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 movies 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 Passions, 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.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1986 Guiding Light Patricia Murphy
1987 Days of Our Lives Gabrielle Pascal Episode #5572
1989 The Bold and the Beautiful Dr. Michelle Brookner 9 episodes
1990 Matlock Miss Eberhardt Episode: "The Witness"
1990-1992 Santa Barbara Cassandra Benedict 278 episodes
1993 Midnight Witness Katy
Rage Sarah Dameron
Renegade Cynthia Mainard Episode: "No Good Deed"
Perry Mason Mimi Hoyle Episode: "Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss"
Wings Deidre Episode: "Come Fly With Me"
1993-1994 Silk Stalkings Various roles 2 episodes
1994 Murder Between Friends Amy Morin
1995 Robin's Hoods Heather Episode: "Hell Hath No Fury"
Nowhere Man Pam Peterson Episode: "A Rough Whimper of Insanity"
Xtro 3: Watch the Skies J.G. Watkins
Russian Roulette: Moscow 95 Uncredited
1996-1997 Diagnosis Murder Dr. Claire Hartman 2 episodes
1997 Unhappily Ever After Zelda Episode: "Sternberg"
1998 Mike Hammer, Private Eye Lucille Banks Episode: "A Candidate for Murder"
1998 Waking Up Horton Miriam
1998-2000 Any Day Now Uncredited 2 episodes
2002 Blue Car Director and writer [9][10][11]
2003 Six Feet Under Director Episode "The Opening"
2004 Touching Evil Director Episode "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 Director Episode "Native Son"
13 Reasons Why Director 2 episodes [5]
The Girl in the Bathtub Director and Writer
2019 Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Big Story Director
2020 Paradise Lost Director 2 episodes

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. ^ 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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b Leffler,AP, Rebecca; Leffler, Rebecca; AP (September 10, 2007). "'Dead' rises at Deauville Film Fest". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  8. ^ a b 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 (November 9, 2006). "The Dead Girl". Variety. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  14. ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (May 16, 2012). "Kate Beckinsale, Nick Nolte Start Work On 'The Trials Of Cate McCall'". Deadline. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  15. ^ 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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