Melanie Warner(I)
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Melanie Warner has served in the film and TV industry for nearly 30 years in production, legal and administration. After attending UCLA Film School, she started out as a casting assistant, then an executive assistant for an agent at ICM to understand how to broker talent. Then, she had a stint at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) to learn about compliance and contracts. She went on to work for Barbour Langley and worked on Cops, plus launched the world's first 2 transactional TV shows. She was an executive assistant to Brannon Braga at Star Trek. She also worked for Ridley Scott at RSA and worked on hundreds of commercials.
Next, she spent years at Disney studios and worked for Michael Eisner, Joe Roth, Donald DeLine, David Hoberman, Jerry Bruckheimer and many other key film executives and also in the music legal department.
Warner was one of the first employees hired at Dreamworks SKG and worked on many projects there. She owned Warner-Kennedy productions, producing hundreds of commercials, music videos, and short films that competed in the Cannes Film Festival, Deauville Film Festival and many others.
Warner has owned a media company for 25 years that publishes magazines and newspapers. She is a Partner and Producer on Karate Quest and will help with negotiations, financing, leveraging industry relationships, problem-solving during production, marketing and distribution of the film.
As an actor, Melanie worked on Double Dragon over 20 years ago with Imperial Entertainment. Worked with Don "The Dragon" Wilson on that film.
Melanie was JR's secretary on Dallas for 2 seasons and has played many small parts as an actor - plus 2 films with Oliver Stone. She has a very diverse career and has been seen "behind the curtain" from every angle.
Next, she spent years at Disney studios and worked for Michael Eisner, Joe Roth, Donald DeLine, David Hoberman, Jerry Bruckheimer and many other key film executives and also in the music legal department.
Warner was one of the first employees hired at Dreamworks SKG and worked on many projects there. She owned Warner-Kennedy productions, producing hundreds of commercials, music videos, and short films that competed in the Cannes Film Festival, Deauville Film Festival and many others.
Warner has owned a media company for 25 years that publishes magazines and newspapers. She is a Partner and Producer on Karate Quest and will help with negotiations, financing, leveraging industry relationships, problem-solving during production, marketing and distribution of the film.
As an actor, Melanie worked on Double Dragon over 20 years ago with Imperial Entertainment. Worked with Don "The Dragon" Wilson on that film.
Melanie was JR's secretary on Dallas for 2 seasons and has played many small parts as an actor - plus 2 films with Oliver Stone. She has a very diverse career and has been seen "behind the curtain" from every angle.