Karen Moncrieff

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Karen Moncrieff
Born (1963-12-20) December 20, 1963 (age 59)
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 Writer and Director of Critically acclaimed movies Blue Car [2] [3] [4] and The Dead Girl [5] [6] [3] .

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

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

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1986 Guiding Light Patricia Murphy
1987 Days of Our Lives Gabrielle PascalEpisode #5572
1989 The Bold and the Beautiful Dr. Michelle Brookner9 episodes
1990 Matlock Miss EberhardtEpisode: "The Witness"
1990-1992 Santa Barbara Cassandra Benedict278 episodes
1993Midnight WitnessKaty
RageSarah Dameron
Renegade Cynthia MainardEpisode: "No Good Deed"
Perry Mason Mimi HoyleEpisode: "Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss"
Wings DeidreEpisode: "Come Fly With Me"
1993-1994 Silk Stalkings Various roles2 episodes
1994 Murder Between Friends Amy Morin
1995 Robin's Hoods HeatherEpisode: "Hell Hath No Fury"
Nowhere Man Pam PetersonEpisode: "A Rough Whimper of Insanity"
Xtro 3: Watch the Skies J.G. Watkins
Russian Roulette: Moscow 95Uncredited
1996-1997 Diagnosis Murder Dr. Claire Hartman2 episodes
1997 Unhappily Ever After ZeldaEpisode: "Sternberg"
1998 Mike Hammer, Private Eye Lucille BanksEpisode: "A Candidate for Murder"
1998Waking Up HortonMiriam
1998-2000 Any Day Now Uncredited2 episodes
2002 Blue Car Director and writer [9] [10] [11]
2003 Six Feet Under DirectorEpisode "The Opening"
2004 Touching Evil DirectorEpisode "Slash 30"
2006 The Dead Girl Director and Writer [7] [12] [13]
2013 The Trials of Cate McCall Director, Writer, and Producer [14]
2014 Petals on the Wind Director
2017 The Keeping Hours Director [15] [8]
2018 The Quad DirectorEpisode "Native Son"
13 Reasons Why Director2 episodes [5]
The Girl in the BathtubDirector and Writer
2019Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Big StoryDirector
2020 Paradise Lost Director2 episodes

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References

  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. 1 2 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. 1 2 Tartaglione, Nancy; 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. 1 2 Leffler,AP, Rebecca; Leffler, Rebecca; AP (September 10, 2007). "'Dead' rises at Deauville Film Fest". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  8. 1 2 Evans, Greg; Evans, Greg (June 22, 2017). "L.A. Film Fest Award Winners: 'Becks', 'The Keeping Hours' Among Honorees – Complete List". Deadline. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  9. ↑ Holden, Stephen (May 2, 2003). "FILM REVIEW; Teacher and Prodigy, Along With Need and Lust". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  10. ↑ "BBC Two - Blue Car". BBC. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  11. ↑ Gates, Anita (May 2, 2004). "MOVIES: CRITIC'S CHOICE". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  12. ↑ "The Dead Girl". The New Yorker. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  13. ↑ Koehler, Robert; Koehler, Robert (November 9, 2006). "The Dead Girl". Variety. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  14. ↑ Jr, Mike Fleming; Jr, Mike Fleming (May 16, 2012). "Kate Beckinsale, Nick Nolte Start Work On 'The Trials Of Cate McCall'". Deadline. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  15. ↑ Kit, Borys; Kit, Borys (October 14, 2015). "Lee Pace and Carrie Coon to Star in Blumhouse Thriller 'The Keeping Hours' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 21, 2023.


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