Script Consultation & Mentoring
Based in Sydney, Melissa Anastasi works both locally and internationally as a Project Mentor and Script Consultant on diverse projects, including drama, genre, experimental, documentary, art film and serial narratives. Apart from consulting on individual productions, she teaches screenwriting and directing, and mentors students at various institutions, e.g. Macquarie University and the AFTRS (Australian Film Television and Radio School).
Melissa brings to projects her wealth of experience and knowledge in development, stemming from her experience in developing a range of projects for production companies including Media Stockade, Playground Films, and Goalpost Pictures.
She has participated in prestigious international film labs including the Venice Biennale College Cinema, where she developed her feature film screenplay Once Upon a Time You Loved Me.
Melissa holds an Grad Dip in Film Directing from AFTRS and a BA in Media and Communications from Macquarie University. She also completed the intensive one year UCLA Professional Program in Screenwriting, where she wrote two feature screenplays and workshopped other participants features across the year.
Melissa is focused on identifying filmmakers visions, and supporting them in realise their unique voice through a tailored and individual processes of development at any stage, from early idea, screenplay, all the way through to editing.
“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,
there is a field. I’ll meet you there.” - RUMI
FOR ENQUIRIES CONTACT:
melissa@melissaanastasi.com PH: +61 410 657 915