Meryam Bouadjemi is a filmmaker based in Baltimore, Maryland. Ms. Bouadjemi is dedicated to representative storytelling and passionately strives to elevate the voices of those who often go unheard. She is the founder of Jean Hill Studios, an impact media firm, and is currently serving as an Open Society Institute Fellow. Some of her projects include: Close Up Baltimore-a photojournalism series featured on NPR and in Baltimore Style Magazine-and Charm City-a feature length documentary highlighting the fraught relations between the police and community in Baltimore. She has worked with Academy Award-Winning directors Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth) and Steve James (Hoop Dreams), Academy Award-Nominee Amy Berg (West of Memphis) and Sundance, Peabody and Emmy Award-Winner, Marilyn Ness (Trapped, Cameraperson) and has produced work for HBO, Participant Media and ESPN. Ms. Bouadjemi has been recognized by the World Economic Forum as a Global Shaper.