Karen Moncrieff

Karen Moncrieff
Born (1963-12-20) December 20, 1963 (age 60)
Sacramento, California
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter, actress

Karen Moncrieff (born December 20, 1963, in Sacramento, California) is an American actress, director and screenwriter.[1] She is best known as the writer and director of critically acclaimed films Blue Car[2][3][4] and The Dead Girl [5][6][3].

Movies she has directed have won several awards. The Dead Girl won the Deauville American Film Festival's grand prize in 2007.[7] The Keeping Hours won the Audience Award for Fiction Feature Film at the L.A. Film Fest in 2017.[8]

Her directing credits are in both television and features, and she has acted in the soap operas Days of Our Lives and Santa Barbara. In 1985, she was crowned Miss Illinois and competed in the Miss America 1986 pageant. She graduated from Rochester Adams High School in 1982.

  1. ^ "Karen Moncrieff". TVGuide.com. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  2. ^ Holden, Stephen (May 2, 2003). "Blue Car (2002) FILM REVIEW; Teacher and Prodigy, Along With Need and Lust". The New York Times.
  3. ^ a b Thompson,AP, Anne; Thompson, Anne; AP (January 12, 2007). "risky business". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  4. ^ "She's the driver at last". Los Angeles Times. May 1, 2003. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  5. ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (June 3, 2019). "Karen Moncrieff To Helm 'Lucky' Based On Alice Sebold Memoir; 'Still Alice's James Brown Producing". Deadline. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  6. ^ "'Dead Girl' filmmaker's calling is to break hearts". Los Angeles Times. December 26, 2006. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  7. ^ Leffler,AP, Rebecca; Leffler, Rebecca; AP (September 10, 2007). "'Dead' rises at Deauville Film Fest". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  8. ^ Evans, Greg (June 22, 2017). "L.A. Film Fest Award Winners: 'Becks', 'The Keeping Hours' Among Honorees – Complete List". Deadline. Retrieved January 21, 2023.