About

Independent filmmaker and archival producer. With over two decades honing my craft in storytelling across various mediums—words, independent filmmaking, photography and archival elements—I possess a versatile skill set that seamlessly navigates practical production, post-production expertise, and the entire artistic spectrum from inception to final edit. As an archival producer, my skills encompass: research, mood reels, visual treatments; Sourcing and licensing content for film, media and advertising agencies. Specializing in developing narrative content and curating archive elements to illustrate/dramatize a story. My job is to help realize your vision by building a robust archive for your project be it documentary, commercial or narrative.

Skills

  • archival producing
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  • filmmaking
  • Creative Writing
  • licensing

Experience

Melissa Tomjanovich

Work experience
  • Archival Producer  at   SLACK
  • Sourced and licensed archival ranging from historical elements to cinematic stock within an accelerated timeframe and adhering to budgetary constraints for Slack’s 10 year anniversary hype film.

Melissa Tomjanovich

Work experience
  • January, 2023 - September, 2023
  • Fulltime
  • Writer, Director, Producer, Editor of short film MINE.
  • To date the film has played at the following festivals:
  • Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival
  • Highland Park Independent Film Festival
  • Worldfest Houston International Film Festival and *won the Silver Remi Award '24

Melissa Tomjanovich

Work experience
  • Sourcing a wide range of archival material within the confines of a limited budget. Tracking down licensors and negotiating rights clearance.
  • Science as Mastery - documentary for The American Association for the Advancement of Science about the inextricable relationship between science, power and the concept of race.
  • Edgewood - documentary about the Edgewood High School walkouts of 1968 and the subsequent infamous San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriquez Supreme Court case.

Melissa Tomjanovich

Work experience
  • Initially the film was to be 90% archival. I built a massive archive spanning decades, covering everything from politics to pop culture to the origins of basketball.
  • Shut Up & Dribble - Three part documentary series for SHOWTIME about the NBA’s unparalleled global impact on culture

Melissa Tomjanovich

Work experience
  • Converse Road to Rubber Tracks launch video

Melissa Tomjanovich

Work experience
  • Archival Producer  at   BBDO
  • SAP HANA commercial (also shot featured footage)

Melissa Tomjanovich

Work experience
  • National Geographic Channel’s Breaking Barriers documentary

Melissa Tomjanovich

Work experience
  • Research and co-creative directing (with the editors) via curating imagery for Commercials; Corporate films; Pitches for a roster of clients including:
  • AARP; American Express; Axe; Baker Mckenzie; BMW; Budweiser; Buffalo Wild Wings; Carmax; Century21; Choice Hotels; CIGNA; Cisco; Comcast; Dave & Busters; Dunkin Donuts; Facebook; FedEx; Frontpro; Google; Hanes; HBO; Home Depot; Honeybaked Ham; IBM; IPG; Lay’s; Life360; MINI; Nellie’s Eggs; New York Presbyterian Hospital; Old Navy; Optimum; Ragu; Ritz; Santander; SAP; ServiceNow; Sling; Sysco; The Hartford; Trident; Truly; Twisted Tea; TXOGA; Ubrelvy; UPS; Valero; Verizon; Visa; Wells Fargo (et al for pitches - signed NDAs)

Melissa Tomjanovich

Work experience
  • Assistant to writer/director Rupert Goold
  • Story Editor - worked closely with director/producers on rewrites
  • Script Coordinator - responsible for master script

Melissa Tomjanovich

Work experience
  • Sourced and licensed content for:
  • MTV’s Miley: The Movement
  • Netflix’s HANK: 5 Years From The Brink
  • Sting’s “The Last Ship”
  • Lady Gaga’s BTW Foundation PSA
  • The David Yurman Heritage Film
  • Clive Davis documentary pitch
  • GAP commercial

Melissa Tomjanovich

Work experience
  • October, 2007 - December, 2011
  • Fulltime
  • Sole assistant responsible for daily management of creative and business affairs; Key role in every facet of filmmaking from inception to distribution; Liaison on five feature films:
  • Vicky Cristina Barcelona
  • Whatever Works
  • You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
  • Midnight in Paris
  • To Rome With Love
  • A Broadway play: Relatively Speaking
  • An opera: Gianni Schicchi
  • Supervised Manhattan Film Center

Melissa Tomjanovich

Work experience
  • Coordinating with crew and cast to ensure smooth production

Melissa Tomjanovich

Work experience
  • Assistant to writer/director Michael McCullers. Duties included: liaison between director and cast and crew; distro script rewrites; managing relocation of residence

Melissa Tomjanovich

Work experience
  • writer/director/editor/producer specializing in screenplays,
  • short films, art videos.

Related persons

Sarah LockardActor at Michaels-Goldwyn / Universal Studios, LLP