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Melissa Exelberth

Audio Description Performer

Podcast guest

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Biography

After some years working in TV and motion picture production, post and distribution – in multiple countries – I discovered I was better at telling stories than I was at producing them. So began the transition from behind the scenes to the VO booth. Learned Spanish, forgot French. Returned home to NYC where, for a while – while ramping up my VO work – I edited TV commercials, reported on traffic from 500 feet in the air, anchored news and told stories for radio and podcasts – before podcasts became a thing – trading in a small video edit suite for a smaller radio booth, an even smaller cabin of a 2-seater plane, with the doors held on with duct tape, because…who needs doors?  And now I stand in a small padded booth and tell stories to people who aren’t there.  In English and Spanish. Some of those stories can be found on Smithsonian Channel and some of their production partners; on multiple streaming services such as HBO Max, Netflix, Disney+ and others; as well as for organizations such as NATO, NOAA and NASA, the Nobel Museum, Daimler AG, One World Trade Center, IBM, AstraZeneca, just to name a few of the thousands of projects I’ve worked on over the years. I narrate TV documentaries, corporate brand anthems/image films and audio description for TV and film; tell stories for museums, corporations, scientific and medical institutions and others and voice commercials and other projects. The witch stole my broom in Oz, The Great and Powerful. I have a massive collection of cowboy boots. And I’m an unapologetic native New Yorker. Smart. Powerful. Quietly confident.® Connecting your audience to your content. Anthem reads to evil queens, medical to Nahuatl, science to natural history, entertainment to education, and from crime…to the divine ®

★ Featured

  • Babygirl – A24 – Theatrical and HBO MaxFeature Film · Performer
  • All That Breathes – HBO Max – 2023 Oscar Nominated Documentary FeatureDocumentary · Performer
  • Selena: The Series – Part 1  –  9 eps.  – NetflixTV Series · Performer
  • Selena: The Series – Part 2  –  9 eps. – NetflixTV Series · Performer

Credits (77)

