Melissa Salpietra

Melissa Salpietra is an Emmy® Award winning freelance video editor, motion graphics artist, and producer based in Charlotte, North Carolina. During her 15+ years as an editor, she has used her craft to tell stories through educational shorts, commercials, and narrative films for television and the web.

Melissa started her career at PBS where she edited and created web videos and content for NOVA. She worked in the science video field before founding her own company, Salpietra Media. Inc. in 2012. Melissa has produced and edited award-winning educational series for non-profit clients, including PBS NC and JASON Learning, as well as edited commercial work for clients, including Wells Fargo, Academy Sports, and the Mint Museum. Her narrative work includes the short films Manhood (2019), Writer's Block (2020), Youth (2021), Everybody Don’t Electric Slide (2022), and the upcoming short film, The Weight of You (2023).

Melissa has a postgraduate degree in Natural History Filmmaking and Communication from the University of Otago in New Zealand.

Upcoming Events with Melissa Salpietra:

Past Events with Melissa Salpietra:

Featured
Editing Low/No Budget Films
Sep 10
Editing Low/No Budget Films

How many times does a film get shot, then fizzle out in the editing stage? Editing is an extremely important part of the filmmaking process—yet few emerging producers, directors or filmmakers properly plan for it.