Melissa Willis

Screenwriter, Songwriter and Singer

Washington, D. C.

Member Since:
August 2015

Last online:
> 2 weeks ago

Invites sent:
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About Melissa

As natural born creative, I do it all.

I'm a screenwriter, songwriter, and singer mostly, and it's how I spend 95% of my free time. I'm not complaining. :) Gonna be doing a demo soon! I also love Improv, dancing, and personal development. I'd like to get into acting, playwriting, and I'm hoping to get some stand up under my belt at some point. I'm also a small business owner. I love my life!

I'm sort of nerdy about my creative heroes (see my profile pic.)

(Creative) Life Goals:
1) Meet Debbie Gibson and thank her for making me want to be a songwriter when I was 8 years old.
2) Have Diane Warren and Bob Gaudio mentor me.
3) Work on a show with Mark Duplass
4) Meet Frankie Valli
5) Write and star in an independent film (working on it now!)
6) Create a web series
7) Write several hit songs
8) Record an album
9) Be a cartoon voice
10) Create things that really resonate and connect with my audience.

Unique traits: I'm pretty weird, but I'm also pretty me - and there's nothing else I'd rather be.

Gender:
Female

Height:
5' 2"

Weight:
135

Body type:
Average

Hair:
Short

Hair color:
Red

Eyes:
Green

Ethnicity:
Caucasian

Certifications

Photos

Loglines

Kimmy Plays Chess! - Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Contains Season 2 Spoilers) Comedy When the Reverend drops a bombshell on Kimmy, she learns to play literal and figurative chess in an effort to escape his control for good.
We Live With Viv - 1x1: Yesterday's News Comedy After losing her career, home, and all semblance of life as she knows it, a washed up actress, unaware that the Mob is looking for her, moves in with her estranged, uptight daughter who wants nothing to do with her lifestyle in an attempt to put her life back together and repair their relationship.
Temporarily Comedy A single-camera comedy that follows a free-spirited young woman who's lost everything, and her four friends, who are all forced to recreate their lives and themselves one humiliating, semi-permanent situation at a time.
Career Day - A New Girl Spec Comedy Jess aims to facilitate the school’s best career day ever in order to save her job while also trying to impress a school administrator who seems to have it out for her.

Awards

WildSound Top 50 Loglines/Top 100 Scripts
(2017)
Stage 32 Happy Writers Comedy Contest (Original Pilot), Semi-Finalist, March
(2016)
WildSound TV Spec (Existing Show), Winner, May
(2015)

Education

University of Maryland - College Park