  • 365 Days – Netflix· Performer
    Feature Film
  • 365 Days: This Day – Netflix· Performer
    Feature Film
  • After Ever Happy – Netflix· Performer
    Feature Film
  • After Everything  – Netflix· Performer
    Feature Film
  • After We Fell – Netflix· Performer
    Feature Film
  • All That Breathes – HBO Max – 2023 Oscar Nominated Documentary Feature· Performer
    Documentary
  • Babygirl – A24 – Theatrical and HBO Max· Performer
    Feature Film
  • Backtrace – Lionsgate / Netflix· Performer
    Feature Film
  • Behind the Scenes with Jane Campion – Netflix· Performer
    Feature Film
  • Brazen – Netflix· Performer
    Feature Film
  • Bringing Christmas Home – Netflix· Performer
    Feature Film
  • Burden of Proof – 4 eps. MAX· Performer
    TV Series
  • Cabrini – Theatrical· Performer
    Feature Film
  • Conan the Barbarian – Lionsgate / Netflix· Performer
    Feature Film
  • Desenfrenadas – Unstoppable – 10 eps. – Netflix· Performer
    TV Series
  • Diablo – Theatrical· Performer
    Feature Film
  • Dragged Across Concrete – Lionsgate· Performer
    Feature Film
  • Drain the Oceans – Season 3 – 10 eps. – Disney+· Performer
    TV Series
  • Drain the Oceans: Arctic War  – Disney+· Performer
    TV Series
  • Drain the Oceans: Mississippi River  – Disney+· Performer
    TV Series
  • Farm Rebellion – 6 eps – Disney+Star· Performer
    TV Series
  • Folklore – Season 1 – 6 eps ( Female subtitles) – HBO Max· Performer
    TV Series
  • Folklore – Season 2 – 7 eps (Female subtitles) – HBO Max· Performer
    TV Series
  • From Prada to Nada – (subtitles) Netflix· Performer
    Feature Film
  • Generation Kill- 7 eps. HBO Max· Performer
    TV Series
  • Gentified – Season 2 – (Subtitles) – Netflix· Performer
    TV Series
  • God’s Country – NBCU· Performer
    Feature Film
  • Got To Get Out – Season 1 – 8 eps. – Hulu· Performer
    TV Series
  • Harlan Coben’s I Will Find You – 8 eps – Netflix· Performer
    TV Series
  • How I Left the Opus Dei – 4 eps. (Female Subtitles) – HBO Max· Performer
    TV Series
  • Human Capital – NBCU· Performer
    Feature Film
  • Khun Pan 3 (subtitles) – HBO Max· Performer
    Feature Film
  • La Virgen Roja· Performer
    Feature Film
  • Le Pupille – Disney+ – 2023  Oscar Nominated Short Film· Performer
    Short
  • Legacy of Lies – Lionsgate / Netflix· Performer
    Feature Film
  • Lonely Planet – Netflix· Performer
    Feature Film
  • Lost on a Mountain in Maine· Performer
    Feature Film
  • Louder: The Soundtrack of Change – HBO Max Documentary· Performer
    Documentary
  • Love Overboard – Season 1 – 9 eps – Hulu· Performer
    TV Series
  • Margin Call – Lionsgate· Performer
    Feature Film
  • Mumford· Performer
    Feature Film
  • My Brilliant Friend – Season 3 –  8 eps. (Female subtitles) – HBO Max· Performer
    TV Series
  • My Brilliant Friend – Season 4 – 10 eps. (Female subtitles) – HBO Max· Performer
    TV Series
  • On The Verge – 12 eps.   – AD & Subtitles – Netflix· Performer
    TV Series
  • Petra: Secrets of the Ancient Builders – Disney+ Documentary· Performer
    Documentary
  • Phil Wang – Philly Philly Wang Wang – Comedy Special – Netflix· Performer
    Other
  • Prime Minister – HBO Max – Winner Best Documentary – 2026 News & Documentary Emmy Awards· Performer
    Documentary
  • Ralph Barbosa: Planet Bosa – Comedy Special – Hulu· Performer
    Other
  • Raven’s Home Season 5 – 8 eps. – Disney+· Performer
    TV Series
  • Risqué· Performer
    Feature Film
  • Robot Chicken Self Discovery Special – HBO Max· Performer
    Other
  • Seized – Lionsgate / Netflix· Performer
    Feature Film
  • Selena: The Series – Part 1  –  9 eps.  – Netflix· Performer
    TV Series
  • Selena: The Series – Part 2  –  9 eps. – Netflix· Performer
    TV Series
  • Simple as Water – HBO Max· Performer
    Feature Film
  • Spenser Confidential – Netflix· Performer
    Feature Film
  • Stories of a Generation with Pope Francis (4 part Documentary Series) – Netflix· Performer
    Documentary
  • Super Sara – 3 eps. (Female Subtitles) – HBO Max· Performer
    TV Series
  • The Alto Knights – Theatrical and HBO Max· Performer
    Feature Film
  • The Lions of Sicily – 6 eps. Disney+ Star· Performer
    TV Series
  • The Next 365 Days – Netflix· Performer
    Feature Film
  • The Power of the Dog  – Netflix – 2022 Oscar Nominated Film (Best Picture)· Performer
    Feature Film
  • The Truth Vs. Alex Jones – HBO Max – Documentary· Performer
    Documentary
  • Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy – Earthrise  –  6 eps. – Netflix· Performer
    TV Series
  • Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy – Kingdom  –  6 eps. – Netflix· Performer
    TV Series
  • Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy – Siege  – 6 eps. – Netflix· Performer
    TV Series
  • Trinity of Shadows – Season 1 – 15 eps. – (Female subtitles) – HBO Max· Performer
    TV Series
  • Tucker: The Man and his Dream – Netflix· Performer
    Feature Film
  • Vice – Lionsgate / Netflix· Performer
    Feature Film
  • War (Subtitles) – Netflix· Performer
    Feature Film
  • We Own This City – Season 1 – 6 eps.  – HBO Max· Performer
    TV Series
  • When Sharks Attack:360 – 6 eps. – Disney+· Performer
    TV Series
  • Wicked Tuna – Season 9 – 15 eps.  – Disney+· Performer
    TV Series
  • Wild Central America: Costa Rica – Disney+· Performer
    TV Series
  • Wild Central America: Wild Guatemala – Disney+· Performer
    TV Series
  • Wild Life with Dr. Ole – 8 eps.  – Disney+· Performer
    TV Series
  • Women’s Hell – 6 eps – HBO Max· Performer
    TV Series