Grant Writing with Nicole Docta and Meghan Horner

Meghan Horner is the development director for the Film Center, overseeing institutional partnerships, household donors, and events. She worked previously with organizations on refugee resettlement, financial self-sufficiency, gender equality, and educational outcomes. She loves working at the Film Center and being a part of a dynamic group of individuals committed to the role that film plays in crafting our understanding of ourselves. When not working, she can be found lost in an art project, in a grueling badminton duel with her kids, or dreaming of the ocean.

Nicole Docta (she/her) is an award-winning documentary filmmaker who has focused her career on socially impactful projects and BIPOC stories. She offers her unique lens as a Korean-American transnational, transracial adoptee raised in Wisconsin. Nicole was part of the producing and impact teams on the Peabody Award-winning THE JUDGE (TIFF 2017), Emmy and Anthem Award-winning  BELLY OF THE BEAST (HRWFF 2020), and duPont Award-winner THROUGH THE NIGHT (Tribeca 2021).

Not only does Nicole strive to improve outcomes for the communities in her films, she’s dedicated to enhancing the documentary industry. Nicole worked as the Special Initiatives Producer at Firelight Media for three years co-curating the Beyond Resilience Series and helping to implement new artist programs to support BIPOC filmmakers. She’s the Conversations Program Lead at the Asian American Documentary Network (A-Doc). Nicole also volunteers on the Documentary Producers Alliance’s (DPA) Equity & Inclusion Committee and the Utah Documentary Association Steering Committee. Nicole is a USC CPD NextGen Creative Fellow, PGA Create alum, DOC NYC 40 Under 40, a 2023 Sundance Producer Fellow, 2023 Impact Partners Producer Fellow, and 2025 Sundance Asian American Fellow.