BIO
Marguerite de Bourgoing is an Emmy nominated film director and producer with a penchant for music, technology and culture.
It all started when, Marguerite moved to Los Angeles in 2009 and started a Youtube channel LA Stereo TV with DJ Val The Vandle, producing 200+ videos over six years (2009-2015), exploring the Los Angeles Hip-Hop music scene, featuring the early days of artists like Issa Rae, Future and Kendrick Lamar.
It all started when, Marguerite moved to Los Angeles in 2009 and started a Youtube channel LA Stereo TV with DJ Val The Vandle, producing 200+ videos over six years (2009-2015), exploring the Los Angeles Hip-Hop music scene, featuring the early days of artists like Issa Rae, Future and Kendrick Lamar.
Marguerite's directorial debut, the music documentary "The World is Yours," is based on that experience and aired on France Télévision in 2014, focusing on the rise of Wiz Khalifa, Lil B and The Internet . It was turned into an indie doc feature "IT'S YOURS: Hip-Hop & the Internet " (2019) that earned her recognition in international film circles was acquired by Franco-German broadcaster ARTE (2021) and is now streaming on Tubi and Prime.
In 2023, she created, wrote & produced "Hip-Hop & the Metaverse" for PBS's Digital Voices, winning a 74th Golden Mike Award for "Best News Coverage", as well as Los Angeles Press Award and Emmy- nominations.
In 2025, she was awarded a Villa Albertine residency in New Orleans where she is examining the music legacy of Edmond Dédé, a XIXth century composer of color who moved to France and wrote the first opera we have by an American of color.
Marguerite's varied experiences, include roles with the Cinémathèque française, photographer Marc Riboud and Discovery Channel. She holds Masters in Philosophy, Art history and Communications from the Sorbonne Paris IV, Lincoln College at Oxford University and USC.
In 2023, she created, wrote & produced "Hip-Hop & the Metaverse" for PBS's Digital Voices, winning a 74th Golden Mike Award for "Best News Coverage", as well as Los Angeles Press Award and Emmy- nominations.
In 2025, she was awarded a Villa Albertine residency in New Orleans where she is examining the music legacy of Edmond Dédé, a XIXth century composer of color who moved to France and wrote the first opera we have by an American of color.
Marguerite's varied experiences, include roles with the Cinémathèque française, photographer Marc Riboud and Discovery Channel. She holds Masters in Philosophy, Art history and Communications from the Sorbonne Paris IV, Lincoln College at Oxford University and USC.
Filming Curren$y in 2010 in Pomona photo by Kasey Stokes