Melissa Purcell

Melissa Purcell is the Northern Business Agent of I.A.T.S.E. Local 488, Studio Mechanics of the Pacific Northwest.

In the mid 1990’s she served on the Executive Board of Women In Film Seattle. In 2006, she was asked to help bring Labor on board in the forming of a new state tax incentives program. Working in partnership with the stakeholders involved, the program was passed through state legislation and was signed by then Governor Christine Gregoire, which became Washington Filmworks.

She currently sits on the Seattle Film Task Force within the Seattle Office of Film and Music, as well as on Washington Filmworks’ Film Leadership Committee (FLC)

She is a prop master by trade in the commercial advertising, television and feature film industry and occasionally works as a production designer on corporate and commercial content.

Her credits as a Prop Master, include such films as Rushmore, Forces of Nature, The Details, and Smoke Signals to name just a few.

She is a strong proponent of social justice and worker’s rights, and lives in South Seattle with her husband, a director of photography, and their two teenaged children. www.melissapurcell.space