year-old film magazine The Independent to the nonprofit organization Independent Media Publications where she remains a board member.

She wrote and directed Red Sneakers, which premiered at the Woods Hole Film Festival in 2008 and received second place in the children's category at the Rhode Island International Film Festival. Her most recent educational documentary Conversations with Women: Masturbation premiered in Boston and can be viewed on YouTube.

Over the years, she has guest-lectured at Boston College and Emerson College and has taught film and writing courses at Emerson College, Boston Film Video Foundation and Massachusetts College of Art.  She has also served on numerous juries for film awards, festivals and screenwriting competitions.

She has written extensively on film and travel in leading publications such as MovieMaker Magazine, The Independent Film & Video Monthly, WHERE Magazine, Bonjour Paris and indieWIRE. In 2009, she edited the book The Independent's Guide to Film Distributors, which provides the acquisition and contact details to nearly 200 independent and niche film distributors in addition to essays on marketing and distributing independent media.

Respected as a young entrepreneur and champion of independent film, she received the 2005 Baldwin Award for Alumni Recognition in Film & Video by Boston College and the 2000 Image Award for Vision and Excellence by Women in Film & Video New England.

Her entrepreneurial successes have been lauded in  Inc. Magazine, National Public Radio, and The Boston Globe, and she has spoken on numerous panels including the National Alliance for Media Arts & Culture, Convergence at Tribeca, Global Entertainment Network Summit, among others.