Biographie
Melissa Balan has been obsessed with storytelling from a young age. She was heavily involved in theater and creative writing throughout childhood, before developing a love of cinema in her early teens. Struck with an overwhelming wanderlust, she has been globetrotting since the age of fourteen, and is continually inspired by each new culture she encounters. Melissa grew up in the suburbs of metro-Detroit Michigan before relocating east in 2008 to pursue filmmaking, graduating from NYU with a BFA in Film and Television Production in 2012. Sanskriti was her first post-graduate feature film, and she was thrilled to combine her two life's passions — filmmaking and travel — into one artistic venture.