Mel Jones is a multi-talented producer, director, and writer. The Howard University alum holds a Bachelor of Science in Radio, Television and Film and later earned her Master of Fine Arts in Producing at the American Film Institute. Mel worked for Stephanie Allain’s Homegrown Pictures for 8 years and rose through the ranks serving as the President of Production for 5 years. She produced a film each year of her tenure. Jones’ credits include Sundance Film Festival hits, Justin Simien’s DEAR WHITE PEOPLE and Gerard McMurray’s BURNING SANDS. Subsequent films include Netflix Original Film JUANITA starring Alfre Woodard and Blair Underwood and THE WEEKEND starring Sasheer Zamata and Y'lan Noel which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. Jones made her directorial debut at Sundance with LEIMERT PARK, a MACRO/Homegrown digital series and also produced for them REALLY LOVE starring Kofi Siriboe which played SXSW. She currently serves as SVP of Production and Development at Confluential Films.