Melanie McLean Brooks
Melanie McLean Brooks
Flying Giant Productions
Denver, CO
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Description

Melanie is a director, director of photography, sushi connoisseur and effervescent optimist who believes in the power of film to foster empathy and human connection. Her work as a director of photography spans documentaries to branded content, commercials and more, showcasing her intuitive camera style, informed by her background as a photojournalist. Her DP work has been seen at hundreds of film festivals across the world, on HBO, PBS, A&E, The History Channel and more.


Special Skills & Experience

We’re an award-winning husband-wife production team with an extensive network of inspiring and talented video professionals around the country. Thanks to our collective decades of experience working in NYC and LA, we understand what goes into every aspect of the filmmaking process from planning to post and everything in between, giving us the expertise to fully understand your vision and what’s needed to achieve it.

Whether your production is a twinkle of an idea or on its way to the edit room, we can pick up a project at any point to meet your needs. Our team consists of a pair of directors of photography, editors, a part 107 certified drone pilot and a director. As a boutique production company, we have the flexibility to choose the best team per project and to give our clients scalable options.

Credits

  • CAMERA - Director of Photography - Feature & TV
  • 2025: Here to Climb
  • 2024: RuPaul's Drag Race, Portrait of a Queen
  • 2020: Butches and Studs, in Their Own Words for the NY Times
  • DIRECTORS - Director - Commercial & Other
  • 2024: Postnet 2024 Campaign, Know Them by Name
  • 2023: Keys to the Kingdom, Profoto x Joe McNally

Affiliations
  • Non-Union
  • Other
  • Local # / Other: Documentary Cinematographer Alliance, Women In Film & Media Colorado Board
  • License: N/A

  • Color Code Key
  • Statewide