Meyer's first film,
Darkon (2006), was a documentary about the live action role playing group the
Darkon Wargaming Club. It premiered at the
South by Southwest Film Festival where it won the Audience Award. The film was acquired by
IFC after playing in a limited theatrical release.
IFC later produced his second film,
New World Order (2009) a documentary about
Alex Jones and the rising conspiracy culture of the late 2000s. He directed
Breaking a Monster (2016) about the wild break-out year of the teen band
Unlocking the Truth after they sign a $1.8 million record deal with
Sony Music. The film won 'Best Documentary' at the 2016 UK Video Music Awards. At the 2023
Tribeca Film Festival he premiered the first episode of
The Fourth Wall, a documentary series about
The Sullivanians a New York-based psychotherapy cult. Born in New York City, Luke Meyer later grew up in Long Island, New York and Western Massachusetts. He studied writing at
The New School and got into filmmaking as an extension of his interest in storytelling. Meyer is a part of
SeeThink Films, which he formed with Tom Davis,
Andrew Neel and Ethan Palmer when the group made Darkon. He has worked as an editor, writer, and producer on the films
Alice Neel,
The Feature and
King Kelly. His short film
I Don’t Wanna Go Into the Darkness about the musician
Juiceboxxx featured in
Leon Neyfakh’s book
The Next Next Level: A Story of Rap, Friendship and Almost Giving Up. In 2015 he co-created The Bellwether Film Series in
Amherst, Massachusetts and since then has served as a curator for the film series. == Filmography ==