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Melanie Morningstar (b 4/16/1956 - ). –

As a producer for 60 Minutes Australia, Morningstar spent four months in Honduras in 1997, tracking down Australia’s Most Wanted Criminal, Robert “Dolly” Dunn. She trekked by herself from large and small towns in Honduras, including the Bay Islands and into Guatemala. She found a contact, set up a sting; the Australian Federal Police arrived and, with the help of the CIA, was able to have him arrested when Dunn arrived in Miami. The Sydney Morning Herald called it “the greatest scoop in Australian journalism is decades”.

Morningstar is a Masters graduate of AFTRS (Australian Film Television and Radio School).

Her films have been Official Selections at the following film festivals: Cannes FF 2019 (Australian Showcase), White Nights FF (Russia) (Winner, Best Student Film), Worldfest-Houston (Winner, Best Short Film), Melbourne Short FF (Winner), Lerapetra FF (Greece), Indifest FF, (San Francisco), International Short FF (London), Key West FF (Florida), Kinsale Shark (Ireland), LA Short Award (USA), Portland FF (USA), Santa Cruz FF (Argentina), Sioux City FF (USA), Accolade Film Festival (USA), San Tropez FF (France), Down Under Berlin FF (Germany), Newport FF (USA), Australian Short Film Today, (International),Brooklyn Women’s FF (USA), Key West FF (Florida), Kinsale Shark (Ireland).

Morningstar, as a public service, write a blog: www.datersguidetothegalaxy.com where she outs bogus profiles on dating sites. She has counseled women who have lost their life savings to a fake “dater”. Women all over the world (no men have come forward to reveal their experiences) have been able to identify scammers by doing a search on her site.

No longer a news journalist, Morningstar has turned her focus to narrative; producing three short films. She is producing a storyworld - a short film, six-part television (streaming) series, a feature film, an AR app and a 3D immersive experience.

Screen shot of 60 Minutes story, please find link to the archived segment below.

Miami New Times: https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/sherlock-holmes-meet-melanie-morningstar-6360370 Journalist – Evening Standard, London https://www.standard.co.uk/author/melanie-morningstar Morningstar at Cannes https://www.transparency.gov.au/annual-reports/australian-film-television-and-radio-school/reporting-year/2018-2019-23 The Sting – 60 Minutes Australia https://www.9now.com.au/60-minutes/rewind/clip-cir2wuyvd00030ir2pmgj7njd/crime Datersguidetothegalaxy.com https://datersguidetothegalaxy.com/