Melanie Nepinak Hadley
Vice-President, Industry, Partnerships and Growth
Indigenous Screen Office
Melanie is a member of Minegoziibe Anishinabe. She splits her time between Winnipeg and Toronto. She is currently the VP of Industry, Partnerships & Growth at the Indigenous Screen Office recently transitioning from Warner Bros. Discovery where she oversaw the Canadian team and all initiatives and investments in the screen-based industries in Canada.
She was previously a network executive at APTN and then CBC, where she managed film and television projects of all genres in development and production. It was in those roles that Melanie was on the receiving end of thousands of pitches!
Outside of her daily work, Melanie has a long history of board work with imagineNATIVE and the National Screen Institute. She currently serves on the board for Cousin Collective and countless juries and advisory roles across the industry.
In 2023 she produced a 16mm short film titled ANYWHERE written and directed by Evelyn Pakinewatik.
In all avenues she aims to connect talent to opportunity to show the world the rich tapestry of the underrepresented storytelling community.
