Justin Monjo

Justin Monjo (born 1963, New York) is an American screenwriter, television producer, and actor, best known for his work on Farscape.

Early life

Monjo is the son of children's author F. N. Monjo III and the great-grandson of arctic furrier Ferdinand N. Monjo. He is the nephew of American diplomat John Cameron Monjo.

Monjo graduated from NIDA in 1985, alongside actresses Catherine McClements and Sonia Todd, and director Baz Luhrmann.

Career

Monjo wrote Adrian Pasdar's film debut screenplay Cement and worked on Young Lions. He created the 2005 TV series The Alice with Robyn Sinclair.

His adaptation with his former NIDA teacher Nick Enright of Cloudstreet by Tim Winton enjoyed huge critical and box-office success at the Festivals of Sydney and Perth, on tour of Australia, at the Festival of Dublin, and in London.

Filmography

As actor

Film Year Title Role Type 1984 One Night Stand American Sailor Feature film 1988 Badlands 2005 Braggs TV film 1988 The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy Hendrick TV movie 1989 The Salute of the Jugger Dog-Boy Feature film 1993 Official Denial Franklin Kolbe TV movie 1993 Desperate Journey: The Allison Wilcox Story Bill Darden TV movie 1993 Escape from Absolom (aka No Escape) Technician #1 Feature film 1995 In Pursuit of Honor Captain Geoffrey Overton TV movie 1995 Babe Other character voices (voice actor) Feature film 1995 Singapore Sling: Old Flames Dave Ruxton TV movie 1995 Tunnel Vision Craig Breslin TV movie 1998 Dark City Taxi Driver Feature film 1998 Never Tell Me Never Marty Hall TV movie 1998 In the Winter Dark Circus Man Feature film

Television Year Title Role Type 1987 Vietnam Tenzy Miniseries, 2 episodes 1987 Nancy Wake Ray Miniseries, 1 episode 1989 Mission: Impossible Bakunin TV series, S1 E8: "The Pawn" 1996 The Beast Lieutenant Henderson Miniseries, 2 episodes 1997 Big Sky Dave Brock TV series, S1 E2: "Navstar" 1997 Roar Julian TV series, pilot episode 1998 Flipper Calvin Frazier TV series, S3 E3: "Swimming with Sharks" 1998 Murder Call Roland Lacey TV series, S2 E18: "Instrument of Death" 2005 The Cooks TV Evangelist TV series, S1 E12: "Honey and Wounds"

Stage Year Title Role Venue / Co. 1983 Kennedy's Children Barman NIDA Parade Theatre, Sydney, Royal Military College, Duntroon 1984 Holidaymakers Sergei Basov NIDA Theatre, Sydney 1984 Three French Farces: La Grange Impromptu at Versailles NIDA Theatre, Sydney 1984 Richard III George (Duke of Clarence) / Ratcliff / Cardinal Bourchier / Second Citizen NIDA Theatre, Sydney 1985 A Dream Play Actor NIDA Theatre, Sydney 1985 Funeral Games Actor NIDA Theatre, Sydney 1985 The Greeks Play 1 The War Actor NIDA Theatre, Sydney 1986 She Stoops to Conquer Tony Lumpkin Playhouse, Melbourne with MTC 1987 The Island Actor St John's Hall, Sydney 1987 Pericles Actor Wharf Theatre with STC 1987 A Lie of the Mind Actor Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney 1989 The Conquest of the South Pole Actor Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney 1990 The Emigrants Actor Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney with Auto Da Fe Theatre 1993 Fortune Actor Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company 1996 A View from the Bridge Marco Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney Romeo is Bleeding Australia & United States The Year I Started Believing in Vietnamese Fortune Tellers

As writer/producer

Film Year Title Role Type 2000 Cement Screenplay Film 2004 The Alice Writer TV film 2010 Roadman Script editor Film 2012 Bait 3D Additional writing Feature film 2013 The Turning Screenplay Anthology film, segment: "Sand" 2015 Spear Co-writer Feature film 2017 Jungle Screenplay Feature film 2018 KinShip Creative consultant Short film 2019 Storm Boy Screenplay Feature film 2022 Everything In Between Creative consultant Film

Television Year Title Role Type 1998–99 Wildside Writer TV series, 2 episodes 1999–2003 Farscape Writer TV series, 14 episodes 2000 Farscape Creative consultant TV series, 15 episodes 2002 Young Lions Writer TV series, 2 episodes 2005–06 The Alice Co-creator TV series, 22 episodes 2008 The Strip Writer TV series, S1 E9: "House of Ill Repute" 2008–09 Rush Writer TV series, S1-2, 4 episodes 2013 Paper Giants: Magazine Wars Writer Miniseries, 2 episodes 2013 Serangoon Road Writer TV series, S1 E7: "My Girl" 2014 Never Tear Us Apart: The Untold Story of INXS Writer Miniseries, 2 episodes 2014 The Code Writer TV series, S1 E5 2015 Catching Milat Writer Miniseries, 2 episodes 2015 Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door Writer Miniseries, S1 E1 2016 Tomorrow, When the War Began Writer Miniseries, S1 E6 2016 Brock Writer Miniseries, S1 E1 2016–17 The Secret Daughter Creator TV series, 12 episodes 2018 Underbelly Files: Chopper Writer Miniseries, 2 episodes 2022 Bali 2002 Writer Miniseries, 2 episodes 2023 The Claremont Murders Writer Miniseries, 2 episodes

Stage Year Title Role Venue / Co. 1994 That Eye, The Sky Adaptor Stanley Palmer Cultural Centre, Sydney, Playhouse, Melbourne, Playhouse, Perth, Space Theatre, Adelaide with Burning House Theatre Company for Sydney Festival 1998; 1999; 2001; 2002; 2006 Cloudstreet Adaptor Berth 9, Darling Harbour, Sydney, Fremantle Dock, Playhouse, Adelaide, Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne, Theatre Royal, Sydney, Playhouse, Brisbane, Olivier Theatre, London, Harvey Lichtenstein Theater, New York, Darwin Entertainment Centre, University of Melbourne 2005; 2006 Ray's Tempest Scriptwriter Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney, Fairfax Studio, Melbourne with MTC 2016; 2018 That Eye, The Sky Adaptor New Theatre, Sydney, Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide 2019 Cloudstreet Adaptor Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne