MEL MAH
is a Chinese Canadian writer, director and producer from Toronto whose work has played at NewFilmmakers LA, the LA Asian Pacific Film Festival, the Cleveland International Film Festival, and the Lift-Off Global Network Film Festival among many others. She’s accumulated years of experience in feature filmmaking working as the Executive Director’s Assistant to director George Tillman Jr. She closely collaborated with Tillman on 20th Century Fox’s THE HATE U GIVE (2018), and the ABC TV show FOR LIFE (2020), then worked with him as an associate producer on the Sony biopic BIG GEORGE FOREMAN (2023). Mel’s currently a WIF 2024 Directing Fellow and she’s developing her first feature film which she wrote to direct, a dramedy starring Ken Jeong, Bay Mills Studios and JoBro Productions producing and Canadian distributors Photon Films attached.
Prior to her work in the film industry, she had a successful career as a professional dancer, making it into the top 6 on So You Think You Can Dance Canada and dancing for artists such as Janet Jackson, Justin Bieber, Britney Spears, Katy Perry, and Kanye West.
In addition to her cinematic work, Mel’s an internationally renowned yoga and meditation teacher and she was featured on THE TODAY SHOW in 2022 (watch HERE). She’s the director of YOU GOT THIS GIRL (www.ygtgofficial.com), an organization that empowers women through mindfulness, and she’s also an instructor on the Calm app where her videos have garnered over 1 million views.