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==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>{{
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="WSJ1">{{cite news |last1=Gay |first1=Roxane |title=Melina Matsoukas's Fearless Vision; As an award-winning director with standout collaborators (Beyoncé, Rihanna, Issa Rae), Melina Matsoukas has created some of music and television's more memorable moments. Now, with 'Queen & Slim,' she makes her feature film debut |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2310282317 |access-date=7 December 2021 |publisher=Wall Street Journal (Online) |date=30 October 2019}}</ref> In 2006, Matsoukas directed her first music video upon completing grad school in 2006 for Red Handed's "Dem Boys" featuring Scooby and [[Paul Wall]].<ref name="WSJ1"/> She would later direct videos for artists such as [[Jennifer Lopez]], [[Ludacris]], [[Lady Gaga]], [[Katy Perry]], [[Rihanna]], [[Solange Knowles|Solange]], and eventually her most frequent collaborator, Beyonce.<ref name="WSJ1"/> In 2016, Matsoukas contributed to Beyonce's visual album [[Lemonade (Beyoncé album)|''Lemonade'']] with a music video for the album's lead single "[[Formation (song)|Formation]] ".<ref name="WSJ1"/> "Formation" went on to be critically acclaimed, winning Matsoukas numerous accolades such as a Grand Prix for Excellence in Music Video at the 2016 [[Cannes Lion Awards]] as well as the [[MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year]].<ref name="WSJ1"/>
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