Biography

Jimmy Monack is an award-winning screenwriter, filmmaker and teacher. After earning a bachelor's degree in social studies from San Jose State University in California he spent 10 years as a drummer in the San Francisco night clubs, most notably with his band The Cheeseballs. Finally putting down his drum sticks, he moved to Washington D.C. to pursue a master's degree in teaching at Howard University and soon after became a history teacher for District of Columbia Public Schools. Six years later he returned to graduate school at Johns Hopkins University earning a master's degree in Liberal Arts while independently learning film production.

In 2012 he founded Gumshoe Rumpus Productions writing, directing and producing quality children's short films. He has earned accolades from The Beverly Hills Film Festival, The Austin Film Festival, The Charleston Film Festival, The Omaha Film Festival and more. His feature screenplay, Dad-Tastic!, won the International Family Film Festival for Best Comedy Script and his first short film, Charm City Rumpus, won the Garden State Film Festival Best Comedy Award. His two short films, Bully and Homework will air on Shorts International TV in June of 2014. His children's script Catch That Brat won Fade-In Magazine's Best Family Script.

Monack is currently a teacher at Indian Creek Upper School in Crownsville, Maryland teaching Creative Writing, Advanced Placement Language and Composition and the self-created elective Cinema on the Page. He is also a Court Appointed Special Advocate for foster children in Anne Arundel County. He lives in Annapolis, Maryland.
- IMDb mini biography by: Jimmy Monack