Melody C. Miller is an Emmy Award-Winning filmmaker and cinematographer whose creative storytelling and advocacy has made her films a powerful voice for change promoting understanding, empathy, and action.
Melody is passionate about creating impactful and meaningful projects that not only engage but also spark important conversations and drive change. She has produced and directed two critically acclaimed PBS feature documentaries that have had a positive impact worldwide.
California's Forgotten Children sheds light on an important human rights issue, received recognition at the United State Senate for fostering a movement to help protect children. While her electrifying film about one of the influential poets of the Beat Generation, ruth weiss, the beat goddess earned an Emmy Award for Best Historical and Cultural Documentary.
Currently, she is directing Thriv(h)er, her third feature, exploring the complex journey of young cancer survivors navigating motherhood.
Melody has also directed and photographed branded documentaries for Samsung, Logitech, Hyundai, Sofi Stadium, and Amazon.
Winner of the Women in Film Cinematography Award, Melody has lensed documentaries and narrative films, including action packed Dimensional Shift (dir. Amber Sharp) and art noir film #WhereIsBeauty (dir. Angela McCrae), which won Best Cinematography at the Idlewild International Film Festival. She captured heartwarming visuals of National Parks for Link TV's On Common Ground.
Melody's artistic journey was shaped growing up in Oakland, California and in Mediterranean cultures, igniting the roots of her filmmaking career. She graduated from the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television and is based in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area, but is open to travel.
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