The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain

Christopher Monger is a Welsh screenwriter, director and editor, best known for writing and directing The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain and writing the HBO biopic 'Temple Grandin'. He has directed eight feature films and written over thirty screenplays. Monger was born in... Ffynnon Taf, Wales. His father, Ifor David Monger was the local doctor and published author and playwright, his short story "The Man Who Lost His Boswell" remains in print. Both Christopher Mongers' parents painted, and his father was also a keen amateur photographer and filmmaker. Christopher Monger with his younger brother Antony and friend Alan Field, started a village newspaper when they were still children. It ran for two years and garnered them interviews on BBC and HTV television. Their newspaper extolled the Surrealists as a local political party, printed fake photographs in which local landmarks had been demolished, and never printed a story based in truth.
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