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Monte Merrick Biography

Birth Name:Monte Lynn Merrick

Birth Place:Portland, Oregon, United States

Profession Writer, Producer

Fast Facts

  • Graduated from Lewis & Clark College and earned his master's in theater from the University of Colorado
  • His first screenplay to be produced was the 1989 dramatic comedy "Staying Together," directed by Lee Grant
  • Best known as a playwright and screenwriter who wrote the screenplay for the 1990 film "Memphis Belle․"
  • Published a novel called "Shelter," about a teenager in his home state of Oregon, in 1993