Melanie Wallace
Melanie Wallace (GRS’77) of Newtonville, Mass., a Peabody- and Emmy Award–winning senior producer, has launched Melanie Wallace Media Strategies. Her company connects storytellers with funding and distribution opportunities, guiding programming ideas through the stages of development. In 2020, Melanie joined the production team of Earth Emergency, a documentary about climate feedback loops and their human and environmental ramifications. With climate awareness as its core mission, the hour-long film was shown at COP26, the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, at the invitation of Charles, Prince of Wales. Narrated by Richard Gere, the documentary has garnered support from lauded climate activists such as Greta Thunberg and the Dalai Lama. Melanie worked as an impact producer for Earth Emergency, helping to air the film on PBS and facilitating a screening at Cambridge University; she also assisted in bringing it to the attention of Prince Charles and his Terra Carta Action Forum initiative. Email Melanie at melanie@wallaceworks.net.
From the Fall 2022 issue.