Yael Melamede

Directing

Yael Melamede

Born

1968-02-21 (58)

Place of birth

New York, New York, U.S

Known for

Directing

Credits

16 titles

Melamede was born in New York City, while her mother, Israel Prize-winning architect Ada Karmi-Melamede, was a lecturer in the Department of Architecture at Columbia University. Her maternal uncle, the architect Ram Karmi, and her grandfather, the architect Dov Karmi. Following her sister and brother's enlistment in the army, her parents returned to Israel. Melamede decided to stay in the United States and enrolled in architecture studies at Yale University. In 1997, after working with her mother for a year and a half, she decided to abandon architecture and pursue filmmaking. She returned to New York City and studied film in an intensive six-week course at New York University. She began wo…

Known for

Children No More: Were and Are Gone poster
6.8

In Tel Aviv, activists gather weekly to demonstrate their opposition to the war in Gaza with a silent vigil for the children killed in Israeli attacks.

Children No More: Were and Are Gone

2025

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men poster
5.1

After her boyfriend mysteriously leaves her with little explanation, a doctoral candidate in anthropology at a prestigious East Coast university is left looking for answers as to what went wrong.

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

2009

Outposts: Nothing Here is Yours poster
NR

Outposts have become a major tool for taking control of land in the occupied West Bank and displacing Palestinian communities. These communities face escalating daily violence, threats and when they simply can’t take it anymore – displacement. Over 60 Palestinian communities have been displaced since October 7. Israeli activists come in daily shifts, armed only with their phones, to document, confront settlers, and stand in solidarity as the Palestinian communities struggle to remain on their land.

Outposts: Nothing Here is Yours

2026

Bam Bam and Celeste poster
4.3

Celeste and Bam Bam escape their Midwest hometown for New York, and take on their high-school nemeses - the dictators of the world-famous Salon Mirage - while discovering that true beauty lies within.

Bam Bam and Celeste

2005

Ada: My Mother the Architect poster
NR

A deeply moving portrait of an architect tested by the impossible choices between career, country and motherhood

Ada: My Mother the Architect

2025

The Inner Life of Martin Frost poster
4.5

A writer awakens one day to find a strange but beautiful woman in bed with him. He quickly falls in love with her, thinking he has found his muse, but as time passes she becomes more and more unattainable.

The Inner Life of Martin Frost

2007

Film credits

Behind the camera

Children No More: Were and Are Gone poster
6.8

In Tel Aviv, activists gather weekly to demonstrate their opposition to the war in Gaza with a silent vigil for the children killed in Israeli attacks.

Children No More: Were and Are Gone

2025

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men poster
5.1

After her boyfriend mysteriously leaves her with little explanation, a doctoral candidate in anthropology at a prestigious East Coast university is left looking for answers as to what went wrong.

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

2009

Outposts: Nothing Here is Yours poster
NR

Outposts have become a major tool for taking control of land in the occupied West Bank and displacing Palestinian communities. These communities face escalating daily violence, threats and when they simply can’t take it anymore – displacement. Over 60 Palestinian communities have been displaced since October 7. Israeli activists come in daily shifts, armed only with their phones, to document, confront settlers, and stand in solidarity as the Palestinian communities struggle to remain on their land.

Outposts: Nothing Here is Yours

2026

Bam Bam and Celeste poster
4.3

Celeste and Bam Bam escape their Midwest hometown for New York, and take on their high-school nemeses - the dictators of the world-famous Salon Mirage - while discovering that true beauty lies within.

Bam Bam and Celeste

2005

Ada: My Mother the Architect poster
NR

A deeply moving portrait of an architect tested by the impossible choices between career, country and motherhood

Ada: My Mother the Architect

2025

Ada: My Mother the Architect poster
NR

A deeply moving portrait of an architect tested by the impossible choices between career, country and motherhood

Ada: My Mother the Architect

2025

The Inner Life of Martin Frost poster
4.5

A writer awakens one day to find a strange but beautiful woman in bed with him. He quickly falls in love with her, thinking he has found his muse, but as time passes she becomes more and more unattainable.

The Inner Life of Martin Frost

2007

Evergreen poster
3.7

Seduced by a boy's affluent, seemingly idyllic family, a young girl goes to extremes to gain acceptance.

Evergreen

2004

(Dis)Honesty: The Truth About Lies poster
7.3

Documentary exploring the human tendency to be dishonest. Inspired by the work of social scientist, Dan Ariely, the film interweaves personal stories, expert opinions, behavioral experiments, and archival footage to reveal how and why people lie.

(Dis)Honesty: The Truth About Lies

2015

(Dis)Honesty: The Truth About Lies poster
7.3

Documentary exploring the human tendency to be dishonest. Inspired by the work of social scientist, Dan Ariely, the film interweaves personal stories, expert opinions, behavioral experiments, and archival footage to reveal how and why people lie.

(Dis)Honesty: The Truth About Lies

2015

(Dis)Honesty: The Truth About Lies poster
7.3

Documentary exploring the human tendency to be dishonest. Inspired by the work of social scientist, Dan Ariely, the film interweaves personal stories, expert opinions, behavioral experiments, and archival footage to reveal how and why people lie.

(Dis)Honesty: The Truth About Lies

2015

Hollow poster
NR

The web is no longer secure, but NeuroLock™ can encrypt data using the human brain. Iris struggles to choose between unemployment and a job as a "neuro-messenger," a career with unwanted side effects.

Hollow

2013

Floyd Abrams: Speaking Freely poster
NR

Follow the 50-year career of preeminent First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams. See how his landmark cases—from the Pentagon Papers to Citizens United to Clearview AI—helped define free speech as it is known today. Join Dan Abrams, Ari Melber, Nina Totenberg and more as they explore how Abrams' career has shaped major changes in law, public discourse and civic action since the 1960s.

Floyd Abrams: Speaking Freely

2023

Floyd Abrams: Speaking Freely poster
NR

Follow the 50-year career of preeminent First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams. See how his landmark cases—from the Pentagon Papers to Citizens United to Clearview AI—helped define free speech as it is known today. Join Dan Abrams, Ari Melber, Nina Totenberg and more as they explore how Abrams' career has shaped major changes in law, public discourse and civic action since the 1960s.

Floyd Abrams: Speaking Freely

2023

Floyd Abrams: Speaking Freely poster
NR

Follow the 50-year career of preeminent First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams. See how his landmark cases—from the Pentagon Papers to Citizens United to Clearview AI—helped define free speech as it is known today. Join Dan Abrams, Ari Melber, Nina Totenberg and more as they explore how Abrams' career has shaped major changes in law, public discourse and civic action since the 1960s.

Floyd Abrams: Speaking Freely

2023