Melody Gilbert is an award-winning documentary filmmaker who has directed, produced, filmed and edited more than a dozen feature-length documentaries, most recently STORIES I DIDN’T KNOW (2020). She is also a producer for other documentary projects (circles below) that inspire her, including LOVE THEM FIRST: LESSONS FROM LUCY LANEY ELEMENTARY (2020 Alfred I. duPont award) and BENEATH THE INK (nominated for a 2019 Emmy for Outstanding Short Documentary), WOMEN OUTWARD BOUND (2016/PBS), the James Beard award-winning THE STARFISH THROWERS (2015), AMERICAN HEART (2013), and the co-director of STEPS IN THE FIRE (2014), the first 3D documentary in Bulgaria.