News
December 2011
- Melinda's first feature film SACRIFICE GIRLS has been green lit by Compelled Films, Inc and is currently in pre-production. She is cast as one of the female leads. Filming begins in January 2012 with Courtney Balaker set to direct. Paul Kampf is producing and Traction Media is packaging the film.
November 2011
- Melinda shoots a Honda commercial with Sebastien Grousset.
May 2011
- Melinda produces a scene from her second feature film UNCONDITIONAL, starring herself and Adam Roa. Directed by Ravi Vora.
February 2011
- Melinda works as a Director's assistant for an Anonymous Content production, reading scripts, revising treatments and learning about all aspects of what goes on behind the camera.
January 2011
- Under new Management! Melinda is signed by the lovely Genevieve Penn of James/Levy Management!
- She is also comissioned to co-write a fully funded feature film for the critically acclaimed "30 For 30: Pony Excess" director Thaddeus Matula. Filming will begin in the spring of 2011.
November 2010
- Melinda completes her first full length feature film screenplay "SACRIFICE GIRLS." Please email to request the script.
October 2010
- Melinda plays The Professional in the hilarious spoof "Paranormal Whacktivity," The film already has distribution and is currently in post production.
June 2010
- Melinda shoots the independent feature length comedy "Austin High" on location in Austin, Texas for three weeks. She plays the evil vice principal of Ladybird High, making the lives of faculty and students a living hell. The film will be completed early next year and will do the festival run.
May 2010
- Melinda plays Anne Frank in the new horror feature from director Adam Green, alongside Joel David Moore (Avatar, Grandma's Boy).
April 2009
- Melinda shoots a CBS Pilot by the name of "Accidentally On Purpose", starring Jenna Elfman.
February 2009
- As Velvet Assassin's Violet Summer, Melinda attends New York Comicon, representing the game and doing press work. She will also appear in CSI: NY episode #522 "Yahrzeit" as a costar.
January 2009
- Melinda films opposite Bruce Willis and Rudi Assauer for the german beer brand "Veltins". The spot will air in Germany mid March. Also, Melinda begins to work regularly for E! News, translating and voicing over the show into German.
October 2008
- Melinda shoots the music video "Girls Like You" for the british pop artist Darren Styles.
September 2008
- As of mid September, Melinda will be traveling to the UK for two weeks to shoot a feature film by the name of "Incendiary", in which she will play one of the main characters, Mimi. The film, with an all female cast and an unconventional script, is a fantasy thriller about two female kidnappers looking for a new beginning.
June - Oct 2008
- In July Melinda takes on the part of Violet Summer, the protagonist in the upcoming Xbox 360 video game "Velvet Assassin", which will be released in the fall of 2008. She will do photo shoots and voice over work, as well as attend gaming conferences in Germany during the summer.
June 2008
- Also in July, Melinda will be shooting a pilot called "This Is Fashion", in which she plays a high strung and fiercely intelligent French model.
February - May 2008
- She has since filmed a CSI interactive video game, followed by "To Live and Dine in LA", a comedic 35mm short film starring David Hasselhoff, and several commercial including one for the internet website "AbsolutePoker.net" and "Flagstar Bank".
August 2007
- After completing a feature film in Berlin, playing the female lead in the adventure thriller "Perfect Hideout" opposite Billy Zane, Melinda Cohen moved to Los Angeles to actively pursue her career on the west coast.
- Melinda's first feature film SACRIFICE GIRLS has been green lit by Compelled Films, Inc and is currently in pre-production. She is cast as one of the female leads. Filming begins in January 2012 with Courtney Balaker set to direct. Paul Kampf is producing and Traction Media is packaging the film.
November 2011
- Melinda shoots a Honda commercial with Sebastien Grousset.
May 2011
- Melinda produces a scene from her second feature film UNCONDITIONAL, starring herself and Adam Roa. Directed by Ravi Vora.
February 2011
- Melinda works as a Director's assistant for an Anonymous Content production, reading scripts, revising treatments and learning about all aspects of what goes on behind the camera.
January 2011
- Under new Management! Melinda is signed by the lovely Genevieve Penn of James/Levy Management!
- She is also comissioned to co-write a fully funded feature film for the critically acclaimed "30 For 30: Pony Excess" director Thaddeus Matula. Filming will begin in the spring of 2011.
November 2010
- Melinda completes her first full length feature film screenplay "SACRIFICE GIRLS." Please email to request the script.
October 2010
- Melinda plays The Professional in the hilarious spoof "Paranormal Whacktivity," The film already has distribution and is currently in post production.
June 2010
- Melinda shoots the independent feature length comedy "Austin High" on location in Austin, Texas for three weeks. She plays the evil vice principal of Ladybird High, making the lives of faculty and students a living hell. The film will be completed early next year and will do the festival run.
May 2010
- Melinda plays Anne Frank in the new horror feature from director Adam Green, alongside Joel David Moore (Avatar, Grandma's Boy).
April 2009
- Melinda shoots a CBS Pilot by the name of "Accidentally On Purpose", starring Jenna Elfman.
February 2009
- As Velvet Assassin's Violet Summer, Melinda attends New York Comicon, representing the game and doing press work. She will also appear in CSI: NY episode #522 "Yahrzeit" as a costar.
January 2009
- Melinda films opposite Bruce Willis and Rudi Assauer for the german beer brand "Veltins". The spot will air in Germany mid March. Also, Melinda begins to work regularly for E! News, translating and voicing over the show into German.
October 2008
- Melinda shoots the music video "Girls Like You" for the british pop artist Darren Styles.
September 2008
- As of mid September, Melinda will be traveling to the UK for two weeks to shoot a feature film by the name of "Incendiary", in which she will play one of the main characters, Mimi. The film, with an all female cast and an unconventional script, is a fantasy thriller about two female kidnappers looking for a new beginning.
June - Oct 2008
- In July Melinda takes on the part of Violet Summer, the protagonist in the upcoming Xbox 360 video game "Velvet Assassin", which will be released in the fall of 2008. She will do photo shoots and voice over work, as well as attend gaming conferences in Germany during the summer.
June 2008
- Also in July, Melinda will be shooting a pilot called "This Is Fashion", in which she plays a high strung and fiercely intelligent French model.
February - May 2008
- She has since filmed a CSI interactive video game, followed by "To Live and Dine in LA", a comedic 35mm short film starring David Hasselhoff, and several commercial including one for the internet website "AbsolutePoker.net" and "Flagstar Bank".
August 2007
- After completing a feature film in Berlin, playing the female lead in the adventure thriller "Perfect Hideout" opposite Billy Zane, Melinda Cohen moved to Los Angeles to actively pursue her career on the west coast.