Karen Moncrieff | Part 2

How I Got Greenlit

This week Alex & Ryan continue their talk with director, writer, & actor Karen Moncrieff in part two of a three part series.

Karen received the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ prestigious Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting in 1998 for her coming of age drama Blue Car, which later became Moncrieff’s feature film debut, premiering at Sundance in 2002 where it was acquired by Miramax Films. Screening around the world at Toronto, Deauville, Montreal, and London, Blue Car opened to widespread critical acclaim (and very little box office) and garnered two Independent Spirit Award nominations, including Best Screenplay. Moncrieff’s second feature The Dead Girl starring Rose Byrne, Toni Collette, Kerry Washington, James Franco, and Josh Brolin premiered at the AFI film festival in 2006 and was nominated for three Spirit Awards including Best Feature and Best Director. The Dead Girl was selected for competition at Deauville, where it won the Grand Prix. Other films include 2017 LAFF Audience Award winner The Keeping Hours starring Lee Pace, Carrie Coon, currently streaming on Netflix. Television credits include Escaping the Madhouse, starring Christina Ricci and Judith Light, which won a Women’s Image Award for best Made for Television Movie. Past television directing credits include Six Feet Under, 13 Reasons Why, and Home Before Dark.

Moncrieff lives in Silverlake, California with her husband, her daughter, two dogs, and five size week old foster kittens. When procrastinating, she likes watching baseball, playing backgammon, and thrifting.

The film we will discuss is The Piano (1993), directed by Jane Campion.

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Alex Keledjian

Alex Keledjian is the creator of Project Greenlight, a documentary television series where executive producers Matt Damon and Ben Affleck gave first-time filmmakers a chance to direct their first feature film. In 2018, Alex wrote and directed the film High Voltage starring David Arquette and Luke Wilson.

Ryan Gibson

Ryan Gibson is an Emmy-award winning producer of such films as the critically acclaimed Woe and the upcoming film Slotherhouse. He has worked for over twenty years in all aspects of film development and production.

HBO Max will stream the latest season of the Emmy-nominated TV series Project Greenlight from executive producer Issa Rae and Miramax Television in January 2023.

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Alex Keledjian, Host

Ryan Gibson, Host

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Pete Musto, Editor

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Jeremiah Tittle, Producer

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