Mikaela Beardsley

Mikaela Beardsley (born January 22, 1970) is an American documentary film producer and entrepreneur. She is currently the executive director of the What Works Media Project. Most of her films are distributed by PBS or HBO Documentary Films. Beardsley was born in Boston, MA. In 1992, she graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University, where she earned her BA in Comparative Literature. At Princeton, she was classmates with future screenwriter Craig Mazin and future U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, as well a roommate of film producer and later collaborator, Jamie Gordon. She has produced over a dozen nationally broadcast films, and has worked with the likes of Martin Scorsese, Alex Gibney, and Wim Wenders, among others.