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Monica Hampton has been active in the entertainment industry since 1994. She has produced both fiction and non-fiction feature films alongside Michael Moore, Davis Guggenheim, and Kevin Smith. She also played a pivotal role in establishing VICE's online broadcast network.
Her career began in New York City in 1994 when she served as second assistant director on the low-budget indie feature Under the Bridge (1996), starring Melissa Leo and Zach Grenier. In 1996, she produced her first short film, "The Package," featuring Frank Vincent.
That same year, she joined Kevin Smith's View Askew Productions as production manager and post supervisor for the acclaimed film Chasing Amy (1997). She continued collaborating with View Askew Productions for six years, contributing to Dogma (1999), Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001), and Jersey Girl (2004). Under View Askew, Monica solo-produced Vulgar (2000), a feature narrative film released by Lionsgate Films in 2002, executive produced by Smith and Scott Mosier.
In 2003, she partnered with Michael Moore to produce and post supervise Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004), the highest-grossing documentary feature ever. Following its DVD release, she produced Slacker Uprising (2007), documenting Moore's 2004 pre-election tour across America, featuring artists like Roseanne Barr, Eddie Vedder, Joan Baez, Michael Stipe, and Tom Morello. In 2005, she was deployed to New Orleans as a Disaster Relief Organizer after Hurricane Katrina.
Also in 2005, Monica joined VICE Media as their inaugural Head of Production, Post Production, and Programming. Collaborating with creative director Spike Jonze and founders Shane Smith, Suroosh Alvi, and Eddy Moretti, she helped develop and launch the innovative network. She was responsible for hiring and managing producers, associate producers, editors, post associates, and freelancers. Over five years, she oversaw the creation of more than 200 hours of original content and managed day-to-day production operations. At VICE, she worked with Virtue, the in-house ad agency, on interactive marketing and brand integrations for clients including Red Bull, Harley Davidson, and HP.
During her time at VICE, Monica also became the first Head of VICE FILMS. She produced the acclaimed documentary Heavy Metal in Baghdad (2007), about Iraq’s renowned heavy metal band Acrassicauda. The film premiered at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival, had its European premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival, and saw worldwide theatrical release in 2008. Additionally, she produced "The VBS Show," VICE's first TV series, a half-hour magazine-style program broadcast on MTV Networks in 2009.
After leaving VICE in 2010, Monica produced national commercials and a web series for Microsoft, as well as a documentary on print deprivation for Hewlett Packard in partnership with VICE. She began producing art films for Aïda Ruilova and collaborated with Academy Award-winning director Davis Guggenheim on various documentaries, including working with Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai on He Named Me Malala (2015).
In 2016, she made her directorial debut with the music video "Exercise Man" for Dean Ween. The following year, she produced the debut music video "Unfuck the World" for the supergroup Prophets of Rage—featuring members of Rage Against the Machine, Public Enemy, and Cypress Hill—directed by Michael Moore.
In 2017, two of her films, SHOT! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock (2016), directed by Barnaby Clay, and Tickling Giants (2016), directed by Sara Taksler, were released theatrically.
Monica is currently collaborating with Marissa Kaiser and Rachel Esterline on their first feature-length documentary and with Mark Christopher Covino, director of A Band Called Death (2012), on his next feature film. Both projects explore social justice issues through the perspectives of influential and trailblazing figures.
