Justin Monjo

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Justin Monjo (born 1963, New York) is an American screenwriter, television producer, and actor, best known for his work on Farscape and penning the Farscape movie in 2014.

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Early life

Monjo is the son of children's author F. N. Monjo III and the great-great-grandson of arctic furrier F. N. Monjo. [1]

Monjo graduated from NIDA in 1985, alongside actresses Catherine McClements and Sonia Todd, and director Baz Luhrmann.

Career

Monjo wrote Adrian Pasdar's film debut screenplay Cement and worked on Young Lions . He created the 2005 TV series The Alice with Robyn Sinclair.

His adaptation with his former NIDA teacher Nick Enright of Cloudstreet by Tim Winton enjoyed huge critical and box-office success at the Festivals of Sydney and Perth, on tour of Australia, at the Festival of Dublin, and in London.

Filmography

As actor

Film

YearTitleRoleType
1984 One Night Stand American SailorFeature film
1988Badlands 2005BraggsTV film
1988 The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy HendrickTV movie
1989 The Salute of the Jugger Dog-BoyFeature film
1993 Official Denial Franklin KolbeTV movie
1993Desperate Journey: The Allison Wilcox StoryBill DardenTV movie
1993 Escape from Absolom (aka No Escape)Technician #1Feature film
1995 In Pursuit of Honor Captain Geoffrey OvertonTV movie
1995 Babe Other character voices (voice actor)Feature film
1995Singapore Sling: Old FlamesDave RuxtonTV movie
1995 Tunnel Vision Craig BreslinTV movie
1998 Dark City Taxi DriverFeature film
1998 Never Tell Me Never Marty HallTV movie
1998 In the Winter Dark Circus ManFeature film

Television

YearTitleRoleType
1987 Vietnam TenzyMiniseries, 2 episodes
1987 Nancy Wake RayMiniseries, 1 episode
1989 Mission: Impossible BakuninTV series, S1 E8: "The Pawn"
1996 The Beast Lieutenant HendersonMiniseries, 2 episodes
1997 Big Sky Dave BrockTV series, S1 E2: "Navstar"
1997 Roar JulianTV series, pilot episode
1998 Flipper Calvin FrazierTV series, S3 E3: "Swimming with Sharks"
1998 Murder Call Roland LaceyTV series, S2 E18: "Instrument of Death"
2005 The Cooks TV EvangelistTV series, S1 E12: "Honey and Wounds"

Stage

YearTitleRoleVenue / Co.
1983 Kennedy's Children Barman NIDA Parade Theatre, Sydney, Royal Military College, Duntroon
1984HolidaymakersSergei Basov NIDA Theatre, Sydney
1984Three French Farces: La GrangeImpromptu at Versailles NIDA Theatre, Sydney
1984 Richard III George (Duke of Clarence) / Ratcliff / Cardinal Bourchier / Second Citizen NIDA Theatre, Sydney
1985 A Dream Play Actor NIDA Theatre, Sydney
1985 Funeral Games Actor NIDA Theatre, Sydney
1985The Greeks Play 1 The WarActor NIDA Theatre, Sydney
1986 She Stoops to Conquer Tony Lumpkin Playhouse, Melbourne with MTC
1987 The Island ActorSt John's Hall, Sydney
1987 Pericles Actor Wharf Theatre with STC
1987 A Lie of the Mind Actor Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney
1989The Conquest of the South PoleActor Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney
1990The EmigrantsActor Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney with Auto Da Fe Theatre
1993FortuneActor Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company
1996 A View from the Bridge Marco Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney
Romeo is Bleeding Australia & United States
The Year I Started Believing in Vietnamese Fortune Tellers

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As writer/producer

Film

YearTitleRoleType
2000 Cement ScreenplayFilm
2004 The Alice WriterTV film
2010RoadmanScript editorFilm
2012 Bait 3D Additional writingFeature film
2013 The Turning ScreenplayAnthology film, segment: "Sand"
2015 Spear Co-writerFeature film
2017 Jungle ScreenplayFeature film
2018KinShipCreative consultantShort film
2019 Storm Boy ScreenplayFeature film
2022Everything In BetweenCreative consultantFilm

Television

YearTitleRoleType
1998–99 Wildside WriterTV series, 2 episodes
1999–2003 Farscape WriterTV series, 14 episodes
2000 Farscape Creative consultantTV series, 15 episodes
2002 Young Lions WriterTV series, 2 episodes
2005–06 The Alice Co-creatorTV series, 22 episodes
2008 The Strip WriterTV series, S1 E9: "House of Ill Repute"
2008–09 Rush WriterTV series, S1-2, 4 episodes
2013 Paper Giants: Magazine Wars WriterMiniseries, 2 episodes
2013 Serangoon Road WriterTV series, S1 E7: "My Girl"
2014 Never Tear Us Apart: The Untold Story of INXS WriterMiniseries, 2 episodes
2014 The Code WriterTV series, S1 E5
2015 Catching Milat WriterMiniseries, 2 episodes
2015 Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door WriterMiniseries, S1 E1
2016 Tomorrow, When the War Began WriterMiniseries, S1 E6
2016 Brock WriterMiniseries, S1 E1
2016–17 The Secret Daughter CreatorTV series, 12 episodes
2018 Underbelly Files: Chopper WriterMiniseries, 2 episodes
2022 Bali 2002 WriterMiniseries, 2 episodes
2023 The Claremont Murders WriterMiniseries, 2 episodes

Stage

YearTitleRoleVenue / Co.
1994 That Eye, The Sky AdaptorStanley Palmer Cultural Centre, Sydney, Playhouse, Melbourne, Playhouse, Perth, Space Theatre, Adelaide with Burning House Theatre Company for Sydney Festival
1998; 1999; 2001; 2002; 2006 Cloudstreet AdaptorBerth 9, Darling Harbour, Sydney, Fremantle Dock, Playhouse, Adelaide, Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne, Theatre Royal, Sydney, Playhouse, Brisbane, Olivier Theatre, London, Harvey Lichtenstein Theater, New York, Darwin Entertainment Centre, University of Melbourne
2005; 2006Ray's TempestScriptwriter Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney, Fairfax Studio, Melbourne with MTC
2016; 2018 That Eye, The Sky Adaptor New Theatre, Sydney, Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide
2019 Cloudstreet Adaptor Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne

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References

  1. "Biography Resource Center: F(erdinand) N(icholas, III) Monjo".
  2. https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/2999
  3. https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/2999