About the film

Horses have shaped Meghan's life for as long as she can remember, grounding her in trust, patience, and quiet connection—values that guide her approach to Unbridled Hope. A vegan and lifelong animal advocate, she spent over a year documenting horse auctions and working closely with Penny Parker of Horse Angels Rescue, gaining rare access to a hidden world marked by urgency and compassion. Meghan holds an MFA from The Actors Studio at The New School and previously worked in film and theater in New York before relocating to be closer to horses and raise her three daughters around them. She shares her home with two rescued ponies who embody the film’s belief that nothing is ever truly beyond saving.

Ron Davis is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and the founder of Docutainment Films, established in 2010. Known for compelling, character-driven storytelling, Davis directed and produced the box-office hit and the NYTimes Critics’ Pick Harry & Snowman. He also directed and produced the critically acclaimed HBO feature documentary Miss You Can Do It, the award-winning Life in the Doghouse, ParaGold, I Am We, and the documentary short, Dawn: A Charleston Legend. His work has reached global audiences through major platforms, including Netflix, HBO, Apple TV+, and Amazon Prime Video. Davis’s films are recognized for their emotional depth, inspiring subjects, and powerful human stories.

Lauren is a producer and creative executive focused on character-driven, culturally resonant storytelling. She brings a rare blend of hands-on creative fluency and narrative leadership to documentary work. As lead Creative Programming Executive at WE tv, she developed and oversaw the network’s documentary and unscripted slate, collaborating closely with directors and production teams to bring intimate, impact-driven stories from development through delivery. Lauren is currently producing a feature-length documentary and scripted series centered on a young social media star with an extraordinary real-world story. She is deeply committed to philanthropy and female storytelling, founding Taste & Talk to build community through curated conversations in support of women-led causes .

David Zieff is an award-winning editor and filmmaker whose work spans documentary, feature, and television across music, culture, and social issues. Most recently he edited Gloria Gaynor: I Will Survive and Matthew Heineman’s The First Wave, which earned seven Emmy nominations and three wins, including Best Editing. His credits include the Tribeca-opening Time Is Illmatic, Sundance Audience Award winner Alive Inside, ESPN’s Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. The New York Knicks, and the acclaimed Metallica: Some Kind of Monster. Zieff won a Peabody Award for Black Magic and serves as a Creative Advisor at the Sundance Institute Documentary Edit & Story Lab and adjunct professor at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.

An award-winning Director and Cinematographer, Clay Westervelt’s work has been nominated for Grammy and Emmy awards, playing in such celebrated film festivals as Sundance, Slamdance, Clermont-Ferrand, and Tribeca. Before completing his MFA at USC, Clay received both the Bush and Kodak Awards for Excellence in Cinematography, earning an apprenticeship through the American Society of Cinematographers. This led to award-winning music videos, including Nutty: Back in Black and the Grammy-nominated Johnny Cash's America for Morgan Neville. He garnered an LA-Area Emmy Award for The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club. Clay is most interested in supporting those fighting for equality, as seen at the Sundance Film Festival with Rebel Hearts.