[3] When Hoffman Meyer was 11, her father, who managed the Thor brewery in Randers, was killed in an unguarded railroad crossing, and the family moved from their countryside home to an apartment.

[3] Hoffman Meyer moved out alone as a 14-year-old to the alternative community Thylejren (Thy Camp),[3] a settlement made up of tents and a group of people who uphold a hippie-ideal that began in the summer of 1970.

[3] She moved in with an older brother, and worked as a music booking agent for Anne Linnet Band.

on The Why Foundation, an initiative she had co-founded with Nick Fraser (founder of BBC's documentary strand Storyville) in 2004.

[14] In 2015 Hoffman Meyer was the recipient of the Doc Mogul award for her outstanding contributions to documentary film.

[6] Together they have two children, Charlotte, a financial analyst based in London, and Louis, who works in the Copenhagen film industry.