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Christopher Monger is a Director, Scriptwriter and Co-Executive Producer British born on 9 november 1950

Christopher Monger

Christopher Monger
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 9 november 1950 (74 years)

Christopher Monger (born 9 November 1950 in Taffs Well, Cardiff, Wales) is a Welsh screenwriter, director and editor, best known for writing and directing The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain and writing the HBO biopic Temple Grandin. He has directed eight feature films and written over thirty screenplays.

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Filmography of Christopher Monger (6 films)

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Director

Chica de Río, 1h42
Directed by Christopher Monger
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Hugh Laurie, Santiago Segura, Lia Williams, Kacey Ainsworth, Hugh Lloyd, John Junkin
Rating56% 2.8047252.8047252.8047252.8047252.804725
Raymond Woods (Hugh Laurie), a junior manager in a bank in the City is becoming increasingly bored of his life as it takes a downhill tumble. First he finds out that he has missed the promotion opportunity at work by his bad tempered and disapproving boss, Strothers (Patrick Barlow), and then he catches his wife (Lia Williams) a couple of days before Christmas having an affair with Strothers.
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain, 1h39
Directed by Christopher Monger
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Hugh Grant, Ian McNeice, Tara Fitzgerald, Colm Meaney, Kenneth Griffith, Ian Hart
Rating65% 3.297493.297493.297493.297493.29749
The film is set in 1917 (with World War I in the background), and revolves around two English cartographers, the pompous Garrad and his junior, Anson. They arrive at the fictional Welsh village of Ffynnon Garw ("Rough Fountain" or "Rough Spring" in Welsh) to measure its "mountain" – only to cause outrage when they conclude that it is only a hill because it is slightly short of the required 1000 feet in height. The villagers, aided and abetted by the wily Morgan the Goat and the Reverend Mr Jones (who after initially opposing the scheme, grasps its symbolism in restoring the community's war-damaged self-esteem), conspire with Morgan to delay the cartographers' departure while they build an earth cairn on top of the hill to make it high enough to be considered a mountain.
Just Like a Woman, 1h45
Directed by Christopher Monger
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Julie Walters, Adrian Pasdar, Paul Freeman, Susan Wooldridge, Gordon Kennedy, Togo Igawa
Rating60% 3.001523.001523.001523.001523.00152
Gerald Tilson, a finance executive, finds himself thrown out by his wife when she discovers women's underwear in their flat; in fact the clothes belong to him. He takes lodgings with Monica, who gradually discovers his alter ego, "Geraldine". A subplot deals with his boss' plan to defraud their Japanese clients, and how the couple thwart it.
Waiting for the Light, 1h34
Directed by Christopher Monger
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Teri Garr, Vincent Schiavelli, Shirley MacLaine, Clancy Brown, Jack McGee, Hillary Wolf
Rating60% 3.0023453.0023453.0023453.0023453.002345
Zena, une ancienne illusionniste, s’installe avec sa nièce Kay, mère célibataire avec deux enfants, dans une petite ville de l’État de Washington pour y gérer un modeste commerce. Suite à des chamailleries avec leur voisin auquel les gamins ont chapardé des légumes, la tante Zena fait à celui-ci un de ses tours de magie pour l’effrayer. Convaincu d’avoir assisté à une manifestation surnaturelle, le voisin met toute la ville en émoi. Les médias s’emparent de l’évènement et attirent une foule de curieux…

