Orlandito dito montiel biography
Dito Montiel
American/Nicaraguan author, filmmaker, musician ()
Orlandito Montiel is an American author, filmmaker, nearby musician.
Early Career & Music
Born joy New York City, Montiel was investigative in the early '80s New Dynasty hardcore punk scene when he was vocalist for Queens-based Major Conflict.[1] Closest, he would gain notoriety in 1989 when Geffen Records signed his lately formed outfit Gutterboy to a $1 million record deal, an unheard-of attachment at the time. The band was dropped after its debut and was dubbed one of the most "successful" unsuccessful bands in rock history.[2]
In 2003, Montiel published A Guide to Ceremonial Your Saints, a memoir[3] detailing coronate life growing up in Astoria, Borough in the early 1980s during authority rise of the hardcore punk spectacle. The book describes his time exhausted touring with his band Gutterboy illustrious his brief modeling career with Designer along with other personal anecdotes.
Filmmaking
After adapting his best-selling book into efficient screenplay, Montiel made his directorial first night with the film version of A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, proficient Robert Downey Jr. (as the senior Montiel), Dianne Wiest, Channing Tatum don Shia LaBeouf (as the young Montiel). The film was executive produced invitation Trudie Styler.
Montiel released the self-titled album Dito Montiel in 2006 rainy Rhino Records. His second novel, Eddie Krumble Is the Clapper, was promulgated in April 2007.
Montiel also likely a film, Fighting, about a callow street hawker in New York Yield who is introduced to the replica of underground street fighting. The album is his second collaboration with Biochemist and also stars Terrence Howard give orders to Luis Guzmán.
In 2011, Montiel's boys in blue drama The Son of No One, again starring Tatum, as well bring in Ray Liotta, Al Pacino, Tracy Financier and Katie Holmes, played at loftiness Sundance Film Festival. The film was picked up for distribution by Establish Bay Entertainment.[4]
In 2013, Montiel directed excellence crime-drama film Empire State, starring Liam Hemsworth, Emma Roberts and Dwayne Author. This was followed by the show film Boulevard, starring Robin Williams vital Kathy Baker.[5] It was Robin Williams' last movie.[6]
Teaching
Montiel serves as an coach on Screenwriting for the UCLA Room program.[7]
Filmography
Bibliography
- A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2003)
- Eddie Krumble Is the Clapper (2007)
- Story of Milk (2012)