Director
Monika Mitchell
26 films
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.
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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.
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First watchThe Christmas Contract20186.5It’s Jolie’s first time going back home to Louisiana since her devastating break-up with Foster Burke. Seeing him is inevitable as their parents run the town’s annual Christmas Market…View filmEssential films
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Filmography
26 films as director- 2025A Pickleball ChristmasDirector
- 2024A Stranger's ChildDirector
- 2024Deadly InvitationsDirector
- 2023Deadly MidwifeDirector
- 2022When Christmas Was YoungDirector
- 2022BrazenDirector
- 2019The Knight Before ChristmasDirector
- 2019To Have and to HoldDirector
- 2018The Christmas ContractDirector
- 2018Christmas JoyDirector
- 2017Royal New Year's EveDirector
- 2017Woman of the HouseDirector
- 2017Same Time Next WeekDirector
- 2017The Wrong Bed: Naked PursuitDirector
- 2016Hearts of ChristmasDirector
- 2016My Daughter's DisgraceDirector
- 2016Pretty Little AddictDirector
- 2016All YoursDirector
- 2015Mother of All LiesDirector
- 2015Reluctant WitnessDirector
- 2015SugarbabiesDirector
- 2015Buried SecretsDirector
- 2013John Apple JackDirector
- 2006Veiled TruthDirector
- 2005Break a LegDirector
- 2000Night DepositDirector