YAEL MELAMEDE founded Salty Features in 2003. Salty's goal is to make feature films that showcase unique vision, strong storytelling, and thought- provoking subject matter. Salty's last film, BRIEF INTERVIEWS WITH HIDEOUS MEN, premiered at Sundance in 2009 and was released that fall by IFC Films. Based on the book by David Foster Wallace, the film was written and directed by John Krasinski (The Office). Salty's current projects include MARTYRS' CROSSING, a political thriller adapted from the bestselling novel by Amy Wilentz, to be directed by Paulo Morelli and featuring Frank Langella; and the documentary feature INOCENTE, directed by Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine, directors of the Academy Award nominated WAR/DANCE.
Melamede also co-produced the Academy Award-nominated documentary feature MY ARCHITECT. She holds a BA and M.Arch from Yale University.
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