Producer, Writer, Director and Social Activist
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.1px Arial; color: #333233"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">Melinda Esquibel, a native New Mexican and award nominated producer, is currently on location in her native state producing and directing a documentary on the famous disappearance case of Tara Calico. </font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.1px Arial; color: #333233"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><br></font></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.1px Arial; color: #333233"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">Some of Esquibel's other projects include producing National Wildlife Federation's Campus Chillout! (campus solutions for the climate crisis), Green Means Go (celebrity solutions for greener living), and Shepard Fairy's Vote for Change Video Postcard Campaign; but is more well known for her work with Jeff Skoll's production company, Participant Media, which included being a Campaign Manager and Contributor on the Social Action Campaigns for Oscar nominated documentary, Muderball, Oscar winner and Nobel Peace Prize winner, An Inconvenient Truth, with Al Gore - the Train the Trainer Program and AIT school curriculum, Good Night and Good Luck, Fast Food Nation, Syriana and North Country.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.1px Arial; color: #333233"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><br></font></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.1px Arial; color: #333233"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">Prior to Participant, Esquibel was the Live-Action Production Supervisor for Fox Family Worldwide and was a founding board member on the Diversity Advisory Board at Fox Entertainment Group. This committee was created to increase minority vendor spending and diverse presence throughout the studio in compliance with the Multi-Cultural Coalition. Esquibel has also served on the Board of Directors of the Imagen Foundation and is a Member of the International Documentary Association, Women In Film, FIND and The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.</font></p>