Anne DeMelo is a director and writer working across theatre, film, opera, and rock n’ roll. Raised in the rural Blue Ridge Mountains, she is now based in New York City and Los Angeles. 

Anne develops surreal, energetic, genre-melting stage and film work that embraces heightened emotional expression, employs live musical scoring and song as integral storytelling components, and revels in lush visual spectacle. Her direction has been seen at a variety of theaters including Ars Nova’s ANTFest, The Bushwick Starr, Exponential Festival at The Brick, JACK, LaMama Galleria, Pipeline, Prague Fringe, LPAC, and Columbia University; her production of Ellen McLaughlin’s The Trojan Women was nominated for a Drama Desk Award. In 2023, Anne was the Creative Director for GRAMMY Award-winning duo Rodrigo y Gabriela’s national tour, In Between Thoughts. Her debut short film, I Have Love In Me, is currently on the festival circuit. 

As an associate/assistant director, Anne has collaborated on two world premieres subsequently recognized by the Pulitzer Prize, several international opera tours, and at cultural institutions including BAM Next Wave, LA Opera/REDCAT, St. Ann’s Warehouse, Detroit Opera, Atlantic Theater Company, and the Prototype Festival. 

She is currently an Associate Editor at 53rd State Press, a New Georges Affiliated Artist, an Associate Member of the SDC, a frequent collaborator of The Windmill Factory, and a Lead Artist at The Mercury Store. 

Anne completed her MFA as a John Wells Directing Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University in May 2022.

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