USA, Italy, New Zealand

French, Italian, some Japanese

CHRISTINE LA MONTE, producer/director/writer and former film marketing executive at Universal, Disney and Orion, is founder of La Monte Productions where feature documentaries in postproduction include VIVA VERDI!, about Casa Verdi in Milan, the home that Giuseppe Verdi built for retired opera singers; FIGLI DEL FIUME (CHILDREN OF THE RIVER); THE TESTING GROUND, which explores marketing research and the never-ending battle between art, commerce and creative control in Hollywood, is currently in production. JUSTICE DEFERRED, a feature film in development based on Len Williams’ critically acclaimed legal thriller book is in development. She is a charter member of the diverse global Creative Compass Collective (CCC), where the feature documentary, PAUSED: Life Under C-19 is currently in postproduction.  La Monte produced the award-winning short film, DANDELION DHARMA; the Gary Goldstein scripted play, “Three Grooms & A Bride,” and the syndicated television talk show, "Marilou" starring Marilu Henner. Her directing credits include the Screen Actors Guild’s “A Heart United” with Sharon Lawrence and Jo Beth Williams, and “The Angina Monologues” with Brenda Strong. She spent over 6 years at the public relations/marketing firm, Rogers & Cowan as the Executive Vice President of the Motion Picture Group; as an international strategic marketer, she worked at Italian studio, CineCittá in Rome, and served as Marketing Executive, at TV 3 New Zealand, while living in Auckland.  A long-time member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences where she serves as a member of the Executive Committee of the Student Academy Awards, La Monte is a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, and the Alliance of Women Directors. She is a past faculty member of New York's School of Visual Arts where she initiated the Dusty Awards, an annual festival of student short films and awards ceremony, and a member of PEN America’s Los Angeles Committee and SEEfest’s Advisory Board. She is currently serving as a jury member on the Documentary panel of the 2022 Humanitas Prizes. La Monte divides her time between Los Angeles and Rome with her author husband, Len Williams.