A documentarian at heart, i strive to create memories for present and future communities, rendering the invisible visible.
I believe that : (a) the filmmaker's role has expanded as they use technology to reach out to new audiences and leverage ownership to their work; (b) no story is too big or small, it's how you approach it; (c) fiction and documentary are just two sides of the same coin, and (d) ART changes lives.
Filming Curren$y in 2010 in Pomona photo by Kasey Stokes
BIO
A graduate of Oxford University and the Sorbonne Paris IV, Marguerite de Bourgoing's background is steeped in philosophy, art history and cinema. She worked previously for the Cinémathèque française in Paris, Discovery Channel in London, and with photographer Marc Riboud.
While finishing her MA in Communication and film studies at USC, she founded LA Stereo TV a multimedia production company specialized in documenting the urban music scene in L.A. Her first film "The World is Yours" was based on that experience and aired on France Télévision in 2014. In 2019 she produced and directed a feature-length indie version of it, called "IT'S YOURS" that was part of the official selection of the Pan- African Film Festival in 2020 and has been acquired for public Franco-German broadcaster ARTE that was released in October 2021. She is currently developing and producing a web series "Hip-Hop & the Metaverse" for PBS Digital (2023).
While finishing her MA in Communication and film studies at USC, she founded LA Stereo TV a multimedia production company specialized in documenting the urban music scene in L.A. Her first film "The World is Yours" was based on that experience and aired on France Télévision in 2014. In 2019 she produced and directed a feature-length indie version of it, called "IT'S YOURS" that was part of the official selection of the Pan- African Film Festival in 2020 and has been acquired for public Franco-German broadcaster ARTE that was released in October 2021. She is currently developing and producing a web series "Hip-Hop & the Metaverse" for PBS Digital (2023).
She has consulted for the following media organizations helping them create and develop their social media content and video presence: Qwest TV, Cashmere Agency/ Stampede Management, Tavis Smiley PBS, KCET, Dance Camera West. She also works as a Los Angeles based producer for documentary for French television. (Arte, Canal +).