Melanie is an award winning Casting Director who has cast over a thousand films, television shows,  commercials, working with networks such as Netflix, Amazon, CNN, Oxygen, Investigation Discovery, as well as numerous Fortune 500 companies. 

She graduated from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in Acting. She then started her own production company producing feature films, documentaries, and commercials in New York. In Los Angeles, she worked in Business Affairs at the talent agency Writers & Artists as well as The Firm, a celebrity management company. Melanie was the Head of Casting at Mike Lemon Casting in Philadelphia for over 7 years. She is now Head of Casting for Forchetti Casting, LLC, finding top talent for feature films, television shows, commercials, print, educational, and corporate projects in the Southeast region.