Writer / Director / Editor / Author
"Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter."  ~Francis Chan

Born on Staten Island, Mikki del Monico grew up in Schenectady and later returned to NYC to nurture an extensive curiosity about human nature.  Mikki currently lives in Los Angeles but is really just a heartbeat away from another east-coast story.

AUTHOR, Politically Divided: A How-To Healing Workbook for Families, Friends and Couples (book, Rock Otter Press)
  • 27+ games and activities to help you get to the heart of political disagreements and have fun in the process.

WRITER-DIRECTOR, Alto (feature film)
  • producer Toni D'Antonio, Shake the Tree Productions
  • major film components shot in NYC
  • starring Diana DeGarmo, Annabella Sciorra, Billy Wirth, Natalie Knepp, David Valcin, Ward Horton, Jake Robards, Melanie Minichino, Lin Tucci, Nini Camps
  • distribution, Cinema Libre Studio
  • winner, Best First-Time Director | Downtown Film Festival LA
  • winner, Audience Favorite | VisionFest | NYC
  • winner, Outstanding Achievement in Production Design, Marilyn D'Amato | VisionFest | NYC
  • winner, Best Women's Feature | North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival

WRITER, Indelible (feature film)
  • winner of Alfred P. Sloan Screenwriting Award
  • winner of Alfred P. Sloan Production Grant
  • director Randy Dottin, producer Melanie RW Oram of Bajan Brownstone Productions
  • major film components shot in Harlem
  • starring Rosalyn Coleman, Tristan Wilds, Ann Dowd, Roger Guenveur Smith, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Jeannie Ortega, Sandra Reaves-Phillips, Roz Ryan
  • still in production

DIRECTOR, "That Was the Whiskey" (music video)
  • band, Antigone Rising
  • premiered on CMT.com
  • nominated, OUTMusic Award

DIRECTOR, "Everywhere is Home" (music video)
  • band, Antigone Rising with Diana DeGarmo
  • from the Alto soundtrack

DIRECTOR, "Borrowed Time" (music video)
  • band, Antigone Rising
  • completed as part of CreatorUp! Accelerator Series
  • featured at the inaugural OUTWebFest (Los Angeles)​
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PHOTO CREDIT: GARY J. COOPER
Me with Billy Wirth as "Caesar Bellafusco" 
on the set of Alto
CO-WRITER, Trigger Point (feature film project)
  • with director Hoang Duong

CO-WRITER, Fallen Princess (TV movie project)

EDITOR
  • various sizzle reels and commercials
  • Alto (feature film)
  • Borrowed Time (music video, Antigone Rising)
  • Everywhere is Home (music video, Antigone Rising)
  • That Was the Whiskey (music video, Antigone Rising)
  • The Only One (feature film, dir. Jack Abele)
  • Entering Oblivion (feature film, dir. Jack Abele)
  • video installations for dance performances at venues such as The Kitchen (NYC), Danspace Project (NYC), Tangente (Montréal), REDCAT (LA), Highways (LA) 

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER / RESEARCHER / VOICE-OVER COORDINATOR
  • Actuality Productions (Modern Marvels)
  • Workaholic Productions (long-form documentary for The History Channel and Discovery Channel)​
DEVELOPMENTAL EDITOR
  • The Future Tense of Joy by Jessica Teich, Seal Press
  • "This elegant book has a cinematic immediacy." -- Daniel Silva, New York Times bestselling author
TEACHING ASSISTANT
  • Digital Storytelling, Semester at Sea (Fall 2012) for University of British Columbia professor Erika Paterson
SPLASH PHOTO CREDIT: KELVIN JONES