Carolina Melis, director
Carolina studied Communication Design at Central St Martins in London where she specialised in illustration and animation. In 2004 she worked as creative for MTV Europe in London before starting a career in film and advertising. Working as director at Nexus Productions in London in close collaboration with major advertising agencies, she directed TV spots and print campaigns for clients such as Sony PSP, BBC, Microsoft, Vodafone, Prada, Barclays, Penguin, Chloè, Fendi; a series of short films for Discovery Channel and music videos for Colleen, Metronomy, Four Tet, Efterklang.
Between 2007 and 2008 she worked on the on-going BBC3 re-brand Threeworld, which won a Brand Identity award at Eurobest. Other awards include a Clio Bronze for the campaign Made With Passion for Pashey with Saatchi&Saatchi and a nomination for a BTA Craft Award for the campaign Hands for The Council of Europe also with Saatchi&Saatchi.
In 2010 she designed and art directed the identity, set design and title sequence for the reality show The Arrangement, produced by MTV New York. In 2012 she moved to China to work with production company Pixomondo.
Beside her career as commercial director Carolina is also an internationally known illustrator and director. In 2005 she was commissioned by Channel 4 and the Arts Council the short animated film As The Crow Flies. In 2012 she directed Regarding Gardens Funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund for Ham House and Garden, UK, and in 2013 she directed Le Fiamme di Nule, a live action and animated film commissioned by the Institute of Ethnography in Sardinia.
Her work has been featured by major publications and exhibited in venues such as the Victoria & Albert Museum in London and the Palais de Tokyo in Paris.
In 2015 Carolina was signed to New York agency SNYDER.
