Monica Hampton is a New York-based narrative and documentary filmmaker. Her documentary film credits include

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's ''

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'', '' Heavy Metal in Baghdad'', the 2008 documentary on Iraqi heavy metal band Acrassicauda and the 2008 documentary '' Slacker Uprising'', a film about

's 2004 tour across the United States. In 2005 she joined

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as Head of Production and Post Production of a new division of

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created to make videos and documentaries, at the time the network would be called VBS.tv and would launch online in 2007. In 2000 she produced

Kevin Smith Kevin Patrick Smith (born August 2, 1970) is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor. He came to prominence with the low-budget buddy comedy film ''Clerks (film), Clerks'' (1994), which he wrote, directed, co-produced, and acted i ...

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' '' Vulgar'', a narrative film directed by Bryan Johnson (comic book writer). She began her film career as an assistant director and production manager on low budget indie films in New York including '' Palookaville'', ''

Wishful Thinking Wishful thinking is the formation of beliefs based on what might be pleasing to imagine, rather than on evidence, rationality, or reality. It is a product of resolving conflicts between belief and desire. Methodologies to examine wishful thin ...

'' (Drew Barrymore, Jon Stewart) and ''

Chasing Amy ''Chasing Amy'' is a 1997 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Kevin Smith and starring Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams and Jason Lee. The third film in Smith's View Askewniverse series, the film is about a male comic a ...

'' (Ben Affleck, Jason Lee). She appears in front of the camera uncredited in ''Chasing Amy'', ''Dogma'' and ''Vulgar''. She produced Barnaby Clay's documentary ''Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock'' (2016) about rock photographer

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and a documentary entitled Tickling Giants on Egypt's Bassem Youssef. Both films premiered at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival and both films were released theatrically in 2017. In 2016, Hampton made her directorial debut directing

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of Ween's, first-ever solo music video for the song "Exercise Man". In 2017, Hampton reunited with

to create the "Unfuck the World" music video, the debut music video for

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. Prophets of Rage, was of the rap rock supergroup composed of three members of

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and

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(bassist and backing vocalist

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, guitarist

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, and drummer

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and rapper

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, and

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rapper

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. Hampton is a graduate of

University of Maryland, College Park The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland, United States. Founded in 1856, UMD i ...

Filmography

*'' Palookaville'' (1995) *''

'' (1997) *''

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'' (1997) *''

Dogma Dogma, in its broadest sense, is any belief held definitively and without the possibility of reform. It may be in the form of an official system of principles or doctrines of a religion, such as Judaism, Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, or Islam ...

'' (1999) *'' Vulgar'' (2000) *''

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back ''Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back'' is a 2001 American satirical stoner buddy comedy film written, co-edited, and directed by Kevin Smith and produced and co-edited by Scott Mosier. The film is the fifth set in the View Askewniverse, a growing ...

'' (2001) *''

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'' (2003) *''

'' (2004) *'' Heavy Metal in Baghdad'' (2008) *'' Slacker Uprising'' (2008) *''SHOT the Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock'' (2016) *'' Tickling Giants'' (2017)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hampton, Monica Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American documentary filmmakers University of Maryland, College Park alumni American documentary film producers American music video directors American women film producers