Monty Montgomery(I)
- Producer
- Writer
- Actor
American film director, screenwriter and producer. In the period 1978
to 1980, he made his debut as a "fringe" producer, and collaborated
with the independent director Marcus Reichert, casting rock stars such
as Mick Jagger, for the role of Antonin Artaud in Wings of Ash: Pilot
for a Dramatization of the Life of Antonin Artaud, and Deborah Harry
(Blondie), for a femme fatale role in Union City. In 1981, alongside
Kathryn Bigelow, he co-wrote, co-directed and produced the independent
film The Loveless, a dark story of a 1950's motorcycle gang, with
Willem Dafoe starring in his first major film role.
In 1986, with his partners Steve Golin and Joni Sighvattson, he became
one of the founding forces of Propaganda Films, among the most
successful and well-known independent production companies, responsible
for thousands of music videos for all the major pop icons, commercials
and movies such as Madonna documentary Truth or Dare, Being John
Malkovich and the pilot for Beverly Hills 90210. In 1989, he was a
producer on the pilot movie of the television series Twin Peaks,
directed by David Lynch. Again with Lynch, Montgomery produced Wild at
Heart (winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes, 1990), three television
episodes of Hotel Room (which he created with Lynch, 1993), numerous
commercials, public service announcements and short films. In 1996 he
produced The Portrait of a Lady, adapted from the Henry James novel,
and directed by Jane Campion, with the leading role played by Nicole
Kidman.
With David Lynch and Heidrun Reshoeft Montgomery produced "Lux Vivens,"
The Music of Hildegard Von Bingen, a musical album performed by Jocelyn
Montgomery in 1997. Monty Montgomery appeared for the first time on
screen as the mysterious Cowboy in David Lynch's Mullholland Drive
(2001). He was a founder of the American Cinematheque, has served on
the Hollywood branch advisory committee of the Natural Resource Defense
Council, served as a Grand Jury member in 2003 for the International
Venice festival, the head juror for the inaugural International
Baccaularet Schools Film Festival, N.Y.C., 2003 and a member of the
Grand Jury Istanbul Film Festival, 2005.
Montgomery is a full-time special emissary for Desert Ventures,
Inc.
to 1980, he made his debut as a "fringe" producer, and collaborated
with the independent director Marcus Reichert, casting rock stars such
as Mick Jagger, for the role of Antonin Artaud in Wings of Ash: Pilot
for a Dramatization of the Life of Antonin Artaud, and Deborah Harry
(Blondie), for a femme fatale role in Union City. In 1981, alongside
Kathryn Bigelow, he co-wrote, co-directed and produced the independent
film The Loveless, a dark story of a 1950's motorcycle gang, with
Willem Dafoe starring in his first major film role.
In 1986, with his partners Steve Golin and Joni Sighvattson, he became
one of the founding forces of Propaganda Films, among the most
successful and well-known independent production companies, responsible
for thousands of music videos for all the major pop icons, commercials
and movies such as Madonna documentary Truth or Dare, Being John
Malkovich and the pilot for Beverly Hills 90210. In 1989, he was a
producer on the pilot movie of the television series Twin Peaks,
directed by David Lynch. Again with Lynch, Montgomery produced Wild at
Heart (winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes, 1990), three television
episodes of Hotel Room (which he created with Lynch, 1993), numerous
commercials, public service announcements and short films. In 1996 he
produced The Portrait of a Lady, adapted from the Henry James novel,
and directed by Jane Campion, with the leading role played by Nicole
Kidman.
With David Lynch and Heidrun Reshoeft Montgomery produced "Lux Vivens,"
The Music of Hildegard Von Bingen, a musical album performed by Jocelyn
Montgomery in 1997. Monty Montgomery appeared for the first time on
screen as the mysterious Cowboy in David Lynch's Mullholland Drive
(2001). He was a founder of the American Cinematheque, has served on
the Hollywood branch advisory committee of the Natural Resource Defense
Council, served as a Grand Jury member in 2003 for the International
Venice festival, the head juror for the inaugural International
Baccaularet Schools Film Festival, N.Y.C., 2003 and a member of the
Grand Jury Istanbul Film Festival, 2005.
Montgomery is a full-time special emissary for Desert Ventures,
Inc.