- Melanie is a graduate of the Spence School in New York City and Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, Connecticut. She attended Syracuse University, Columbia University and La Varenne Culinary School in France. Melanie has worked in public relations, sales and marketing for various luxury retail firms in New York City. Her first documentary production is The Tartan Apple (2003). Melanie's grandfather, Truman H. Talley, was a producer for Fox Movietone News. He acted in News Parade (1928), edited The Devil Tiger (1934), and directed Borneo (1937). His documentaries Soldiers of the Sky (1941) and Life of a Thoroughbred (1941) were nominated for the Best Documentary - Short Subject category for the 1942 Academy Awards.
- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous
- SpouseHarlan Douglas Whatley(November 18, 1995 - ?) (divorced)
- Granddaughter of Truman H. Talley.
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