filmmaker // animator
The Arc of Oblivion illuminates the strange world of archives, record-keeping, and memory through a filmmaker's quixotic quest to build an ark in Maine.
Sandbox Films presents a Wicked Delicate production
The Arc of Oblivion
A film by Ian Cheney
Executive Producers Greg Boustead, Jessica Harrop, Robyn Metcalfe, & Werner Herzog
Produced by Meredith DeSalazar, Manette Pottle, Rebecca Taylor
Director of Photography Ezra Wolfinger
Animations by Melissa McClung
Original Score by Colin Cheney
The Arc of Oblivion illuminates the strange world of archives, record-keeping, and memory through a filmmaker's quixotic quest to build an ark in Maine.
Sandbox Films presents a Wicked Delicate production
The Arc of Oblivion
A film by Ian Cheney
Executive Producers Greg Boustead, Jessica Harrop, Robyn Metcalfe, & Werner Herzog
Produced by Meredith DeSalazar, Manette Pottle, Rebecca Taylor
Director of Photography Ezra Wolfinger
Animations by Melissa McClung
Original Score by Colin Cheney
A girl and a magical marble save the world from total destruction.
All the Marbles
Written, Directed, & Edited by Melissa McClung
Starring Lucia Dingo-Early & Louis Farrick
Produced by Nina Alexander & Melissa McClung
Production Design by Nina Alexander
Sound Design & Original Music by Andrew Oedel
Director of Photography Ari Hayes
In Louie’s shop, antique objects get a second life— and come to life.
Louie’s Antiques
Filmed & Edited by Melissa McClung
Featuring Louis Farrick
Post-production Sound & Sound Mix by Andrew Oedel
On March 21, 2021, Elon Musk tweeted, "I am accumulating resources to help make life multiplanetary & extend the light of consciousness to the stars." In July 2021, Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson each took separate trips to the edge of space in privately-built rockets. Instead of directing their vast resources towards sustaining life on Earth, billionaires are looking for an escape hatch. But will life among the stars really be as magical as it sounds?
In Elevator of Earthly Destruction, I repurpose archival footage from the American treasure trove, the Prelinger Archives, to explore Earth's crises past, present and (retro)future.
Elevator of Earthly Destruction
Film by Melissa McClung
with archival footage supplied by Internet Archive at archive.org
in association with Prelinger Archives
Sound Mix by Andrew Oedel
Music Videos
All music videos directed & edited by Melissa McClung
MELISSA McCLUNG is a filmmaker and animator based in Western Massachusetts. Melissa was nominated for 2024 Cinema Eye Honors in Visual Design for her work on the science documentary, The Arc of Oblivion, directed by Ian Cheney and produced by Wicked Delicate & Sandbox Films with Executive Producer Werner Herzog. The film premiered at SXSW 2023 and CPH:DOX 2023, is a New York Times Critic's Pick, and it's currently having a national theatrical run. As a writer/director, Melissa has screened short films all over the world, including at Ann Arbor Film Festival, Maryland Film Festival, and Melbourne Documentary Film Festival. In addition to her creative work, Melissa co-owns Ghost Hit Recording Studio with her husband, audio engineer Andrew Oedel. Melissa earned her MFA in Film from Vermont College of Fine Arts and her BA from Vassar College. Melissa is the recipient of Vassar’s 2024 W.K. Rose Fellowship.
Melissa’s animations are
“casually magical” - Screen Daily
“delightful” -Reel News Daily
Contact: melissa.e.mcclung@gmail.com
