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'''Melina Matsoukas''' (born January 14, 1981) is an <!--Do NOT add other nationalities per WP:ETHNICITY.-->American music video, film, commercial and television director. She is a two-time [[Grammy Award]] winner and four-time [[MTV Video Music Awards]] winner for her "[[We Found Love (music video)|We Found Love]]" and "[[Formation (song)|Formation]]" music videos.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/03/06/the-provocateur-behind-beyonce-rihanna-and-issa-rae|title=The Provocateur behind Beyonce, Rihanna and Issa Rae|last=Okeowo|first=Alexis|date=March 6, 2017|magazine=The New Yorker|access-date=March 11, 2017}}</ref> She was honored with the Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal by the [[American Film Institute]] in 2019. Her directorial debut in film was ''[[Queen & Slim]]'', starring [[Jodie Turner-Smith]] and [[Daniel Kaluuya]], and written by [[Lena Waithe]].
==Early life and education==
Matsoukas grew up in the [[Co-op City, Bronx|Co-op City]] housing development in the Bronx. Her father worked as a builder,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/melina-matsoukas-went-music-video-170014647.html|title=How Melina Matsoukas Went From Music-Video Visionary to 'Queen and Slim'|website=www.yahoo.com}}</ref> and her mother taught math in a local high school. When Matsoukas was eight, the family moved to [[Hackensack, New Jersey]], where she attended [[Hackensack High School]].<ref>Smith, Danyel. [https://story.californiasunday.com/melina-matsoukas/ "Her Own Space Melina Matsoukas — Grammy-winning director for Beyoncé and Rihanna — makes her Hollywood feature debut with the kind of story Hollywood has overlooked."], ''[[California magazine]]'', November 18, 2019. Accessed July 12, 2022. "At Hackensack High School in New Jersey, where her family later moved, Matsoukas was into photography and hip-hop."</ref> Her father is of mixed [[Greek Americans|Greek]] and [[American Jews|Jewish]] descent, and her mother is of [[Afro-Cubans|Afro-Cuban]] and [[Afro-Jamaicans|Afro-Jamaican]] descent.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/03/06/the-provocateur-behind-beyonce-rihanna-and-issa-rae|title=The Provocateur Behind Beyonce Rihanna and Issa Rae|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712220838/http://www.honeymag.com/2010/uncategorized/females-freakin-the-industry/|archive-date=July 12, 2011|url-status=bot: unknown|access-date=14 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/news/2019/11/22/from-beyonce-to-the-big-screen-the-whirlwind-rise-of-melina-matsoukas|title=From Beyoncé to the big screen: the whirlwind rise of Melina Matsoukas|newspaper=The Economist|date=November 13, 2019}}</ref>
Matsoukas earned her degree at [[New York University]]'s [[Tisch School of the Arts]] and completed her graduate work at the [[AFI Conservatory]] with an MFA in [[cinematography]]. Her graduate thesis was on music videos.<ref>Kamuzu Banda, Tim. Saturday, September 6, 2008 at 22:01. [http://www.nation.co.ke/magazines/buzz/-/441236/468006/-/id9wc4z/-/index.html "Video queen: Melina Matsoukas"], ''Daily Nation''.</ref>
==Career==
Matsoukas started out at Black Dog Film, then the now-defunct Gorilla Flix film production company, and is currently a director at Prettybird, which she has been signed to since 2011.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Arriving: 30 top execs under 30|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AhQEAAAAMBAJ&dq=melina+Matsoukas+music+video+2006&pg=PA21|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|language=en|date=2008-08-23|access-date=2022-05-04}}</ref>
Matsoukas' first film was about how women are viewed in the New York meatpacking industry, though she immediately destroyed it upon completion, describing it as "a really bad film" that "made her fall in love with the medium".<ref name="
In her music video filmography, Matsoukas would utilize many of the tropes seen in other music videos at the time, but would find ways to "always articulates her aesthetic: brightly saturated color, vivid imagery, the artist at the center of the frame always establishing a video's center of gravity".<ref name="
Between 2016 and 2017, Matsoukas
Matsoukas made her directorial debut in film with ''[[Queen & Slim]]'', starring [[Jodie Turner-Smith]] and [[Daniel Kaluuya]], and written by [[Lena Waithe]]. It was released on November 27, 2019, by [[Universal Pictures]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/jodie-smith-turner-queen-and-slim-daniel-kaluuya-1203022499/|title=Jodie Turner-Smith to Star Opposite Daniel Kaluuya in 'Queen & Slim' (EXCLUSIVE)|first1=Justin|last1=Kroll|date=November 8, 2018}}</ref> Though Matsoukas avoids making professional decisions based on personal relationships, she was intrigued by the opportunity to direct the script written by her past collaborator and good friend, Lena Waithe, later stating that she "was looking for something [she] felt was political in a way that had something to say, that was strong and unique and powerful."<ref name="
