Christopher Monger
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Christopher Monger | |
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| Born | 1950 Taffs Well, Cardiff, Wales |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1978–present |
| Spouse | Karen Montgomery (d. 2015) |
Christopher Monger (born 1950, in
Early life
Monger was born in Taff's Well, Wales, attending boarding school in Taunton, Somerset.
Monger made his first no-budget features there including the controversial Voice Over (1981) which played festivals and was sold throughout the world.
At the same time, he was film and video producer for the avant-garde theatre company Moving Being, regularly touring throughout Western Europe with shows such as Brecht in 1984 and The Influence of the Moon on the Tides.
After the success of Voice Over, he was invited to show his films at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, and shortly thereafter he moved to Los Angeles to work with producer Ed Pressman of Badlands fame.
Short films
His graduation short, a comic rendering of the life of 8th Chinese poet Han Shan, Cold Mountain, was the opening film of the first ever British Festival of Independent Film in 1974.
Later work
As a
He wrote the television film Seeing Red for
His documentary, Special Thanks to Roy London, premiered at the
In 2010 he wrote the script for the HBO biopic, Temple Grandin. Starring Claire Danes as Temple Grandin, with David Strathairn, Julia Ormond and Catherine O'Hara, it was directed by Mick Jackson.[4] Monger was nominated for an Emmy for his screenplay.[5]
Apart from his film work he still paints and is a member of the Pharmaka group of painters in Los Angeles, who opened one of the first galleries in Gallery Row in Downtown Los Angeles.[citation needed]
Filmography
Director
- Repeater (1979)
- Voice Over (1981)
- Waiting for the Light (1990)
- Just Like a Woman(1992)
- The Englishman who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain(1995)
- Girl from Rio (2001)
- That's Life (4 episodes, 2000–2002)
- Special Thanks to Roy London (2005)
- Sense of Wonder (2007)
Producer
- Repeater (1979)
- Voice Over (1983)
Writer
- Repeater (1979)
- Voice Over (1983)
- Waiting for the Light (1990)
- The Englishman who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain (novel)(1995)
- Seeing Red (2000)
- Girl from Rio (2001)
- Temple Grandin (2010)
- Liz & Dick (2012)
- Widow Clicquot (2023)
Editor
- Repeater (1979)
- Voice Over (1983)
- Special Thanks to Roy London (2005)
References
- ^ "Rotten Tomatoes: Movies | TV Shows | Movie Trailers | Reviews - Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ "19th Moscow International Film Festival (1995)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 22 March 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- ^ "Film Review: Making a Mountain Out of a Hill". The New York Times. 12 May 1995. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
- ^ "Hank Stuever on HBO's 'Temple Grandin' with Claire Danes". The Washington Post. 6 February 2010. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
- ^ "This Week In Hollywoodland". Canyon News. 18 July 2010. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
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