Monica Lee Bellais

In 2017 she was Honorary Guest, along with internationally known Icelandic actress Edda Björgvinsdóttir, at the Northern Wave International Film Festival in Rif, Iceland. Monica has worked in development, financing, production, and post-production for many projects, including Buck Run (James Les Gros, Amy Hardgreaves), the comedy special Shawn Pelofsky: Stretch It Out, Bennie's (Pilot starring T. V. Icon Ed Asner, Oscar Nominee Cathy Moriarty); Wakefield (Jennifer Garner, Bryan Cranston).

Monica Lee Bellais is an American writer/producer. She has international production experience in Canada, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, Monaco, Pakistan, Thailand, and the United Arab Emirates. Monica is in her second term serving as a Council member of the Writers Guild of America, East, AFL-CIO (WGAE), a labor union representing thousands of members who write content for motion pictures, television, news, and digital media. She is now in her seventh year as an Advisory Committee member for Women in Film & Video (WIFV) in Washington, D. C. She also served for four years as a Board member for WIFV. Monica has lobbied on Capitol Hill for the entertainment industry and women in the arts. In 2019 she partnered with the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention and the Entertainment Industry Council to create the White Paper "Recommendations for Depicting Suicide" in television, journalism, and digital media. It's a collaborative, concise, and well-vetted by top mental health experts. That same year, she received an award from Veterans in Media & Entertainment for her contribution to veterans' transition from military carriers to the entertainment industry.