
Melissa
Culligan

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company
Epoch Films
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position
Owner & Managing EP
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website
about the jury
Melissa Culligan is a native New Yorker who has worked in various roles in film and production. Her career highlights include co-founding The Directors Bureau in 1997, where she produced for Sofia Coppola, Roman Coppola, and Mike Mills, and joining the Epoch Films family in 2013.
Her work with Epoch has won numerous awards over the years from the AICP, Cannes Lions, DGA, D&AD, CICLOPE, Shots, etc. Highlights include the Palm D’Or at the Cannes Lions in for Under Armour’s Olympic campaign, Best Direction at the Shots Awards for Epoch’s campaign with Spotify, and an AICP Award for Advertising Excellence for a Levi’s campaign.