About the Filmmaker

Melody Gilbert is an award-winning independent documentary filmmaker who has directed and produced stories for film and television for more than 20 years. The Documentary Channel calls her “one of the most fearless filmmakers in contemporary documentary cinema.” She has made five independent feature-length documentaries in the past seven years, including “Disconnected” in 2008. All of her films have screened at major film festivals, in theaters and on television worldwide, including the Sundance Channel and on dozens of television networks internationally such as TF5 (France), YLE (Finland), RTL (Germany) and more.

Gilbert produces, directs and shoots (and sometimes edits) all of her films. As an executive producer and professor at Carleton College, she worked with film students to create the documentary “Disconnected,” now airing on Halogen.