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Directing Work
Melissa Archer is a New York–based director focused on performance-driven storytelling across music video and narrative work. With a background in acting, she brings a strong emphasis on character and emotional realism, often exploring flawed, intimate moments through a visually grounded lens.
UNDONE
Undone
A music video exploring being haunted after a relationship ends, left with too many memories, and nothing to hold. A multi-media piece combining themes of nostalgia, heartbreak, and grief.
Directed by: Melissa Ann Archer
Artist: Saint Richie
Dysphoria
Dysphoria is a music video that explores queer identity and gender expression with inspiration from the likes of the Breakfast club. Using high school as a back drop and queerness as a visual representation of being yourself, this music video explores a non binaries artist's journey into discovering themself.
Directed by: Melissa Ann Archer & Lexi Brown
Artist: Areshi
Filmmaking Reel
A curated selection of directing work, with a focus on performance and visual storytelling.
Freezer Burnt
Freezer Burnt is an original poem that depicts the painful process of moving on from a love gone too soon, and how holding on is really just holding on to pain.
Directed by: Melissa Ann Archer
RELATED WORK
Sunny Side Up
Sunny Side Up is an original short film that follows up 8 months after a one-night stand where a very pregnant Sadie must convince a practical stranger that it would be a good idea for them to raise a child together. Equal parts moving and funny, Sunny Side Up seeks to explore themes around choice, responsibility, and what we owe each other.
Directed by: Lexi Brown
Written by: Melissa Ann Archer
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