Melani is an award-winning Producer of documentary, narrative film and commercial projects. She also loves working as an Assistant Director and Production Manager for film and television.

Her first short documentary "Twenty Eight Feet – life on a little wooden boat" was featured in National Geographic, received a Vimeo Staff Pick, and played at international film festivals including Hot Docs and Doc NYC. In 2021, her first feature film "Bone Cage" was nominated for two Canadian Screen Awards and picked up by Canadian film distributor levelFILM.

One of the best parts of the job is collaborating with other filmmakers on their projects. Some favourites of note are Heather Young’s feature film "Murmur" (Production Manager, 2019), Jackie Torren’s feature documentary "Bernie Langille wants to know what happened to Bernie Langille" (Production Manager, 2021) and Koumbie’s debut feature film "Bystanders" (1st AD, 2022).

Her most recent documentary "Words Matter", featuring Mi'kmaq author, activist and educator Rebecca Thomas premiered on CBC in 2022.