Experience

Kindle Entertainment

• United Kingdom
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Director

  • Dec 2006 - Present

  Melanie is a founder and managing director of multiple BAFTA-winning Kindle Entertainment in 2007, Banijay bought the company in 2022. We tell premium stories with wild women at their heart. Kiss Me First (Channel 4 & Netflix), two young women fight a shadowy cult in a virtual world; Little Darlings (Sky Cinema), two sisters are reunited through a shared love of music; Ivy & Bean (Netflix Movies), two ordinary girls with extraordinary imaginations; The A List (BBC iPlayer & Netflix), Mean Girls meets Lost; Dustbin Baby (BBC1), International Emmy, BAFTA winning feature about a girl looking for her mother; Some Dogs Bite (BBC3), three brothers on the run; Treasure Island (SkyMax) a rich reboot of this much loved classic; Leonardo (BBC), the young da Vinci & Mona Lisa hang out in 15th Florence, The Life & Adventures of Nick Nickleby (BBC 1 & Gold), modern retelling of a Dickens classic. Award-winning, Dixi (CBBC), an interactive mystery for tweens, won a BAFTA for Best Original Content (2014), C21 Best Digital Drama (2015), and Digital TV Most Innovative Content Award (2016). Show less



Granada TV

• London,

• Head of Development

  • Sep 2004 - Nov 2007



Carlton Television

• London, England, United Kingdom

• Head of Development

  • 2001 - 2003