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Yael Melamede is the co-founder of SALTY Features - an independent production company based in NYC whose goal is to create media that is provocative, vital, and enhances the world. Melamede’s newest film and directorial debut, "(DIS)HONESTY - The Truth About Lies,” is based on the work of behavioral scientist Dan Ariely. The film premiered at the Full Frame and Hot Docs film festivals before being released in May 2015 to great critical acclaim.

Melamede’s recent productions include the 2013 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Inocente, directed by Sean and Andrea Fine, and Desert Runners, directed by Jennifer Steinman and the winner of multiple audience awards in the US and around the world in 2013-14. Other producing credits include: When I Walk, written and directed by Jason Da Silva and Alice Cook; Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, written and directed by John Krasinski - based on the book by David Foster Wallace; The Inner Life of Martin Frost, written and directed by Paul Auster; and My Architect, directed by Nathaniel Kahn and nominated for an Academy Award in 2004. Melamede trained and worked as an architect before becoming a filmmaker.