Scriptwriter

Liz & Dick
Liz & Dick (2012)
, 1h28
Directed by Lloyd Kramer
Genres Drama, Biography, Romance
Themes Films about television
Actors Lindsay Lohan, Grant Bowler, Theresa Russell, David Hunt, Tanya Franks, Charles Shaughnessy
Roles Writer
Rating40% 2.0030052.0030052.0030052.0030052.003005
Throughout Liz & Dick, Elizabeth and Richard appear in a dark room and reminisce about their life together. On August 5, 1984 in Celigny, Switzerland, an elderly Richard is writing what would be his last letter to Elizabeth and recalls the first time he saw her at a Hollywood party. He then finishes the letter and goes to rest. In July 1961, Richard flies to Rome, Italy to begin filming as Mark Antony in Cleopatra, which stars Elizabeth. He tries to compliment her but it comes off as rude. Later he goes to a restaurant where Elizabeth is dining and attempts to make her like him; again he comes off as rude and she leaves abruptly. His wife Sybil (Tanya Franks) is suspicious of his intentions. Later, during filming of Cleopatra, Elizabeth has a change of heart and invites Richard into her trailer for a drink. However, she accuses him of trying to seduce her.
Temple Grandin, 1h43
Directed by Mick Jackson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Historical
Themes Films about animals, Medical-themed films, Films about cows, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism
Actors Claire Danes, Catherine O'Hara, Julia Ormond, David Strathairn, Melissa Farman, Barry Tubb
Roles Teleplay
Rating81% 4.096154.096154.096154.096154.09615
The film covers Temple Grandin's life through a series of flashbacks. As a child, Grandin (Danes) was uncommunicative and prone to tantrums and is diagnosed with autism. The medical consensus at the time was that autism was a form of schizophrenia resulting from insufficient maternal affection. Despite recommendations to place her in an institution, Grandin's mother (Ormond) hires therapists and works to help her daughter adapt to social interaction.
Chica de Río, 1h42
Directed by Christopher Monger
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Hugh Laurie, Santiago Segura, Lia Williams, Kacey Ainsworth, Hugh Lloyd, John Junkin
Rating56% 2.8047252.8047252.8047252.8047252.804725
Raymond Woods (Hugh Laurie), a junior manager in a bank in the City is becoming increasingly bored of his life as it takes a downhill tumble. First he finds out that he has missed the promotion opportunity at work by his bad tempered and disapproving boss, Strothers (Patrick Barlow), and then he catches his wife (Lia Williams) a couple of days before Christmas having an affair with Strothers.
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain, 1h39
Directed by Christopher Monger
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Hugh Grant, Ian McNeice, Tara Fitzgerald, Colm Meaney, Kenneth Griffith, Ian Hart
Rating65% 3.297493.297493.297493.297493.29749
The film is set in 1917 (with World War I in the background), and revolves around two English cartographers, the pompous Garrad and his junior, Anson. They arrive at the fictional Welsh village of Ffynnon Garw ("Rough Fountain" or "Rough Spring" in Welsh) to measure its "mountain" – only to cause outrage when they conclude that it is only a hill because it is slightly short of the required 1000 feet in height. The villagers, aided and abetted by the wily Morgan the Goat and the Reverend Mr Jones (who after initially opposing the scheme, grasps its symbolism in restoring the community's war-damaged self-esteem), conspire with Morgan to delay the cartographers' departure while they build an earth cairn on top of the hill to make it high enough to be considered a mountain.
Waiting for the Light, 1h34
Directed by Christopher Monger
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Teri Garr, Vincent Schiavelli, Shirley MacLaine, Clancy Brown, Jack McGee, Hillary Wolf
Roles Ecrivain
Rating60% 3.0023453.0023453.0023453.0023453.002345
Zena, une ancienne illusionniste, s’installe avec sa nièce Kay, mère célibataire avec deux enfants, dans une petite ville de l’État de Washington pour y gérer un modeste commerce. Suite à des chamailleries avec leur voisin auquel les gamins ont chapardé des légumes, la tante Zena fait à celui-ci un de ses tours de magie pour l’effrayer. Convaincu d’avoir assisté à une manifestation surnaturelle, le voisin met toute la ville en émoi. Les médias s’emparent de l’évènement et attirent une foule de curieux…

Producer

Liz & Dick
Liz & Dick (2012)
, 1h28
Directed by Lloyd Kramer
Genres Drama, Biography, Romance
Themes Films about television
Actors Lindsay Lohan, Grant Bowler, Theresa Russell, David Hunt, Tanya Franks, Charles Shaughnessy
Roles Co-Executive Producer
Rating40% 2.0030052.0030052.0030052.0030052.003005
Throughout Liz & Dick, Elizabeth and Richard appear in a dark room and reminisce about their life together. On August 5, 1984 in Celigny, Switzerland, an elderly Richard is writing what would be his last letter to Elizabeth and recalls the first time he saw her at a Hollywood party. He then finishes the letter and goes to rest. In July 1961, Richard flies to Rome, Italy to begin filming as Mark Antony in Cleopatra, which stars Elizabeth. He tries to compliment her but it comes off as rude. Later he goes to a restaurant where Elizabeth is dining and attempts to make her like him; again he comes off as rude and she leaves abruptly. His wife Sybil (Tanya Franks) is suspicious of his intentions. Later, during filming of Cleopatra, Elizabeth has a change of heart and invites Richard into her trailer for a drink. However, she accuses him of trying to seduce her.