MOST RECENT DOC WORK
In 2025, Melody worked on the producing team for the documentary QUEENDOM that was shortlisted for an Oscar for best feature documentary. Watch QUEENDOM Trailer
40 BELOW: THE TOUGHEST RACE IN THE WORLD
Also in 2025, Melody served as a producer on the award-winning documentary 40 BELOW: THE TOUGHEST RACE IN THE WORLD. After a successful festival run, it is now available on Amazon and Tubi.Stream: Amazon Prime Video
Watch the Trailer: 40 BELOW trailer
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Melody Gilbert is an Emmy-nominated and Alfred I. duPont award-winning documentary filmmaker and educator who has directed and produced 20 documentaries in 20 years that have screened at prestigious film festivals and been broadcast internationally and on VOD. She is also a producer for other documentary projects (circles below) that inspire her, including 40 BELOW: THE TOUGHEST RACE IN THE WORLD (2025/Amazon), 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.
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Melody also collaborates with large companies, agencies and nonprofit organizations around the world to create authentic branded content.> MelodyGilbertVideo.com <
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