31. Breaking Down the Casting Directors Life with Producer Melanie DiPietro

Melanie DiPietro currently serves as the COO and Head of Development at the American and Swedish production company, Stockholm Syndrome. In her role, she oversees a diverse development slate across multiple territories, languages and genres. The company in its previous incarnation was the LA branch of the Swedish production company Brain Academy. As the Head of Development at Brain Academy, she helped champion the second season of Swedish Dicks (Pop), developed the eco-triller Last Light (Peacock) and Executive Produced the sci-fi family television series, Home Invasion, which aired on Viaplay in the summer of 2021 and is now available on Amazon Prime. She has a over a decade of experience working as a Producer and Development Executive and prior to her role at Brain Academy, ran her own production company which produced several short films and independent features. On this episode Jess and Jenn dive into Melanie's journey as a producer getting her start in Miami and her transition to Los Angeles where she now produces International content. How she got his start in the industry How she also worked as a script supervisor and that lead to the next chapter of developing and producing content Strike talk: how it's going and how she thinks the industry will change coming out of the strike She breaks down why it's taken so long for unions to rise against the streamers and how streamers originally structured deals How important understanding contracts are in the industry How to advocate for yourself and others on your crew when you see people getting taken advantage of What is coming up for Melanie next! Episode Resources: Melanie's IMDB Melanie's Instagram ──────────────────────────── ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Stay Tuned with Tipsy Casting on IG⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tipsy Casting YouTube Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Jessica ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Jenn ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn More About ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jess ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠& ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jenn's⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Casting