Karen Moncrieff (born December 20, 1963, in

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, California) is an American actress, director and screenwriter. She is best known as the writer and director of critically acclaimed movies ''

Blue Car ''Blue Car'' is a 2002 American drama film directed and written by Karen Moncrieff. It was the first film she directed and wrote. The film stars David Strathairn, Agnes Bruckner, Margaret Colin, and Frances Fisher. ''Blue Car'' had its world pre ...

'' and ''

The Dead Girl ''The Dead Girl'' is a 2006 American drama thriller film written and directed by Karen Moncrieff, starring Brittany Murphy, Toni Collette, Rose Byrne and Marcia Gay Harden. The film was nominated for several 2007 Independent Spirit Awards incl ...

'' ''''. Movies she has directed have won several awards. ''

'' won the Deauville American Film Festival's grand prize in 2007. ''

The Keeping Hours ''The Keeping Hours'' is a 2017 American supernatural horror drama film directed by Karen Moncrieff and written by Rebecca Sonnenshine. The film stars Lee Pace, Carrie Coon and Sander Thomas. The film released on July 24, 2018, via video on deman ...

'' won the Audience Award for Fiction Feature Film at the L.A. Film Fest in 2017. Her directing credits are in both television and

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, and she has acted in the soap operas ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' Santa Barbara''. In 1985, she was crowned

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and competed in the

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pageant. She graduated from

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in 1982.

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