Melissa Hibbard(III)
- Production Manager
- Producer
- Writer
Melissa Hibbard is a photographer and filmmaker. She earned
her BA in Moving Image Arts in 1996 from the College of Santa Fe where
she studied documentary filmmaking. Upon graduation, she moved to Los
Angeles and worked in the film industry as an art director on feature
films for five years. Her photographs have been exhibited in the US and
abroad over the past 6 years. She has produced three documentaries on
video. "Breaking Bread" (2000) which premiered on PBS and "Sir Alfred of
Charles de Gaulle Airport" (2001) have been well received by the media
and worldwide audiences. "Shahrbanoo" (2002) first premiered on PBS
where it received among the highest ratings for an independently
produced documentary. She also co-produced the feature film "Day Break"
(2005) that premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and
has won several awards around the world. In 2003, she co-established a
non-profit organization - ArteEast - its mission statement to promote
the arts and cultures of the Middle East and its worldwide diasporas
in the United States; she was a board member and the ArteEast Online
Director through 2007. She is currently producing a new documentary in
Iran, entitled "Finding Home".