Melanie is a German-Hungarian director, producer, and award-winning cinematographer based in Los Angeles.
She holds an MFA in Film Production from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts and a BFA in Directing from The Media Academy Berlin. Early in her career, she directed and shot campaigns for Berlin’s Senate Department for Education, with a focus on underrepresented youth, including refugee communities and children with disabilities.
Currently, Melanie serves as Director of Mariposa Camera at the Oscar-winning Breakwater Studios, where she has led the camera department for nearly three years. In addition to overseeing a team and managing studio-wide production needs, she continues to shoot and direct select projects.
As a producer and cinematographer, Melanie brings a precise visual sensibility and a strong logistical backbone to her work. She frequently collaborates with her husband, director Máté Boegi — most recently on The Swimmer, which she produced and was shot in Denmark. The film was awarded a Vimeo Staff Pick in 2024.
Her documentary work includes Driven, the story of quadriplegic race car driver Mario Bonfante Jr., which earned her the Haskell Wexler Student Documentary Award from the ASC in 2021.
