Melanie Light

BIOGRAPHIE

Melanie Light is an emerging British genre film-maker. She is known for her hard hitting, fantastically designed and admirably directed short films. Her previous acclaimed film 'The Herd', was invited to over 30 film festivals worldwide, notable awards include winning the Best Short Horror: Sheffield Horror Film Festival, London Independent Film Festival, Best Short Nominee for Sitges – Catalonian International Film Festival as well as numerous international awards and selections for performance and cinematography. In addition to receiving press from Fangoria and heavy metal magazine Metal Hammer, which reviewed the film's notable score, composed by Laurent ‘Lags’ Barnard, Gold Key guitarist of punk band, Gallows. Melanie uses genre films to bring forth issues of animal rights, feminism, the climate crisis and patriarchy. She has worked as a Standby Art Director on films and TV dramas such as 'The Autopsy of Jane Doe’, 'Cockneys vs Zombies', Sony's Phillip K Dick's ‘Electric Dreams’ and HBO/Sky Alantic’s brand new ‘Gangs of London’. She lives in the vibrantly diverse and political city of Bristol. https://www.melanielight.co.uk https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2512799/

FILMOGRAPHIE