Week 6 BOC: Monty Lapica

WHO: Monty Lapica

WHAT:   Founder, managing director, Thought Division Media Co.; producer, writer, director of multi award winning Film “Self Medicated”

“award-winning documentary film, "Self-Medicated," in 2004, but since then the Las Vegas native has made a name for himself in the advertising and multimedia services realm.” List of awards:

  Rome Independent Film Festival - Grand Jury Prize

  Australian International Film Festival - Grand Jury Prize

  Australian International Film Festival - Best Actress (Diane Venora)

  2007 Angel Award Winner

  2006 PRISM Award Winner

  WorldFest International Film Festival - Gold Remi Award

  Phoenix Film Festival - Sundance Channel Audience Award

  Phoenix Film Festival - Best Ensemble Acting

  Berkeley Film Festival - Best Feature

  Memphis International Film Festival - Best Feature

  Tahoe/Reno International Film Festival - Best Spotlight Feature

  Newport Beach International Film Festival - Best First Feature

  San Luis Obispo International Film Festival - Best Feature

  Zion International Film Festival - Grand Jury Prize

  Santa Fe Film Festival - Best of the Southwest

  Tiburon International Film Festival - Best Actor (Monty Lapica)

  Los Angeles DIY Film Festival - Best Feature

  Los Angeles DIY Film Festival - Best Director

  George Lindsey Film Festival - Best Feature

  Cosmos International Film Festival - Best Feature

  Flint International Film Festival - Competition Jury Prize

  Twin Rivers Film Festival - Feature Film Award

  Zoie Film Festival - Best Picture

  Big Island Film Festival - Best Feature

  Big Island Film Festival - Up-And-Coming Filmmaker Award

  Santa Clarita Film Festival - Best Feature

  Santa Clarita Film Festival - Fuji Best Feature Shot on Film

  Lake Arrowhead Film Festival - Best Feature

  Trenton International Film Festival - Best Screenplay

  BridgeFest Film Festival Canada - Best Feature

  Staten Island Film Festival - Best New Filmmaker

  Estes Park Film Festival - Best Feature

  Estes Park Film Festival - Audience Award

  Granada Festival de Cine - Best Screenplay

  VisionFest Film Festival - Best Feature

  VisionFest Film Festival - Best Actor (Monty Lapica)

  VisionFest Film Festival - Best Editing

  Tony Bennett Foundation - Inspiration Award 

  Charlotte Film Festival - Audience Award

“His company, Thought Division Media Company, creates television ads, and offers Internet and multimedia services for major companies worldwide.”

Created the Las Vegas International Film Festival

WHERE and WHY:  Las Angeles California because it’s LA. Las Vegas Nevada because “I took a look at the competition out here and noticed that it's not quite as competitive as the Los Angeles landscape. It felt like a good opportunity to bring our core services out here, to also offer some business out here in my hometown.”

WHEN  2004 - Present

HOW: “Initially we started as just a production company and the more commercial jobs we did, we found our clients asking us for referrals in other areas such as Web and mobile, so it made sense over time to start offering these services as well.”