Monty Miranda is a director, writer and producer. He was born at Hahn Air Base, Germany. He began his post high school studies at the Air Force Academy and after six challenging months and one easy decision; he resigned and enrolled at the University of Colorado to study filmmaking and journalism. Mr. Miranda's first experience as a Director was with the unauthorized use of the family Super 8 mm movie camera at age eight; which ignited his passion for filmmaking. Upon graduating Miranda formed the production company, Incite Films. Through that Denver based company Miranda directed hundreds of national television commercials for a variety of clients ranging from McDonalds to TIVO. Incite Films created the national video game television series Twitch that ran for two seasons and Mr. Miranda directed. Monty Miranda's feature film directorial debut , "Skills Like This", won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at the SXSW Film Festival. In over 20 film festival appearances the film continued on to receive "Best of the Fest" honors at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, Grand Jury Prize for Best American Feature Jacksonville Film Festival and a Free Spirit Award Nomination at the Warsaw International Film Festival. Mr. Miranda's work is known for its diverse use of music and keen sense of comedy. The Cannes Lions, the CLIO's, the Effies, the Addy's, the BDA's, BBC's Most Outrageous Commercials and FOX's World's Funniest Commercials have honored Monty Miranda's work. His award winning political spots have been featured in the national press. CNN, the LA Times and the Washington Post praised the ads for their innovative approach and contribution to a landslide upset victory by political neophyte John Hickenlooper, helping him win the Denver mayor's office by the largest margin in history. Miranda recently finished a documentary pilot with all-star drummer Steve Jordan, drummer and producer to the John Mayer Trio and other heritage acts such as Eric Clapton and Keith Richards. "Liquid Sky" Monty Miranda is in pre-production as director on the film Liquid Sky slated for production in 2011. "Lake Warriors" Monty Miranda is attached to direct the movie Lake Warriors in which he shares writing credit.
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Max Solomon faces the awful truth that he will never be a writer. So, in a desperate attempt to find his true calling, he turns to crime. In this inventive comedy, three friends have their lives turned upside down when one of them realizes that larceny might be his best skill.