Craig Mellish is a native of North Walpole, New Hampshire. He attended Plymouth State College, as well as the film program at Keene State College, before coming to Florentine Films. “I had always assumed that I would have to go to New York or L.A. to get a job in film,” he says. “Instead, I was lucky enough to find one just 5 miles down the road from my hometown.”

He joined the crew in April of 1996 as an intern on the film Thomas Jefferson. Since then he has worked on Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery and its companion piece, a 30-minute version of the film done for the state of Montana. He also had a hand in the ten-part series Jazz, serving as an associate editor on Episode Nine, “The Adventure,” and as co-editor with Lewis Erskine on Episode Three, “Our Language.”  He served as co-editor, with Erik Ewers, on the biographical film, Mark Twain.

Craig has worn many hats at Florentine Films during his 15-year tenure. In addition to his film editing and producing credits, he has also served as a sound recordist, as music and dialogue editor for several projects, and as a field producer on Horatio’s Drive: America’s First Road Trip. Craig has also been the behind-the-scenes still photographer and videographer on a number of Florentine Films productions.

More recently Craig worked on the 2009 Emmy award-winning six-part series, The National Parks: America’s Best Idea. In addition to serving as editor of Episode Two,“ The Last Refuge,” and Episode Six, “The Morning of Creation,” he was also a co-producer on the series.

Following that in 2010 he edited, The Tenth Inning, a two-part update to the 1994 nine-part series, Baseball. He is now in the process of putting the finishing touches on The Dust Bowl, a two-part film to be aired sometime in 2012. In addition to being the editor of Episode One, “The Great Plow Up,” Craig will also serve as music & dialogue editor for both episodes.