Meryl O’Connor is an Alaskan born, Brooklyn-based queer filmmaker and editor working in both fiction and documentary. Her fiction shorts and documentaries have screened at festivals internationally, including at the Cannes Film Festival. As an editor, she works primarily on documentaries focused on environmental and social justice issues, including the award-winning documentary features Pigeon Kings and Hollow Tree. Her editing work has been featured at DOC NYC, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City, the Museum of the Moving Image, and on The Atlantic and PBS. She received her MFA in Film Directing from the University of California, Los Angeles. Before shifting into film, Meryl studied studio art at New York University and worked in the music industry as an art director at Atlantic Records. Her background in art and design informs her visually stylized and idiosyncratic approach to the stories she tells.

Under a Neon Sun — A queer Brooklyn bartender returns home to the woods of Connecticut, where she reckons with her tumultuous relationship with her mother and the mysterious circumstances behind her father’s death. When she turns to a charismatic influencer who uses hypnotherapy to recall repressed memories, the radical methods cause her to question whether she is uncovering a deeper truth or rewriting her history entirely.