Meghan O'Hara is the creator and producer of HonestEngineTV.

As a producer, Meghan O’Hara’s film credits include a long-time collaboration with Michael Moore on his award winning features “Sicko,” “Fahrenheit 9/11”, and “Bowling For Columbine”. She was also a producer on Barbara Kopple’s “Shut Up and Sing”.

O’Hara’s television credits include “The IFC Media Project”, HBO’s “ROME: The Making Of”, Bravo’s “Behind The Screen” and A&E’s “Biography” series, amongst others.

Her recent awards include a 2008 Academy Award nomination for Best Feature Documentary, a Producer's Guild Award for Producer of the Year for a Documentary Feature and the 2007 Gotham Award for Best Documentary.

Blog Entries by Meghan O'Hara

THE FAREWELL KISS ...a look behind the headlines at the Iraqi Shoe Thrower

Posted May 8, 2009 | 06:53 PM (EST)


It's been about five months since George Bush went to Iraq to dodge a pair of flying shoes. It was a funny scene. Every one laughed.

Well, not everyone. Muntadher al Zaidi, the guy who threw the shoe was pulled from the room and beaten, so chances are he...

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ARI FLEISCHER "PROUD" TO ANSWER TORTURE SUBPOENA

3 Comments | Posted May 1, 2009 | 11:29 AM (EST)


Pride's a funny thing. Apparently it's also a sin of the deadly variety.

If so, maybe I'm in trouble. I take pride in my job, I'm excited about the premiere this Sunday of the second season of our show, The IFC Media Project, and I'm really proud that...

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The IFC Media Project: What Was Your Favorite 2008 News Story?

Posted December 23, 2008 | 07:05 PM (EST)


What a year. There was a never-ending presidential election, a bottomless pit of government bailouts and that Beyonce video.

Over these past 12 months, our team has watched, read and tried to decipher the news. Our show set out to pull the news apart and attempt to understand it...

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The IFC Media Project: Bill Kristol & Pentagon Propaganda

Posted December 2, 2008 | 04:31 PM (EST)


Two weeks ago during our big media panel discussion with Arianna Huffington, we watched portions of the second episode of The IFC Media Project -- about the war in Iraq.

Afterwards, Bill Kristol pooh-poohed our series because our piece on the Pentagon's propaganda tactics had featured retired General...

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The IFC Media Project

Posted November 25, 2008 | 02:27 PM (EST)


Call it masochism. Why else would we invite a roomful of journalists to critique our new show that critiques journalism, just hours before it premiered on IFC? (The IFC Media Project, IFC, 8:00PM, Tuesdays)

But that's exactly what we did last Tuesday at Michael's Restaurant -- New York's "media industry...

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Creating The IFC Media Project

Posted November 12, 2008 | 01:04 PM (EST)


Once in a while a great opportunity comes along when you are actually in a place to appreciate it. I'm lucky enough to be in such a place right now. In January, The Independent Film Channel (IFC) asked me to create a TV show that would reveal the true influences...

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