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==Filmography (director)==
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|[[Stella McCartney]] / [[Grimes (musician)|Grimes]], [[Amandla Stenberg]], [[Lourdes Leon|Lola Leon]], [[Kenya Kinski-Jones]]
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|2016-2021
|''[[Insecure (TV series)|Insecure]]''
|8 episodes, director and executive producer<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Desta |first=Yohana |date=2021-12-27 |title=Insecure's Key Creators Reminisce on Their Favorite Moments From the Show |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/12/insecure-favorite-moments |access-date=2022-05-02 |magazine=Vanity Fair |language=en-US}}</ref>
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|2017
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|Executive producer<ref>{{cite web |last1=Andreeva |first1=Nellie |title=FX Orders 'Y' Drama Pilot Based On 'Y: The Last Man' Comic Book Series |url=https://deadline.com/2018/04/fx-orders-y-pilot-based-y-the-last-man-comic-book-series-michael-green-aida-mashaka-croal-1202359240/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=July 11, 2018 |date=April 5, 2018}}</ref>
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|2023
|''[[The Changeling (TV series)|The Changeling]]''
|Director and executive producer<ref>{{cite web |last1=Del Rosario |first1=Alexandra |last2=Andreeva |first2=Nellie |title=LaKeith Stanfield To Star In ''The Changeling'' Apple TV+ Drama Series From Kelly Marcel & Annapurna; Melina Matsoukas To Direct |url=https://deadline.com/2021/08/the-changeling-lakeith-stanfield-star-apple-tv-drama-kelly-marcel-melina-matsoukas-to-direct-1234821536/ |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=12 June 2022 |date=August 25, 2021}}</ref>
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|Also producer<ref name="Jul2018D">{{cite news |last1=Fleming |first1=Mike Jr. |title=Makeready Sets 'Queen & Slim'; Daniel Kaluuya Stars, Melina Matsoukas Directs Lena Waithe Script |url=https://deadline.com/2018/07/daniel-kaluuya-melina-matsoukas-lena-waithe-james-frey-queen-and-slim-makeready-1202429679/ |access-date=July 22, 2018 |work=Deadline |date=July 19, 2018}}</ref>
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|2023
|''[[Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé]]''
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| [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]]
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| rowspan="1" align="center"|<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1910671/2014-vma-winners-full-list/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826122932/http://www.mtv.com/news/1910671/2014-vma-winners-full-list/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 26, 2014|title=Here's Your Full List of 2014 VMA Winners|publisher=MTV News|access-date=21 August 2018}}</ref>
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| rowspan="13" style="text-align:center;"| 2016
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| Best Music Video
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| rowspan="2" align="center"| <ref>{{Cite news|url=http://blackreelawards.com/historic-night-for-queen-sugar/|title=2018 Black Reel Awards for Television|work=blackreelawards.com|access-date=20 February 2019|archive-date=June 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624023653/http://blackreelawards.com/historic-night-for-queen-sugar/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| Outstanding Directing - Comedy Series
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| rowspan="10" style="text-align:center;"| 2019
| [[American Film Institute]]▼
| Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal▼
| Herself▼
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| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/05/melina-matsoukas-afi-franklin-j-schaffner-alumni-medal-beyonce-lemonade-1202611420/|title=Director Melina Matsoukas To Receive AFI's Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal|work=deadline.com|date=May 10, 2019 |access-date=July 16, 2019}}</ref>▼
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| scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[African-American Film Critics Association]]
| Impact Award
