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Monika Mitchell

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Monika Mitchell, Director, 2019
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The Christmas Contract (2018)
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Monika Mitchell is a writer, director and producer known equally for both independent film and network television. Since her first short film, Night Deposit (1999), won Slamdance's "Anarchy" Audience Award in January of 2000, she has become an alumni of over 90 international film festivals, her four independent films garnering more than 20 "Best Picture" or "Audience" awards over the years.

Beginning with Robson Arms in 2005, Monika's career in television is also widely diverse. Her episodic experience includes one-hour procedurals, family dramas, single camera half-hour comedies and episodic documentary. Her movies for television consist of romantic comedies, mysteries, thrillers and holiday fare.

In 2009 and 2010 Monika curated CODE Motion Pictures, commissioning, producing and/or acquiring a 72 film program for the Cultural Olympiad of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, which was watched around the globe by thirteen million people.

Monika was formerly married to actor John Cassini (2002-2011) and has two children. She and her family are dual citizens of the US and Canada and split their time between Los Angeles, Vancouver and New York. She is represented by The Gersh Agency in the US and The Characters Talent Agency in Canada.
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Netflix screening, The Knight Before Christmas, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Josh Whitehouse, Monika Mitchell, Vanessa Hudgens
Monika Mitchell, “Just Watch Us”, Canadian Directors Campaign
Monika Mitchell, Erika Christensen
Lifetime Female Director’s Panel, TCA Winter Tour, Los Angeles, 2019, Monika Mitchell, Kim Raver, Alyssa Milano, Janice Cooke
Lifetime TCA, LA, 2019, Rhonda Baraka, Kim Raver, Janice Cooke, Monika Mitchell, Claire Scanlon
Monika Mitchell, Director, Break A Leg, CineVegas 2003
Monika Mitchell and Cheryl Ladd, on the set of “Royal New Year’s Eve”, 2017
Monika Mitchell, Director, Break A Leg, CineVegas 2003
Lifetime TCA’s 2019, Monika Mitchell and Erika Christensen
Monika Mitchell and Molly Parker on the set of "Break A Leg"
Monika Mitchell and series lead Ian Tracey on "DaVinci's City Hall"
Monika Mitchell on "Sugarbabies"

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Leo Suter, Frida Gustavsson, and Sam Corlett in Vikings: Valhalla (2022)
Vikings: Valhalla
7.3
TV Series
  • Director
Virgin River (2019)
Virgin River
7.4
TV Series
  • Director
Raquel Welch, Barry Watson, Lilah Fitzgerald, Audrey Smallman, and Zenia Marshall in Date My Dad (2017)
Date My Dad
6.8
TV Series
  • Director
Ties That Bind (2015)
Ties That Bind
6.3
TV Series
  • Director(attached)

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Director

  • Virgin River (2019)
    Virgin River
  • Leo Suter, Frida Gustavsson, and Sam Corlett in Vikings: Valhalla (2022)
    Vikings: Valhalla
  • Karen David and Tyler Hilton in When Christmas Was Young (2022)
    When Christmas Was Young
    • (directed by)
  • Alyssa Milano and Sam Page in Brazen (2022)
    Brazen
  • Ella Kenion, Vanessa Hudgens, and Josh Whitehouse in The Knight Before Christmas (2019)
    The Knight Before Christmas
    • (directed by)
  • Erika Christensen and Antonio Cupo in To Have and to Hold (2019)
    To Have and to Hold
  • Robert Buckley and Hilarie Burton in The Christmas Contract (2018)
    The Christmas Contract
  • Danielle Panabaker and Matt Long in Christmas Joy (2018)
    Christmas Joy
  • Raquel Welch, Barry Watson, Lilah Fitzgerald, Audrey Smallman, and Zenia Marshall in Date My Dad (2017)
    Date My Dad
  • Sam Page and Jessy Schram in Royal New Year's Eve (2017)
    Royal New Year's Eve
  • Kirsten Zien and Charlie Carrick in Woman of the House (2017)
    Woman of the House
  • Jewel Staite and Travis Milne in Same Time Next Week (2017)
    Same Time Next Week
  • Corey Sevier and Jewel Staite in The Wrong Bed: Naked Pursuit (2017)
    The Wrong Bed: Naked Pursuit
  • Chris Walters and Dylan Archambault in #Sti (2016)
    #Sti
  • Kristoffer Polaha and Emilie Ullerup in Hearts of Christmas (2016)
    Hearts of Christmas

Producer

  • Chris Walters and Dylan Archambault in #Sti (2016)
    #Sti
  • The Switch (2016)
    The Switch
  • The Switch (2014)
    The Switch
  • Chris McNally and Kent S. Leung in John Apple Jack (2013)
    John Apple Jack
  • Witness
  • Night Deposit (2000)
    Night Deposit

Writer

  • Chris Walters and Dylan Archambault in #Sti (2016)
    #Sti
  • Chris McNally and Kent S. Leung in John Apple Jack (2013)
    John Apple Jack
  • Witness
  • Night Deposit (2000)
    Night Deposit
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