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MONIQUE SORGEN

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Kat Rosenfield

Naomi McDougall Jones

Jack Carroll

Lorna Landvik

Alexis Giostra

Liz Jenkins

Paulina Lagudi

Kelli Miller

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My guest on this week’s episode is Monique Sorgen who wrote, directed and produced her latest short film Sorry, Not Sorry (2019) starring Wallace Langham, Jessica Oyelowo and M. Emmet Walsh. The film has screened at the Cleveland International Film Festival, Florida Film Festival and  American Pavilion of Emerging Filmmakers Showcase at Cannes and many more!     We jumped into Monique’s film festival experience, how she got into filmmaking working as a production assistant on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, navigating the film industry as a female filmmaker back in the 1990’s and how she cast the legendary character actor M. Emmet Walsh.You can follow and check out Monique's’ short films @ Vimeo https://vimeo.com/moniquesorgen right now!

My guest on this week’s episode is Monique Sorgen who wrote, directed and produced her latest short film Sorry, Not Sorry (2019) starring Wallace Langham, Jessica Oyelowo and M. Emmet Walsh. The film has screened at the Cleveland International Film Festival, Florida Film Festival and American Pavilion of Emerging Filmmakers Showcase at Cannes and many more! We jumped into Monique’s film festival experience, how she got into filmmaking working as a production assistant on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, navigating the film industry as a female filmmaker back in the 1990’s and how she cast the legendary character actor M. Emmet Walsh. You can follow and check out Monique's’ short films @ Vimeo <a href="https://vimeo.com/moniquesorgen" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/moniquesorgen</a> right now!

S1 Ep 6: Writer & Director Monique Sorgen

Monique is a writer and director of TV and film. After graduating from UCLA, Monique worked as a director’s assistant in television dramas and comedies. She then made a short film, Pants on Fire, which garnered international distribution and led to writing jobs such as “Blind Date,” and for variety and alternative shows on Comedy Central, and VH1; after which she landed a staff position at ABC in a development think tank. Monique has also written the feature films The Babymaker, a Chinese remake of the film Love Stinks, Rock n’ Roll Princess, and All the Way Down. In 2014, she was selected as a finalist for the ABC TV writing program. During this time, Monique also completed her first novel, How Long You Should Wait to Have Sex. Her most recent directing work includes several music videos, a web series pilot, and 3 unscripted series for the international network Fashion One, which she produced in the Philippines. There is more, but I will let her tell it in the interview. Also, she has many stories about being the only woman in a writer’s room. Let’s just say it wasn’t awesome, but it does seem to be getting better. Now, a brief disclaimer. We conducted this interview outside in a park. So, there is plenty of ambient noise of children, traffic, and an ill-times roofer across the street. Pretend you are on a nature walk and having this conversation with Monique. It will be worth it, I promise.

Monique is a writer and director of TV and film. After graduating from UCLA, Monique worked as a director’s assistant in television dramas and comedies. She then made a short film, Pants on Fire, which garnered international distribution and led to writing jobs such as “Blind Date,” and for variety and alternative shows on Comedy Central, and VH1; after which she landed a staff position at ABC in a development think tank. Monique has also written the feature films The Babymaker, a Chinese remake of the film Love Stinks, Rock n’ Roll Princess, and All the Way Down. In 2014, she was selected as a finalist for the ABC TV writing program. During this time, Monique also completed her first novel, How Long You Should Wait to Have Sex. Her most recent directing work includes several music videos, a web series pilot, and 3 unscripted series for the international network Fashion One, which she produced in the Philippines. There is more, but I will let her tell it in the interview. Also, she has many stories about being the only woman in a writer’s room. Let’s just say it wasn’t awesome, but it does seem to be getting better. Now, a brief disclaimer. We conducted this interview outside in a park. So, there is plenty of ambient noise of children, traffic, and an ill-times roofer across the street. Pretend you are on a nature walk and having this conversation with Monique. It will be worth it, I promise.

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