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Monty Austin Ross (born March 7, 1957) is an American film producer and director. He is the co-founder of 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks alongside Spike Lee and has produced, She's Gotta Have It (1986), School Daze (1988), Do the Right Thing (1989), Jungle Fever (1991), Malcolm X (1992) and Crooklyn (1994).
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- March 7, 1957 (age 66), Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
Monty Ross. Producer. Actor. Director. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Married to Jeanette Roberts-Ross for 7 years they had a daughter ( deceased-Feb, 10, 1981-October 28, 2018) Niema Simone Ross-Ferguson and a step-son Shenazar Roberts. Monty has 6 beautiful grandchildren.
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Oct 3, 2019 · A filmmaker’s journey is often fraught with ups, downs and a few more downs. Veteran film producer, Monty Ross has seen his fair share of both. As technology and storytelling are becoming increasingly intertwined in production, distribution, and investment, how does the filmmaker stay relevant?
Aug 1, 2023 · 13. 339 views 2 years ago #Filmmaker. Monty Ross is part of a vanguard that took the independent filmmaking industry and world by storm, helping to make Spike Lee a household name and his...
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Monty Ross, one of Inyani’s Principal Producers, is a pioneering Producer, Director and Actor. Co-Founder with Spike Lee of 40 Acres And A Mule Filmworks and Producer of such seminal films as "She's Gotta Have It", "Do the Right Thing" "Malcolm X", "Mo Better Blues", "Crookyln" and many more starring Samuel L. Jackson...and Denzel Washington ...
Chicago: “Spike Lee and Monty Ross: Independent Black Filmmaking in the 80s,” 1989-03-03, KUT Radio, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed March 22, 2024, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-529-vh5cc0w79t.
African-American filmmaker Monty Ross, co-producer of Spike Lee’s “Malcolm X” will speak at a screening of the movie on Thursday, Feb. 19, 5:30-9:30 p.m. in the Malcolm X Cultural Center in Berkshire Dining Commons. Ross will discuss the making of the film and his own journey in the film industry.
