Filmmaker Joshua Dylan Mellars is an Emmy nominated television producer. His films Shakespeare in the Shadows and Play Like a Lion are currently airing on PBS stations across the country. 

Mellars has produced a diverse body of television work for PBS affiliate Northern California Public Media, which broadcasts to the San Francisco Bay Area, including: Building a Better Society, Mi Tierra, Out of the Fire, The Earth Laughs in Flowers and Walk on the Wild Side. 

The filmmaker currently serves on the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, San Francisco/Northern California chapter’s Board of Governors.