Monty Dobson
Co-Founder at Startigraphic Productions LLC
Producer, Director and Screenwriter
Springfield, Missouri
March 2013
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About Monty
Monty Dobson is a disabled veteran, screenwriter, and the award-winning Producer/Showrunner on two 6x30 seasons of the American history/archaeology television series America from the Ground Up (2014-2018). Dobson is an inaugural (2022) Mentee of the Catalyst Storyroad Institute’s National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Official Screenwriting Mentorship Program.
Monty's recent films include the feature length documentary DIGADOHI: Lands, Cherokee and the Trail of Tears (2020) currently airing on PBS and showing at festivals internationally; and the documentary short FIGHTER: a boxing story (2021) which profiles the work of Darrell Smith -a 100% disabled veteran and former Army boxing champion -with at risk youth in his community which is currently showing at film festivals internationally and available on the PBS website.
Born in Flint Michigan, Monty joined the US Navy out of school. After the end of his service, Dobson decided to pursue his lifelong love of history and earned Graduate degrees in History and Archaeology in the US and England. Monty has worked on archaeological excavations in the US and Europe and published manuscripts, articles, essays and Op-ed pieces internationally. Dobson is also a strong advocate for America’s Disabled Veterans. He resides in the heart of the Ozark Mountains in Missouri with his wife Jacqueline and a small herd of rescue cats.
Unique traits: In my previous career I dug up dead Vikings.
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Queen of Vice Drama ⋄ Crime Based on a True Story: In the aftermath of WWII a small town farm girl battles the mob, corrupt cops and her own demons to rise to the top of a vice empire in America's lost mob playground Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Credits
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DIGADOHI: Lands, Cherokee and the Trail of Tears (
2017 - 2019 )
Documentary by SPLLCFILMS Director/Producer DIGADOHI means lands in Cherokee and the story of their removal is recorded in the archaeology at places like the Snelson-Brinker farm in Missouri, and in the traditions and family histories of the Cherokee today. July 4th, 2017 the historic Snelson-Brinker cabin was burnt to the ground. A criminal investigation was launched. Using cutting edge archaeological methods, STEM, and archival research a group of community activists and Cherokee leaders work to rescue a historic property from the arsonist's flames and identify the graves of the Cherokee who died there on the Trail of Tears. Filming for DIGADOHI began in November of 2017 at archaeological and historic sites along the route from Cherokee homelands in the East, to Oklahoma. The film chronicles a year of those investigations and weaves the family stories - European, African, and Native - that were unearthed there into the national story of America. Ultimately The Cherokee story is one of survival and passing on a living culture. -
America: From the Ground Up! (
2014 - 2018 )
TV Series Writer -
Digadohi: Lands, Cherokee, and the Trail of Tears (
2018 )
Film Writer -
America from the Ground Up Season Two (
0000 - 2016 )
Documentary by Stratigraphic Productions LLC and Central Michigan University Executive Producer, Lead Writer, Host America from the Ground Up combines energetic camera work, aerial photography, and fast paced editing that brings the viewer along on the expedition and behind the scenes on some of today’s most important historical and archaeological projects. The viewer follows Monty along on jouncing Jeep rides, canoe trips, or an underwater archaeology project for the archaeological adventure of a lifetime. -
America From the Ground Up (
2014 )
Television by Stratigraphic Productions LLC Executive Producer -
America From the Ground Up (
2014 )
Television by Stratigraphic Productions LLC Co-writer -
America From the Ground Up (
2014 )
Television by Stratigraphic Productions LLC Host -
Cahokia: Native American City of Mystery (
2010 )
Documentary by ShovelReady Productions Executive Producer -
Cahokia: Native American City of Mystery (
2010 )
Documentary by ShovelReady Productions Host -
Cahokia: Native American City of Mystery (
2010 )
Documentary by ShovelReady Productions Co-writer -
Fighter: a boxing story
Writer
Awards
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Independent Public Television Production, Best in Category, Michigan Association of Broadcasters
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Honorable Mention, Alice Smith Prize in Public History
(2015)
Education
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Central Michigan University
(2001-2008) -
The University of York
(2001-2008)
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