When Melissa launched All at Once she became a presence in the independent film scene in Australia when back to back she produced Puppy – the directorial debut for acclaimed Australian short film director Kieran Galvin, Feed for US cult director Brett Leonard and the debut short film, feeling_lonely? from the AWGIE award winning writer and former editor of Inside Film Magazine, Rachael Turk. feeling_lonley? premiered at SFF, won best short drama at WoW and played several other festivals.

Feed sold worldwide including: the UK, USA, Canada, Australia, Germany, Belgium, France, Italy, Spain, Scandinavia, Brazil, Greece, Korea and Yugoslavia. It was also selected for numerous festivals including the prestigious SITGES Festival Internacional de Cinema de Catalunya 2005 and other well regarded fantasy festivals.

Puppy also sold to the US after is premiere at the SXSW Film Festival and played 13 other festivals and recently having remaining US rights picked up by Cinetic.

Prior to her producing career, Melissa worked for International attorneys Coudert Brothers and was a senior associate at Michell Sillar Attorneys specialising in intellectual property, media and entertainment law. She was also Acquisitions and Licensing Executive at Arclight Films International.

Melissa has been attached as an EP or legal advisor to several films and documentaries, including; Man-Thing, Watermark (Cannes – Director’s Fortnight) and Osama.

She recently completed renowned producer John Winter’s directorial debut – the provocative feature, Black & White & Sex.