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A filmmaker for over 25 years, Monty is experienced in varied aspects of film and video production including
writing, directing, lighting, and camera work. During his career in the Hollywood film industry his roles included
producer, director, production manager, writer, still photographer, media consultant, key grip, and gaffer.
It all started when Monty attended film school at The University of Texas Austin and then proceeded to devote himself
full-time to his growing professional media career. He was co-founder and co-director of Thor Projects, Inc., a Casting,
Talent & Production Company in Austin. He brought the IATSE to Austin and was the local liaison for the Paramount
Pictures premiere of "Leadbelly", a film shot in Austin.
Monty was Location Manager on "Waltz Across Texas", a feature film set in the Texas oil fields. The job required
training with the legendary Red Adair Wild Well Control. "Life on the Slope", a documentary on the people who
live and work on the North Slope of Alaska, was directed by McMillan. Filming in minus 80 degree temperatures
and near total darkness, his locations on America's Arctic coast included oil rigs, the open tundra, and Eskimo
townships. In conjunction with extensive research for "The Rig", a feature length screenplay set on an offshore
oil rig, Monty produced a documentary filmed on Penrod 78, then the largest semi-submersible rig drilling deep
in the Gulf of Mexico.
As leader of the Mata-Hari Productions team, Monty established TV-3, Malaysia's first public television network.
His team included experts in television and video directing, editing, camera, art direction, and sound. For
"The Dhamazzadhi Bell", Monty traveled to Burma in the mid-90s, dealing with the generals and religious leaders in
conjunction with a project to locate and raise a giant temple bell from Rangoon Harbor.
Monty directed three episodes of the "America's Army" TV series, filming desert warfare manuevers at the Army's
National Training Center. He was also co-writer and co-director on a Command Briefing DVD/video for the U.S. Army
Signal Command at Fort Huachuca.
Other research and filming expeditions have taken Monty to the Ecuadorean Andes, Mexico, the Philippines, and
throughout Southeast Asia. His research, writing, and producing have found him working with corporate and
government personnel including the U.S. State Department and Embassies both here and abroad, Chinese and other foreign
Embassies, NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, Pan American Airlines,
McDonnel Douglas, provincial Governors, and tribal chieftans.
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