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Melina Matsoukas (born January 14, 1981) is an American music video, film, commercial and television director. She is a two-time Grammy Award winner and four-time MTV Video Music Awards winner for her "We Found Love" and "Formation" music videos.
- January 14, 1981 (age 42), U.S.
- 2006–present
- Director
- New York University
Melina Matsoukas is a filmmaker who has worked on projects such as Queen & Slim, Insecure, Beyoncé: Formation and Lemonade. She was born in 1981 and has won 11 awards and received 23 nominations.
- January 1, 1
- 4 min
- Director, Producer, Cinematographer
Nov 27, 2019 · Learn how the director of Beyoncé's 'Formation' and a new outlaw-couple movie challenges authority and norms in her work. Read about her influences, empowerment, and rebelling against the status quo.
- 5 min
- Amy Nicholson
Nov 9, 2019 · Melina Matsoukas’s Unflinching Eye. The director has collaborated with artists such as Beyoncé, Rihanna, and Issa Rae. Now she is set to premiere her debut feature film—a romance set against...
- Adrienne Green
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Melina Matsoukas is a director and producer of Greek, Jewish, African-Jamaican and African-Cuban descent. She has worked on Queen & Slim, Insecure and Beyoncé: Formation, among other projects.
- January 14, 1981
Nov 13, 2019 · From Beyoncé to the big screen: the whirlwind rise of Melina Matsoukas. She put Queen B on a cop car. Now she’s made a radical film about race in America. We meet the director redefining the...
Melina Matsoukas (born January 14, 1981) is an American music video, film, commercial and television director. She is a two-time Grammy Award winner and four-time MTV Video Music Awards winner for her "We Found Love" and "Formation" music videos. She was honored with the Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal by the American Film Institute in 2019.