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Monte Albers de Leon, Screenwriter, Attorney, The Parables

Pursue The Passion

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Winning the Argument by Writing the Movie

“Sometimes the best stories don’t start in film school… they start in an argument.”

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Monte Albers de Leon On 5 Things You Need To Build a Lasting Career as a Screenwriter or TV Writer

Medium

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New York Movie Awards - Monte Albers de Leon Interview

New York Movie Awards

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Kyoto Cinematica - Script Review: A Slice of New York, A Slice of Truth

Kyoto Cinematica

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Florence Film Awards - Monte Albers de Leon Interview

Florence Film Awards

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Wild Filmmaker Interview with Monte Albers de Leon

Wild Filmmaker

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Monte Albers de Leon Interview - Mecca

Caravan International Film Festival

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Monte Albers de Leon Interview - Good

Caravan International Film Festival

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Oxford Script Awards interview with Monte Albers de Leon

Oxford Interview

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Berlin International Screenwriting Festival interview with Monte Albers de Leon

Berlin Interview

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Bridge Fest 2024 Film Festival interview with Monte Albers de Leon

Bridge Fest Vancouver

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SIFF interview with Monte Albers de Leon

SIFF Interview

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SIFF review of GOOD

SIFF Review

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Interview with Monte Albers de Leon - coming soon!

Chalachitra International Film Awards Review

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World Film Festival in Cannes interview with Monte Albers de Leon - coming soon!

Cannes Interview

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World Film Festival in Cannes interview with Monte Albers de Leon - coming soon!

Cannes Interview

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Monte Albers de Leon On 5 Things You Need To Build a Lasting Career as a Screenwriter or TV Writer

A Plan. Writing stories is not a career unto itself. Figuring out how to make a living from it ahead of time will ensure you can.

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Honest. Brutal. Inspiring.

If I had to distill my life into three words, those are the ones. Not because they sound poetic together, but because they are the only ones that fit. The only ones that carry the weight and the wounds and the weird, incredible hope of the life I’ve lived so far.

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Independent Filmmaking for Writers: Say More

An indie filmmaker is someone who makes movies without a studio holding the purse strings or calling the shots. As I quickly discovered making The Parables, it’s freedom and chaos in equal measure. Budgets are small, crews are tight, and if the script calls for a helicopter, you're rewriting it to a bike ride before lunch.

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MONTE ALBERS DE LEON IS REWRITING THE APOCALYPSE—ONE SCREENPLAY AT A TIME

Monte Albers de Leon didn’t set out to become a filmmaker. For over two decades, he was a corporate attorney, working in a world of…

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