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FILMMAKER STANDARD BIO
Melody C. Miller is an award-winning filmmaker who has directed and lensed behind the camera for Samsung, Sony Pictures, HBO, Discovery Channel, Amazon Prime, Starz, and FACT TV, among others, and two award-winning feature documentaries called CALIFORNIA'S FORGOTTEN CHILDREN and RUTH WEISS, THE BEAT GODDESS. Those films have screened at the United States Senate, United State of Women Summit, Human Rights Watch, hundreds of Human Rights and Environmental Rights organizations, and over fifty film festivals across the planet.
Originally from Oakland, California, Melody spent the early years of her life learning French culture, then moved to the Mediterranean for four years, sparking her filmmaking career's roots. Concentrating in Cinematography and Documentary, she graduated from the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television. www.MCMfilmmaker.com
Originally from Oakland, California, Melody spent the early years of her life learning French culture, then moved to the Mediterranean for four years, sparking her filmmaking career's roots. Concentrating in Cinematography and Documentary, she graduated from the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television. www.MCMfilmmaker.com
FILMMAKER SHORT BIO
Melody C. Miller is an award-winning filmmaker who has directed and lensed behind the camera for Samsung, Sony Pictures, HBO, Discovery Channel, Amazon Prime, Starz, and FACT TV, among others, and two award-winning feature documentaries called CALIFORNIA'S FORGOTTEN CHILDREN and RUTH WEISS, THE BEAT GODDESS. Those films have screened at the United States Senate, United State of Women Summit, Human Rights Watch, hundreds of Human Rights and Environmental Rights organizations, and over fifty film festivals across the planet. www.MCMfilmmaker.com
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY STANDARD BIO
With over a decade of experience working as a freelance cinematographer, Melody has lead camera and lighting teams making artistic and technical decisions related to the visual interpretation of the story on numerous documentaries, narratives, music videos, and PSAs. She collaborates and communicates closely with the production teams to ensure that each project reflects the visual style, pace, and overall quality standards of the story.
Winner of the Women in Film Cinematography Award Fellowship, Melody has lensed films for a variety of different genres such as the action packed feature DIMENSIONAL SHIFT, starring Terell Tilford and Victoria Platt, for director Amber Sharp. #WHEREISBEAUTY, an art noir film starring singer Goapele, directed by Angela McCrae, premiered at the Cannes Pan African Film Festival and won Best Cinematography at the Idlewild International Film Festival. She frequently works with director Nate'Eya Kahsai on comedies and music videos.
In the documentary world, Melody collaborated with director Alexis Kadey, whose human rights film CROWNING CHANGE premiered at the Toronto LGBT Film Festival and won Best Documentary at the Los Angeles Film Awards. Melody traveled across country and captured breath-taking images and human stories for the documentary series ON COMMON GROUND dedicated to protecting the National Parks. Last year Melody documented scenes for the STARZ series, SEDUCED: INSIDE THE NXIVM CULT, directed by Cecilia Peck, about women branded and forced into sexual slavery. Melody has also respectfully worked on projects across the U.S. and U.K. for the Elizabeth Taylor Archives, produced by Stephanie Austin. www.MCMfilmmaker.com
Winner of the Women in Film Cinematography Award Fellowship, Melody has lensed films for a variety of different genres such as the action packed feature DIMENSIONAL SHIFT, starring Terell Tilford and Victoria Platt, for director Amber Sharp. #WHEREISBEAUTY, an art noir film starring singer Goapele, directed by Angela McCrae, premiered at the Cannes Pan African Film Festival and won Best Cinematography at the Idlewild International Film Festival. She frequently works with director Nate'Eya Kahsai on comedies and music videos.
In the documentary world, Melody collaborated with director Alexis Kadey, whose human rights film CROWNING CHANGE premiered at the Toronto LGBT Film Festival and won Best Documentary at the Los Angeles Film Awards. Melody traveled across country and captured breath-taking images and human stories for the documentary series ON COMMON GROUND dedicated to protecting the National Parks. Last year Melody documented scenes for the STARZ series, SEDUCED: INSIDE THE NXIVM CULT, directed by Cecilia Peck, about women branded and forced into sexual slavery. Melody has also respectfully worked on projects across the U.S. and U.K. for the Elizabeth Taylor Archives, produced by Stephanie Austin. www.MCMfilmmaker.com
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY SHORT BIO
With over a decade of experience working as a freelance cinematographer, Melody C. Miller has lead camera and lighting teams making artistic and technical decisions related to the visual interpretation of the story on numerous documentaries, narratives, music videos, and PSAs.
www.MCMfilmmaker.com
www.MCMfilmmaker.com
DIRECTOR STANDARD BIO
Melody's first directed feature, CALIFORNIA'S FORGOTTEN CHILDREN screened on Capitol Hill at the United States Senate (2019) invited by Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris and the United States of Women featuring guest speaker former First Lady Michelle Obama (2018), encouraging policymakers to create and implement laws and policies to combat trafficking. The film won Best Documentary at the Soho International Film Festival and won numerous film awards at nineteen other film festivals worldwide. Melody collaborated on screenings with 100+ organizations from the government, foster care systems, juvenile detention facilities, crisis centers, tech companies, and health services organizations to prevent these injustices from continuing. The documentary helped fundraise for safe-homes, crisis centers, and direct services for victims of commercial sexual exploitation, sexual assault, homelessness, and HIV/AIDS. In addition to creating an Ambassador program to create jobs for survivor leaders.
Her second directed feature documentary, ruth weiss, the beat goddess (spelled lower case) is about one of the last living significant poets of the Beat Generation who revolutionized and empowered the world of poetry. The film had it's World Premiere in Italy at the Asolo Art Film Festival, won Best Documentary at the Peekskill Film Festival, Visionary Women In Film Award at the Santa Cruz Film Festival, and was nominated for Best Documentary at ten other film festivals nationwide. ruth weiss was awarded the 2020 Maverick Spirit Award by Academy Award Qualifying Cinequest Film Festival. In honor of ruth weiss, Melody co-founded a non-profit organization called the ruth weiss foundation to create opportunities for aspiring and underserved poets and artists. www.MCMfilmmaker.com
Her second directed feature documentary, ruth weiss, the beat goddess (spelled lower case) is about one of the last living significant poets of the Beat Generation who revolutionized and empowered the world of poetry. The film had it's World Premiere in Italy at the Asolo Art Film Festival, won Best Documentary at the Peekskill Film Festival, Visionary Women In Film Award at the Santa Cruz Film Festival, and was nominated for Best Documentary at ten other film festivals nationwide. ruth weiss was awarded the 2020 Maverick Spirit Award by Academy Award Qualifying Cinequest Film Festival. In honor of ruth weiss, Melody co-founded a non-profit organization called the ruth weiss foundation to create opportunities for aspiring and underserved poets and artists. www.MCMfilmmaker.com
DIRECTOR SHORT BIO
Melody C. Miller is an award-winning filmmaker who has dedicated from the start of her career to making films that amplify the voices and stories of causes she cares about. She has gone above and beyond to not only create empowering films but creating a movement of change. www.MCMfilmmaker.com
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