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Melton may refer to:

Places

• Melton, Victoria, a satellite town outside Melbourne, Australia
  • Electoral district of Melton, the Victorian Legislative Assembly electorate based on Melton
  • Melton, Victoria (suburb), a suburb of Melton
  • Shire of Melton, a Victorian Local Government Authority based on Melton
• Melton (borough), a local government district in Leicestershire, England
• Melton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
• Melton, Suffolk, England

People

• Barry Melton (born 1947), a musician and co-founder of Country Joe and The Fish
• Douglas A. Melton (born 1953), a developmental biologist
• Frank Melton (died 2009), former mayor of Jackson, Mississippi
• J. Gordon Melton (born 1942), an American religious scholar
• John Melton (died 1640), English politician and author
• Parvati Melton (born 1989), Indian model and actress
• Sid Melton {born 1920), American actor
• Terrence Melton (born 1977), American football player
• William Melton (died 1340), Archbishop of York

Other

• Melton (horse), a British Thoroughbred racehorse
• a type of mackinaw cloth, named after Melton Mowbray
• a brand of brass instruments by Meinl-Weston

See also[link]

• Melton South, Victoria, Melton West, Victoria; suburbs of Melton, Victoria, Australia
• Melton Mowbray, the main town of Melton borough, England

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Patrick Melton
Born	(1975-06-18) June 18, 1975 (age 37) Champaign, Illinois
Occupation	Screenwriter Producer Novelist
Years active	2004–present

Patrick Melton (born June 18, 1975) is an American screenwriter, producer and novelist.

Background[link]

Melton was born in Champaign, Illinois, but grew up most of his life in Evanston, Illinois. He attended Evanston Township High School, and graduated from the University of Iowa with a Bachelor's Degree in Communication Studies. He also attended Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, where he received a MFA in screenwriting. He is the writing partner of college friend Marcus Dunstan.

Film career[link]

In 2004, Melton won Project Greenlight Season 3 along with Marcus Dunstan and John Gulager. The TV show premiered on Bravo and resulted in the horror/comedy film Feast. Based on its success, two sequels followed, Feast 2 and Feast 3. However, it was Melton's involvement with Saw, the most successful horror franchise of all-time, that brought him worldwide recognition and international box office success.^[1] He wrote Saw IV, Saw V, Saw VI and Saw 3D for a worldwide take of nearly $500,000,000.^[2] Additionally, Melton wrote the home invasion thriller The Collector, which was directed by his longtime writing partner, Marcus Dunstan.^[3]

Melton & Dunstan adapted the acclaimed graphic novel Smoke and Guns by Kirsten Baldock and Fabio Moon.^[4]

In the fall of 2006, Dimension Films preemptively acquired a dark and edgy horror/thriller spec script from Melton & Dunstan titled The Neighbor for a six-figures.^[5]

Additionally, the writing team of Melton & Dunstan have performed writing duties on Lionsgate's My Bloody Valentine 3D, Piranha 3D by Alexandre Aja, a remake of Clive Barker's Hellraiser, a remake of William Castle's classic horror film The Tingler at Columbia Pictures for producer Neal Moritz, a remake of Scanners by David Cronenberg, a film adaptation of the classic sci-fi TV anthology The Outer Limits for MGM, and the upcoming action/adventure tentpole Pacific Rim by Guillermo Del Toro for Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros.^{[6][7][8][9][10]}

On February 8, 2010, Melton told the film website Latino Review that Saw 3D is most likely the last entry in the Saw franchise.^[11][12]

The sequel to Melton & Dunstan's horror film The Collector, named The Collection, again directed by Dunstan, went before cameras in Atlanta, GA during the spring of 2011. It is slated to be released theatrically in 2012.^[13]

In November of 2011, it was announced that Melton's debut horror/thriller novel, Black Light, would be adapted into a film with The Social Network's producer Michael De Luca.^[14]

In December of 2011, Melton sold a sci-fi pitch titled Rise to Warner Bros. along with his writing partner Marcus Dunstan. David Karlak is attached to direct and Roy Lee, producer of The Ring, is attached to produce.^[15]

Melton & Dunstan performed writing work on the religious-themed horror/thriller film titled The Occult to be directed by Christian E. Christiansen and starring Rufus Sewell and Anne Heche, which is filming in 2012 with a theatrical release slated for 2013.^[16]

Screenplays[link]

Marcus Dunstan & Patrick Melton

• 2006 Feast
• 2007 Saw IV
• 2008 Feast 2
• 2008 Saw V
• 2009 Feast 3
• 2009 The Collector
• 2009 Saw VI
• 2010 Saw 3D
• 2012 Piranha 3DD
• 2012 The Collection
• 2013 The Occult
• 2013 Black Light
• 2014 The Outer Limits
• 2014 Rise

Television[link]

With success in film, Melton & Dunstan set their sights on television and sold several ideas to major television networks like FOX, CBS, and ABC. In October of 2006, the duo sold their first television idea to FOX titled The Vineyard. It was a raunchy half-hour horror/comedy with Family Guy show runner Chris Sheridan attached as Executive Producer.^[17]

In 2008, Melton & Dunstan sold an hourlong drama to CBS titled The Good Neighbor.

Melton & Dunstan collaborated with Clive Barker in 2009 and sold an hourlong drama titled Clive Barker's Hotel to ABC. McG was attached to produce.^[18]

Novels[link]

On October 5, 2011, Melton's debut novel, Black Light, co-written with Marcus Dunstan and Stephen Romano, was released by Mulholland Books, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company.^[19] It is currently being adapted into a film for producer Michael De Luca.^[20]

• 2011 Black Light

References[link]

External links[link]

• Patrick Melton at the Internet Movie Database
• Patrick Melton on Twitter
• Official blog

Parvati Melton
Parvati Melton
Born	Parvati Melton (1989-01-07) 7 January 1989 (age 23) California
Residence	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Nationality	American
Other names	Paro
Ethnicity	Indian, German
Occupation	Model, Actress
Years active	2004 – present

Parvati Melton (born 7 January 1989^[1]) is an Indian American actress and former model who mainly works in Telugu Film Industry. She appeared in several Telugu and Malayalam movies. She acted with Raja in the film Vennela, which turned out to be a success. She acted in the super hit Malayalam film Hallo with South Indian star Mohanlal.^[2] She again shot to fame with item song in Telugu movie Dookudu opposite Mahesh Babu.^[3]

Biography[link]

Parvati was born in California to a German father Sham Melton and an Indian Punjabi mother Darika Preet.^[4] Parvati stated that she was named by her father, who though being German practices Hinduism. She has one younger sister Ariana Sitara Melton.^[5] She is a trained Bharatanatyam dancer. She graduated from Emeryville High School and attended Vista Community College in Berkeley, California. She took part in several beauty pageant's and won the Miss. Teen India Bay Area pageant in 2004 and the Miss India Le Visage USA pageant in 2005. She speaks fluent English, Hindi, Urdu and rudimentary Punjabi, Gujarati and Telugu. While still studying in Vista College, she was offered the lead role in the Telugu film Vennela. Although she intended to go back to school but the film's success kept her away.^[6]

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Parvati Melton at the Internet Movie Database