ANDRES

MONGE

  • Writer
  • Branded Content
  • Filmmaker
  • Film & TV
  • Filmmaker
  • Film & TV
  • Writer
  • Branded Content

I’m a Costa Rican writer and creator working in English and Spanish. Writing is the foundation of my work: a way to explore ideas, build characters, and develop a point of view.

Honorable Mention Berlin Shorts Festival

Award Winner Las Vegas Shorts Film Festival

WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival

Reality Bytes Independent Student Film Festival

Phoenix Shorts Film Festival

Las Vegas Short Film Festival

My Story

I am Andres Monge, I create from branded films to award-winning shorts.

Chapter 01 · The shared source

Bilingual by birth

Before either world existed, there was a native US-Latino voice — two languages, two cultures, identity as raw material. Everything downstream, on both sides, grows from here.

Honorable Mention Berlin Shorts Festival
Award Winner Las Vegas Shorts Film Festival

2020

Honorable Mention Berlin Shorts Festival

Award Winner Las Vegas Shorts Film Festival

Film · Writer, Director & Producer

Romano Honorario

A dramatic short film about an orphan raised by a criminal family who must confront guilt, loyalty and the inheritance he receives after the death of his adoptive father.

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WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival

Reality Bytes Independent Student Film Festival

Phoenix Shorts Film Festival

Las Vegas Shorts Film Festival

Film · Writer, Director & Producer

5 Sentidos

A psychological thriller short about a man who gradually loses each of his five senses, and the emotional toll it takes on both him and his wife.

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2022

WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival

Reality Bytes Independent Student Film Festival

Phoenix Shorts Film Festival

Las Vegas Shorts Film Festival

2023

Film · Writer, Director & Producer

Silent Pain / Mime

A silent experimental short, shot in black and white and influenced by film noir, about a mime chasing his dream.

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Film · Writer, Director & Producer

Nahuel

A dramatic short about a young Afro-Indigenous Latino navigating the prejudices of the society around him.

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Campaign · Fashion Designer / Creative Director / Director

Fashion Design and Campaign

Final project for FASH 110: Introduction to Fashion Design. I designed a collection that included a skirt, a safari jacket, a pair of trousers and two shirts with snaps and rhinestones.

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2025

Writing · Writer & Researcher

Neurodivergent Students Aren’t Broken — the System Is

A persuasive research essay on the limitations of the traditional education system for neurodivergent students.

It drew a lot of attention on LinkedIn from other specialists in education for neurodivergent people. By far my most recognized essay.

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Writing · Writer

Us vs. Them

A personal creative nonfiction essay on Costa Rican-Nicaraguan identity, migration, xenophobia and social class.

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2026

Writing · Writer

Outside the Wake

A personal creative nonfiction essay on mortality, grief and the difference between a sudden death and a death that comes after a long life.

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Writing · Writer / Research · Industry

Sysco vs The Food Industry

What Sysco’s rise reveals about how efficiency and consolidation are quietly making restaurants taste the same.

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Writing · Writer / Researcher

When Nationalism Becomes a Trend

A creative nonfiction essay that analyzes the rise of populist and nationalist movements in Europe and their link to a global trend toward sovereignty, territorial expansion and politics increasingly built as a brand.

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Film · Writer, Director & Producer · In post-production

El Guardaparques

A dramatic short shot in Limón, Costa Rica, about a park ranger who keeps protecting sea turtle nests even after losing his job to budget cuts. Shot in summer 2026. Fundraising campaign in development, with release planned for late 2026. The project is also evolving into a real support campaign for Cahuita National Park.

Coming soon
ABOUT / CONTACT

Andrés Monge

I’m a Costa Rican writer and creator working in English and Spanish. Writing is the foundation of my work: a way to explore ideas, build characters, and develop a point of view.

My work takes different forms, from fiction and screenplays to films, campaigns, and design. I write, direct, and produce, bringing together storytelling and visual thinking to shape a project from its first concept through its execution.

Whether I’m developing an original story or collaborating on a creative brief, I care about finding the right voice—and giving people something worth paying attention to.