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| align="center"rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/2019-aafca-african-american-film-critics-association-awards-full-winners-list-1261259|title=Jordan Peele's 'Us' Named Best Film by African-American Film Critics Association 2019|work=hollywoodreporter.com|date=October 10, 2019 |access-date=December 14, 2019}}</ref>
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| [[Austin Film Critics Association|Austin Film Critics Association Awards]]
| Best First Film
| rowspan="7"| ''Queen & Slim''▼
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| [[Florida Film Critics Circle]]
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| rowspan="1" align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |title= Online Film Critics Society 2019 Awards (23RD ANNUAL)|date=December 23, 2019 |url=https://ofcs.org/awards/2019-awards-23rd-annual/ |access-date=29 December 2019}}</ref>
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| scope="row" rowspan="1"| [[Toronto Film Critics Association Awards]]
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| scope="row" rowspan="1"| [[BET Awards]]
| [[BET Award for Best Movie|Best Movie]]
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| rowspan="1" align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web|date=June 15, 2020|title=CBS announces it will simulcast the BET Awards; here are all the nominees|url=https://www.wtsp.com/bet-awards|access-date=June 15, 2020|website=[[WTSP]]|language=en-US}}{{Dead link|date=July 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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| scope="row" rowspan="3"| [[Black Reel Awards]]
| Outstanding Motion Picture
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| rowspan="3" align="center"| <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.awardscircuit.com/2019/12/11/black-reel-awards-nominations-queen-slim-lead-the-field-kelvin-harrison-nabs-double-nomination/|title=Black Reel Awards Nominations: 'Queen & Slim' Lead The Field, Kelvin Harrison Nabs Double Nomination|work=awardscircuit.com|access-date=
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| Outstanding Director
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| scope="row" rowspan="1"| [[72nd Primetime Emmy Awards|Primetime Emmy Awards]]
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series|Outstanding Comedy Series]]
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| scope="row" rowspan="1"| [[Black Reel Awards of 2020|Black Reel Awards]] for Television
| Outstanding Comedy Series
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| rowspan="1" align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://awardswatch.com/watchmen-insecure-top-black-reel-awards-for-television-winners/|title='Watchmen,' 'Insecure' top Black Reel Awards for Television winners|date=August 6, 2020|work=Awards Watch|first=Erik|last=Anderson|accessdate=February 20, 2021}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;" | 2021
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| rowspan="1" align="center"|<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Pedersen|first1=Erik|date=2021-03-09|title=DGA Awards Film Nominations: 'Nomadland', 'Minari', 'Mank', 'Chicago 7' & 'Promising Young Woman' Helmers Vie For Top Prize|url=https://deadline.com/2021/03/dga-awards-film-nominations-2021-1234709909/|access-date=2022-01-20|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}</ref>
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|style="text-align:center;" |2022
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| scope="row" rowspan="1"| [[53rd NAACP Image Awards|NAACP Image Awards]]
| Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series
| rowspan="1"| "Reunited, Okay?!" {{Small|(''Insecure'')}}
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| rowspan="1" align="center"|<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Jackson|first1=Angelique|date=2022-01-18|title=NAACP Image Awards Nominations: Jennifer Hudson, Lil Nas X, H.E.R., 'The Harder They Fall,' 'Insecure' Lead|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/naacp-image-award-nominations-1235155877/|access-date=2022-01-20|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref>
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*[http://www.prettybirdus.com/melinamatsoukas Melina Matsoukas] at Prettybird
*{{IMDb name|2027419|Melina Matsoukas}}
*[http://www.mvdbase.com/tech.php?last=Melina Melina Matsoukas] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090206165713/http://www.mvdbase.com/tech.php?last=Melina |date=February 6, 2009 }} at [http://www.mvdbase.com Music Video Database]
*[http://www.clipland.com/Name/0091272/ Melina Matsoukas] at [http://www.clipland.com Clipland]
*{{twitter|melinamatsoukas}}
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