Michel Monty

Michel learned how to make films in Atlanta, cutting his teeth as a PA then working in most departments before putting everything he had into becoming a director. 

He’s learned a lot along the way, but a few lessons particularly stand out: Audience engagement comes from subtext. Choice defines character. And most things take longer than you think.

His personal style is filled with controlled zooms, fast dolly moves, and characters framed within frames.  He focuses on faces making up their minds and filming stories of passion, humor, and tragedy.

He has guest lectured at Oglethorpe University, SCAD, Clayton State University, Blessed Trinity Catholic High School, and Lafayette High School on the process of directing film and television. 

A hundred movies could be considered his favorite, but Robert Rossen's "The Hustler",  Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo", Barry Jenkins' "Moonlight",  Ingmar Bergman's "Persona", Stanley Kubrick's "Barry Lyndon", and Sam Taylor and Fred C. Newmeyer's "Safety Last" have helped secure his love affair with cinema.