Eva Monley was a Kenyan location scout, production manager and film producer.
15 Facts About Eva Monley
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Eva Monley was born in Berlin, Germany on April 29,1923.
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Eva Monley fled Nazi Germany with her mother, eventually settling in Kenya Colony, which later became the independent nation of Kenya.
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Over time, Eva Monley achieved fluency in the Swahili language and became an expert on East African cultures.
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Eva Monley worked as a script supervisor and assistant for the 1950 movie, King Solomon's Mines.
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Once production had finished, Eva Monley was hired in a similar position as assistant and script supervisor for the 1951 film The African Queen, directed by John Huston.
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Eva Monley worked on two films produced in India, The Rains of Ranchipur, which was directed by Jean Negulesco and starred Lana Turner, and 1956's Bhowani Junction, a George Cukor-directed film adaptation of the novel.
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Eva Monley worked as the location manager for Lawrence of Arabia for two years.
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In 1960, Eva Monley began a five film collaboration with director Otto Preminger as his production manager for Exodus.
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Eva Monley subsequently worked as production manager for - The Cardinal in 1963, In Harm's Way in 1965, Bunny Lake Is Missing in 1965 and Hurry Sundown in 1967.
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Eva Monley switched to associate producer for a number of films later in her career.
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Eva Monley used her expertise as both an associate producer and film scout for Mister Johnson, which was shot on location in Nigeria by Bruce Beresford.
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Eva Monley produced the 1993 Walt Disney Pictures and Amblin Entertainment film, A Far Off Place, which starred Reese Witherspoon.
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Eva Monley was a recipient of the British Film Institute's lifetime achievement award.
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Eva Monley died at her home in Nanyuki, Kenya, on November 12,2011, at the age of 88.