Justin Monjo

Writing

Justin Monjo

Born January 1, 1963 · New York City, New York, USA (age 63)

Justin Monjo (born 1963) is an American screenwriter, producer and actor, known for Dark City (1998), Jungle (2017) and Farscape (1999). Monjo graduated from NIDA in 1985, alongside actresses Catherine McClements and Sonia Todd, and director Baz Luhrmann. Monjo left his acting career behind to work as a writer. He has adapted multiple novels and biographies for stage and screen, including Winton…

Known For

Dark CityDark City · 1998
Dark City
★ 7.31998
MovieMysteryScience Fiction
A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans.
JungleJungle · 2017
Jungle
★ 6.72017
MovieAdventureThriller
In 1981, an enthusiastic young adventurer follows his dreams into the Bolivian Amazon jungle with two friends and a guide with a mysterious past. Their journey quickly turns into a terrifying ordeal as the darkest elements of human nature and the deadliest threats of the wilderness lead to an all-out fight for survival.
BabeBabe · 1995
Babe
★ 6.31995
MovieFantasyDrama
Babe is a little pig who doesn't quite know his place in the world. With a bunch of odd friends, like Ferdinand the duck who thinks he is a rooster and Fly the dog he calls mum, Babe realises that he has the makings to become the greatest sheep pig of all time, and Farmer Hoggett knows it. With the help of the sheep dogs, Babe learns that a pig can be anything that he wants to be.
The TurningThe Turning · 2013
The Turning
★ 5.72013
MovieDrama
Seventeen talented Australian directors from diverse artistic disciplines each create a chapter of the hauntingly beautiful novel by multi award-winning author Tim Winton. The linking and overlapping stories explore the extraordinary turning points in ordinary people’s lives in a stunning portrait of a small coastal community. As characters face second thoughts and regret, relationships irretrievably alter, resolves are made or broken, and lives change direction forever.
No EscapeNo Escape · 1994
No Escape
★ 6.21994
MovieActionDrama
In the year 2022, a ruthless prison warden has created the ultimate solution for his most troublesome and violent inmates: Absolom, a secret jungle island where prisoners are abandoned and left to die. But Marine Captain John Robbins, convicted of murdering a commanding officer, is determined to escape the island in order to reveal the truth behind his murderous actions and clear his name.
The Blood of HeroesThe Blood of Heroes · 1989
The Blood of Heroes
★ 5.81989
MovieActionAdventure
Set in a futuristic world where the only sport that has survived in a wasted society is the brutal game known as jugging. Sallow, the leader of a rag-tag team, has played in the main Leagues before, but was cast out because of indiscretions with a lady. Now joined by a talented newcomer, Kidda, an ambitious young peasant girl, he and his team find they have one last chance for glory.
Storm BoyStorm Boy · 2019
Storm Boy
★ 7.12019
MovieDramaAdventure
Storm Boy lives a lonely life with his reclusive father on a desolate coastline, but when he forms a close bond with a pelican, Mr. Percival, his life takes a new and unexpected turn.
Official DenialOfficial Denial · 1993
Official Denial
★ 6.01993
MovieTV MovieScience Fiction
A UFO abductee joins a secret government agency in order to communicate with the sole surviving alien of a downed spacecraft.

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WildsideWildside · 1997
Wildside
★ 5.21997
SeriesDrama
Wildside is an Australian police procedural television series broadcast on the ABC from 1997 to 1999. The show consisted of a one hour format that followed police interactions in inner Sydney. It starred Rachael Blake, Tony Martin, Richard Carter and Alex Dimitriades. Mary Coustas joined the series in a regular role late in its run, appearing in the last ten episodes. The series was filmed in Sydney. It was characterised by its use of ad lib dialogue and hand held camera work. It won several Logie Awards, including Silver Logies for outstanding work by Rachael Blake and Tony Martin for acting, as well as the Most Outstanding Miniseries Logie in 1998. It was also nominated for several Australian Film Institute Awards. A rerun of the series began in Australia on ABC1 in the early hours of Friday mornings, starting in September 2008.

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