Melanie Schiele is an award-winning screenwriter, director, and producer from Brooklyn, NY. She is among 32 pioneering MFA-Film Production graduates of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts Asia, with festival premieres and awards spanning Tribeca, Atlanta, Palm Springs, Bilbao, Portland, Traverse City, BAMcinemaFest, Brazil, Maine, San Francisco, Cinefiesta, Los Angeles, and Singapore. Her directorial debut "Delilah, Before" premiered at Palm Springs ShortFest, won Best Short Film at the Tribeca Film Festival, and was distributed in Tribeca's YouTube Screening Room as well as on the global platform Viki. Her follow-up "Rockaway" premiered in the "New Mavericks, Women Directors" program at the Atlanta Film Festival and continued its fruitful journey on the circuit, earning awards in writing, directing, and acting. It was distributed to VOD subscribers via the Film Festival Collective.