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Margo Guernsey (she/her) is a documentary Director/Producer, impact strategist, and founder of Time Travel Productions LLC. Her films include Councilwoman (America ReFramed 2019), No Time To Fail (America Reframed 2023), The Philadelphia Eleven (impact distribution 2023 - 2024 topping 525 screenings, American Public Television 2025), and THE OFFICIALS (TIME Studios, 2024). Prior to film, Margo worked as a union organizer, non-profit development director, and Spanish/English translator. Margo’s work has received support from Chicken & Egg Pictures, ITVS, Catapult Film Fund, GoodPitch/Doc Society, Perspective Fund, Ford Foundation, Surdna Foundation, Mertz-Gilmore Foundation, Democracy Fund, Institute for Responsive Government, Women Donors Network, Mass Humanities, RI Council on the Humanities, and LEF Moving Image Fund, among others.

Margo speaks both Spanish and English and holds an MFA in Film (University of Miami), an MA in History (UMass Amherst), and a BA in History (Brown University). She teaches producing as affiliated faculty at Emerson College and is a member of the Documentary Producers Alliance and Global Impact Producers Alliance.

Education

B.A., Brown University
M.A., University of Massachusetts at Amherst
M.F.A., University of Miami

Areas of Expertise

  • Directing
  • Producing