Justin Monjo

Justin Monjo (born 1963, New York) is an American screenwriter, television producer, and actor, best known for his work on Farscape.

Early life

Monjo is the son of children's author F. N. Monjo III and the great-grandson of arctic furrier Ferdinand N. Monjo.[1] He is the nephew of American diplomat John Cameron Monjo.[2][3]

Monjo graduated from NIDA in 1985, alongside actresses Catherine McClements and Sonia Todd, and director Baz Luhrmann.

Career

Monjo wrote Adrian Pasdar's film debut screenplay Cement and worked on Young Lions. He created the 2005 TV series The Alice with Robyn Sinclair.

His adaptation with his former NIDA teacher Nick Enright of Cloudstreet by Tim Winton enjoyed huge critical and box-office success at the Festivals of Sydney and Perth, on tour of Australia, at the Festival of Dublin, and in London.

Filmography

As actor

Film

Year Title Role Type
1984 One Night Stand American Sailor Feature film
1988 Badlands 2005 Braggs TV film
1988 The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy Hendrick TV movie
1989 The Salute of the Jugger Dog-Boy Feature film
1993 Official Denial Franklin Kolbe TV movie
1993 Desperate Journey: The Allison Wilcox Story Bill Darden TV movie
1993 Escape from Absolom (aka No Escape) Technician #1 Feature film
1995 In Pursuit of Honor Captain Geoffrey Overton TV movie
1995 Babe Other character voices (voice actor) Feature film
1995 Singapore Sling: Old Flames Dave Ruxton TV movie
1995 Tunnel Vision Craig Breslin TV movie
1998 Dark City Taxi Driver Feature film
1998 Never Tell Me Never Marty Hall TV movie
1998 In the Winter Dark Circus Man Feature film

Television

Year Title Role Type
1987 Vietnam Tenzy Miniseries, 2 episodes
1987 Nancy Wake Ray Miniseries, 1 episode
1989 Mission: Impossible Bakunin TV series, S1 E8: "The Pawn"
1996 The Beast Lieutenant Henderson Miniseries, 2 episodes
1997 Big Sky Dave Brock TV series, S1 E2: "Navstar"
1997 Roar Julian TV series, pilot episode
1998 Flipper Calvin Frazier TV series, S3 E3: "Swimming with Sharks"
1998 Murder Call Roland Lacey TV series, S2 E18: "Instrument of Death"
2005 The Cooks TV Evangelist TV series, S1 E12: "Honey and Wounds"

Stage

Year Title Role Venue / Co.
1983 Kennedy's Children Barman NIDA Parade Theatre, Sydney, Royal Military College, Duntroon
1984 Holidaymakers Sergei Basov NIDA Theatre, Sydney
1984 Three French Farces: La Grange Impromptu at Versailles NIDA Theatre, Sydney
1984 Richard III George (Duke of Clarence) / Ratcliff / Cardinal Bourchier / Second Citizen NIDA Theatre, Sydney
1985 A Dream Play Actor NIDA Theatre, Sydney
1985 Funeral Games Actor NIDA Theatre, Sydney
1985 The Greeks Play 1 The War Actor NIDA Theatre, Sydney
1986 She Stoops to Conquer Tony Lumpkin Playhouse, Melbourne with MTC
1987 The Island Actor St John's Hall, Sydney
1987 Pericles Actor Wharf Theatre with STC
1987 A Lie of the Mind Actor Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney
1989 The Conquest of the South Pole Actor Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney
1990 The Emigrants Actor Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney with Auto Da Fe Theatre
1993 Fortune Actor Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company
1996 A View from the Bridge Marco Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney
Romeo is Bleeding Australia & United States
The Year I Started Believing in Vietnamese Fortune Tellers

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As writer/producer

Film

Year Title Role Type
2000 Cement Screenplay Film
2004 The Alice Writer TV film
2010 Roadman Script editor Film
2012 Bait 3D Additional writing Feature film
2013 The Turning Screenplay Anthology film, segment: "Sand"
2015 Spear Co-writer Feature film
2017 Jungle Screenplay Feature film
2018 KinShip Creative consultant Short film
2019 Storm Boy Screenplay Feature film
2022 Everything In Between Creative consultant Film

Television

Year Title Role Type
1998–99 Wildside Writer TV series, 2 episodes
1999–2003 Farscape Writer TV series, 14 episodes
2000 Farscape Creative consultant TV series, 15 episodes
2002 Young Lions Writer TV series, 2 episodes
2005–06 The Alice Co-creator TV series, 22 episodes
2008 The Strip Writer TV series, S1 E9: "House of Ill Repute"
2008–09 Rush Writer TV series, S1-2, 4 episodes
2013 Paper Giants: Magazine Wars Writer Miniseries, 2 episodes
2013 Serangoon Road Writer TV series, S1 E7: "My Girl"
2014 Never Tear Us Apart: The Untold Story of INXS Writer Miniseries, 2 episodes
2014 The Code Writer TV series, S1 E5
2015 Catching Milat Writer Miniseries, 2 episodes
2015 Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door Writer Miniseries, S1 E1
2016 Tomorrow, When the War Began Writer Miniseries, S1 E6
2016 Brock Writer Miniseries, S1 E1
2016–17 The Secret Daughter Creator TV series, 12 episodes
2018 Underbelly Files: Chopper Writer Miniseries, 2 episodes
2022 Bali 2002 Writer Miniseries, 2 episodes
2023 The Claremont Murders Writer Miniseries, 2 episodes

Stage

Year Title Role Venue / Co.
1994 That Eye, The Sky Adaptor Stanley Palmer Cultural Centre, Sydney, Playhouse, Melbourne, Playhouse, Perth, Space Theatre, Adelaide with Burning House Theatre Company for Sydney Festival
1998; 1999; 2001; 2002; 2006 Cloudstreet Adaptor Berth 9, Darling Harbour, Sydney, Fremantle Dock, Playhouse, Adelaide, Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne, Theatre Royal, Sydney, Playhouse, Brisbane, Olivier Theatre, London, Harvey Lichtenstein Theater, New York, Darwin Entertainment Centre, University of Melbourne
2005; 2006 Ray's Tempest Scriptwriter Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney, Fairfax Studio, Melbourne with MTC
2016; 2018 That Eye, The Sky Adaptor New Theatre, Sydney, Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide
2019 Cloudstreet Adaptor Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne

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References

  1. ^ "Biography Resource Center: F(erdinand) N(icholas, III) Monjo".
  2. ^ "F.N. Monjo". Library Things. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  3. ^ "1940 United States Census". Family Search. U.S. National Archives. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  4. ^ "AusStage".
  5. ^ "AusStage".
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