Mark C. Bonn, Vi Cowden and Christine Bonn attending the Newport Beach Film Festival

I have been working professionally in television for over 28 years. One of my earliest jobs was as the videographer and editor of mini-documentaries for the award winning “Channel 17 Reports” that were created for WNED-TV, PBS in Buffalo, NY.

In 1986 I moved to Los Angeles, where I continued to do camera and editing work, along with technical directing. For the past 21 years I have worked for the Fox Broadcasting Network as an editor where I have edited several network specials and have received 7 Promax Awards.

Looking to get back into our documentary roots, in 2001, my wife Christine Bonn and I formed our own production company - My Monkey House. Our Award winning “In Times of War Documentary Project” has aired on PBS and is for sale on DVD at the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum. We feel blessed to have the opportunity to capture these historic stories of the men and women of World War II, and share them with the World.

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After graduating Magna Cum Laude from SUNY Fredonia in 1983 with a BA in Theatre and a BS in Communication/Media, Christine spent much of her time pursuing acting with little bursts onto the broadcast scene working as a DJ and a News Announcer for local Buffalo, NY radio stations. She lived for three years in Vienna, Austria as a resident actress starring in over 12 stage productions at The International Theatre. When she returned to the States, she continued acting, but in her spare time began to work at WNED-TV (PBS) in Buffalo. She became an Associate Producer of the award winning documentaries, “Turning Points” and, “ Great Lakes in Crisis”. 

She and her husband Mark began their own production company, My Monkey House, in California in 2001. Her memories of looking at the books that her grandmother had put together of her Uncle’s illustrated envelopes pulled her to seek them out again, and with her Uncle’s blessing they began the journey that became “Letters To Defiance”, which opened the door to meeting other veterans and hearing their amazing accounts of WW II. And so the "In Times of War" Documentary Project was born.

Christine is also very proud to be a member of the Board of Directors for 1736 Family Crisis Center (www.1736fcc.org) where she has helped to raise funds by producing benefit performances of The Vagina Monologues for the past 4 years as part of the VDay Worldwide campaign.

Christine & Mark with their first Telly Award for "Letters To Defiance"