Melissa Ulto

May 29, 1970 - born Los Angeles, raised in Northern Ontario, been in NYC since 91

I\'m a filmmaker, multi-media artist, writer and video technologist.

Melissa Ulto is a multidisciplinary artist who utilizes modern and traditional mediums to create her works. Melissa currently resides in New York, working professionally as a photographer, filmmaker, designer, VJ and artist. She has performed as a guest video artist at the MoMA and the Brooklyn Museum of Art, and continues to show her work internationally. She is a published writer, poet and photographer.

As a filmmaker, Melissa produces, writes, shoots and edits documentaries and experimental films. She started her career in music videos and working for MTV in production. Melissa expanded her documentary skills at Columbia Universitys Center for New Media Teaching and Learning. As Senior Digital Video Specialist, her team was a one-stop shop, creating short and long form documentary pieces for online learning environments. In 2005, Melissa edited the film The Art of Love & Struggle (Eyes Infinite Films). As a director of photography, Melissa shot the first part of an HD documentary, Art & Apathy, on location in Israel. In 2006, Melissa edited Death Before Disho...

NYU, some professional training - but mostly natural genius and restless curiosity

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