Director Melody Gilbert is one of the most fearless filmmakers in contemporary documentary cinema
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.

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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
Official Selection: DOC NYC Official Selection: DOCFest Official Selection: American Documentary and Animation Film Festival Official Selection: South By South West Official Selection: International Documentary Festival Amsterdam
Official Selection: Chicago International Documentary Festival Official Selection: Los Angeles Film Festival Thessaloniki Someone to watch: San Francisco Doc Fest Hot Docs
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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.
VISUAL STORYTELLER
Melody also collaborates with large companies, agencies and nonprofit organizations around the world to create authentic branded content.
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