Margaret Byrne
Producer/Director
Award-winning filmmaker Margaret Byrne, directed and produced Raising Bertie (POV 2017), a feature documentary following three African American boys as they face a precarious coming of age in Bertie County, North Carolina. Some of her previous credits include All the Queen’s Horses (Netflix 2017) and Emmy-nominated American Promise (POV 2014). She was previously a creative director at Universal Music and directed live concerts and music videos for artists such as Jay-Z and Mary J. Blige. In 2005, Byrne produced and edited the series that launched MTV across Africa. Byrne is an adjunct professor at Columbia College and an adjunct lecturer at Northwestern University. She lives in Chicago with her daughter Violet and is the founder of Beti Films.