Hannah Black & Megan Petersen
Directors

Hannah Black: Co-Director, Co-Creator, Writer, Executive Producer, Actor (Sam)
Hannah is an actor, writer, director from Wilmington, NC. After a 2 year career in teaching, she found herself craving a different path and decided to enroll in acting classes at Actor’s Arsenal. During a two year Meisner program, she met her now business partner, collaborator and best friend, Megan Petersen. They teamed up to create their first feature, Drought and gained executive producers Mark & Jay Duplass through the Seed&Spark Hometown Heroes Rally in 2017. Along with co-creating, writing, co-directing, and acting in Drought, Hannah continues to train at Actor’s Arsenal and works at a local breakfast spot. Her passion is to continue creating authentic southern stories that highlight underrepresented individuals.

Megan Petersen: Co-Director, Co-Creator, Executive Producer, Actor (Lillian)
Megan is best known for her one line role as “nurse” on House of Cards. Thus, she decided to create films to provide roles for & tell stories about women. After her first short film, IF, found success in festivals, she realized her ability to create meaningful content to shift perspectives. She teamed up with Hannah Black, her best friend and business partner, to co-create & co-direct their first feature film, Drought, in hopes that it will change the way we see value in people for the better. In 2017, Drought added Executive Producers Mark & Jay Duplass to the team through the Hometown Heroes Rally. In addition to being a part of the educational team for Seed&Spark, she teaches acting for the camera at Actor’s Arsenal in Wilmington, NC.