Directing

Alex Monty Canawati

Born 1969-08-11 · New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Alex Monty Canawati is an independent film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is a graduate of the USC School of Cinema-Television and the subject of the documentaries Camp Hollywood (2003) and Monty and the Movies (2027).

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An in-depth look at embattled filmmaker Alex “Monty” Canawati uncovers the indelible mark he's left on Hollywood.

Monty and the Movies

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A porn star, a bank robber and a Shakespearean actor are some of the subjects of Camp Hollywood, a feature documentary about the residents of a legendary Hollywood hotel. Seen through the eyes of a Canadian comic who's come out to L.A. for the first time, Camp Hollywood is an intimate portrait of the actors, musicians and other transients he meets during his two-month stay.

Camp Hollywood

2004

A psychiatrist falls prey to blackmail by her patient's husband.

Inevitable Grace

1994

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Explores the scandals and decadent lives of silent movie stars in 1920s Hollywood.

Return to Babylon

2013

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The Old West. The end of the Frontier era. As civilization draws steadily nearer, the last remaining drifter finds himself trapped in the last of the brutal frontier towns. The catch - everyone in the town believes the drifted to be Destry, a notorious swindler who deserted the town in disgrace five years earlier.