Ivy Meeropol (born October 13, 1968) is a director and producer of documentaries for film and television, known for Indian Point and Heir to an Execution.
[3][2] In a 2004 interview with FF2 Media's Jan Huttner, Meeropol commented on the connection between the events in the film and the then-current Bush administration:The McCarthy era was all about quashing dissent in the name of national security, and that's what we're doing today.
There were massive, peaceful marches in the period leading up to the start of the Iraq War, but the protesters were told that they were "unpatriotic."
It focused on the work of four young staff members at the office of congressman Robert Wexler as they responded to his electoral defeat in the 2004 presidential election.
[7] In 2023, Meeropol directed After the Bite for HBO, a documentary revolving around the local community in Cape Cod, grappling with the sightings of sharks and the science behind their appearance.