Michele Noble

Michele Noble is a director, writer, and producer for film, theatre, and television. In 2021, Michele Noble became an Emmy® Award nominee when her documentary, Reclamation: The Rise at Standing Rock (2020) which she produced and directed was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Non Fiction Special. Ms. Noble began her career while attending film school at University of Southern California where she sold her first narrative feature screenplay. During that time, she served as associate producer and director on Emmy award winning documentaries for network television on topics such as poverty, alcoholism, and ageing. Later, while in school, she directed her first feature film, Runaway Dreams (1990), written by John Hopkins (Smiley's People), which won honors at the Deauville Film Festival in France and was distributed by Sony Pictures.

In 2013, Ms. Noble directed and produced the feature documentary, Journey 4 Artists (2013), showcasing actor/activist/singer, Theodore Bikel. The film won the Grand Prize at the Oscar qualifying Rhode Island International Film Festival in 2014, won Best Director at the Roving Eye International Film Festival in 2015, and was honored at the Festival of Tolerance where it had its world premiere in 2013. The Festival of Tolerance was created and curated by film producer, Branko Lustig (Schindler's List, Gladiator). Mr. Lustig championed Ms. Noble as a filmmaker, praising her on her craft, unique storytelling , and dedication. Journey 4 Artists depicts how the power of music can serve as a bridge to heal histories of war and genocide between cultures.

Ms. Noble is the director/producer of the short documentary, Reclamation: The Rise at Standing Rock (2020). During the filming, Ms. Noble joined as an ally in solidarity with the Native Nations on the front lines of the Native people's non-violent direct action resistance against the Dakota Access Pipeline. Ms. Noble's cinematic narrative and documentary work often center around Social Justice grounded in her years of participation in civil disobedience at actions such as Ferguson, Occupy Wall Street, March for Our Lives and United We Dream. Reclamation: The Rise at Standing Rock has already garnered five grand jury prizes, including Best Documentary Short at the Manchester International Film Festival and the Grand Prize at the Rhode Island International Film Festival both Academy and BAFTA qualifying Festivals. It will continue its Festival run through 2021.

Ms. Noble has written and/or developed projects for Sony, Universal, 20th Century-Fox, Paramount, Warner Bros. as well as independent producers. She and her partner, entertainment attorney, Paul Alberghetti formed Noble Alberghetti Films to produce both narrative and documentary work. Notable amongst their productions is the fifty minute experimental film, the Revolution. Ms. Noble wrote, directed, and produced the Revolution which features Kathryn Erbe (Law and Order: Criminal Intent), Adam Rothenberg (Ripper Street), James Roday (Psyche), Gale Harold (Queer as Folk), Merritt Wever (Nurse Jackie), and Jennifer Carpenter (Dexter) as political and social reformers.

Ms. Noble is also the playwright of the stage plays: The 2nd Coming, Garage Party, and Elephant Keeper and has directed stage plays including, The Value of Names by Jeffrey Sweet which have been produced in Los Angeles, Connecticut, and Glasgow. She is a current member of Rising Phoenix Repertory, an award winning NY theatre company.

Ms. Noble is a member of the Writers Guild of America and the Directors Guild of America.