Mikaela is a documentary filmmaker and editor who loves to embrace storytelling with intimacy and impact. Her debut feature documentary, Don’t Tell Anyone/No Le Digas a Nadie, broadcast on PBS/POV in the fall of 2015 and was honored with the George Foster Peabody Award. In 2016, she worked with PBS to direct, produce, and edit eight short documentaries about the pursuit of the American dream for the national online series, Re:Dream. She is an Associate of the Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley and a fellow of the Logan Nonfiction Program, the Film Independent Documentary Lab, and the DART Center Documentary Film Fellowship. 

 

Mikaela’s editing career spans 15 years, editing projects for PBS, HBO, Netflix, Hulu, and Apple TV. She worked as an Editor, Writer, and Co-Producer on the four-part documentary series Allen v. Farrow (HBO) for which she was honored with 2 Emmy nominations for her work. Other recent editing work includes the Netflix documentary series, Harry & Meghan, which became the all-time most watched documentary on Netflix, and the documentary series, Last Call (HBO) which was released to critical acclaim in July of 2023 for its sensitivity and attention to care for the victims.

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Mikaela Shwer

Director

The Kids Are Not Alright

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