Mel Jones

Mel Jones is a multi-talented producer, writer, and director. 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 BET+ series “Leimert Park” and Sundance Film Festival hits, such as 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. Mel made her directorial debut at Sundance with “Leimert Park,” a MACRO/Homegrown Pictures digital series and also produced for them the feature film Really Love starring Kofi Siriboe which debuted at SXSW and AFI in 2020. She is in development on her feature film debut Us Again to be produced by Confluential Films.