Melina Matsoukas
American music video, film, commercial and television director · United States · On the map · Directors · Born 1981 · age 45
Melina Matsoukas is an American music video, film, commercial and television director. She is a two-time Grammy Award winner and four-time MTV Video Music Awards winner for her "We Found Love" and "Formation" music videos.
Melina Matsoukas is read about 109 times a day, in 17 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 18 September 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
Hollywood BlackSeries2023
Searching for Soul FoodSeries, Producer
The ChangelingSeries, 2023Director, Producer2021
Directors on DirectorsSeries
Y: The Last ManSeries, 2021Producer
Eyes on the Prize: Hallowed GroundFilm, 2021Producer
Insecure: The EndFilm, 2021Producer2020
You Love MeFilm, Director2019
Queen & SlimFilm, Director, Producer2016
InsecureSeries, Director, Producer
LemonadeFilm, 2016Director2015
Master of NoneSeries, Director2014
BEYONCÉFilm, Director2013
Beyoncé: Self-TitledFilm2009
Beyoncé: I Am... Sasha Fierce (Platinum Edition)Film, Director2007
B'Day Anthology Video AlbumFilm, Director1981Born14 January 1981People around Melina
Close ties
Beyoncé Melina directed Lemonade and Formation
Jake Nava Also in B'Day Anthology Video Album (2007)
Rihanna Melina directed We Found Love (2011)
Chloë Sevigny Melina directed Queen & Slim (2020)
Daniel Kaluuya Melina directed Queen & Slim (2020)
Jonas Åkerlund Also in BEYONCÉ and Lemonade
Bokeem Woodbine Melina produced Queen & Slim (2020)
Jodie Turner-Smith Melina directed Queen & Slim (2020)
Sophie Muller Also in B'Day Anthology Video Album (2007)
Filmography 10
23 credits on file
Television 7
About this person
She was honored with the Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal by the American Film Institute in 2019. Her directorial debut in film was Queen & Slim, starring Jodie Turner-Smith and Daniel Kaluuya, and written by Lena Waithe. She then worked as executive producer and director for television series Insecure, being nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series in 2020.
