Darn Good Docs

Deliver your message more effectively using the authenticity of documentary video.

• With our collective 50 years of experience (scary, we know), we lead a team of experienced directors, producers, writers, videographers and editors to deliver documentary video that will knock your — and your audience’s — socks off. Check out Darn Good Documentaries’ (DGD) sample work.

• Jan Selby
  Marketing Strategist/Producer

  An experienced marketing communications strategist and project manager, Jan leads business development, marketing and project management at DGD.

  As a marketing communications consultant and project manager for 25 years, Jan worked in the consumer, business-to-business, high tech and medical device industries. During this time, she developed and managed communications strategies for projects ranging from national product launches to multi-media patient education programs. Requisite name dropping…Boston Scientific, Apple Computer.
  More info.

• Melody Gilbert Director/Producer

  An award-winning documentary filmmaker, Melody leads creative direction and production at DGD.

  Melody has worked in the film and television business as a director, producer and news journalist for 25 years. Her films (Urban Explorers, A Life Without Pain, Whole, Married at the Mall) have been broadcast internationally. Her awards include several regional Emmys and numerous official selections at prestigious film festivals. Melody taught at the University of Minnesota School of Journalism, was a visiting professor at Carleton College, and continues as a consultant at Carleton. Requisite name dropping…Sundance Channel, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Today Show, Discovery Channel.
  More info.