# Montgomery Blencowe
**Montgomery Blencowe** is a British film producer and scientist, known as an executive producer on action films including *The Prince* (2014), *Heist* (2015), *Marauders* (2016), and *[Escape Plan 2: Hades](https://www.edgepedia.org/escape-plan-2-hades)* (2018), and as a researcher at the [University of California, Los Angeles](https://www.edgepedia.org/university-of-california-los-angeles) (UCLA). He was born in Brighton, England, and is based in Los Angeles; he is more commonly known as Monty Blencowe.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6477366/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | August 13, Brighton, England; based in Los Angeles, USA[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6477366/) |
| Known as | Monty Blencowe[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6477366/) |
| First executive producer credits | *The Prince* (2014), *Heist* (2015), *Marauders* (2016)[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6477366/) |
| Later action credits | *Escape Plan 2: Hades* (2018), *Trauma Center* (2019), *10 Minutes Gone* (2019)[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6477366/) |
| Science career | Scientist at UCLA; ResearchGate lists a Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, with 54 publications and 695 citations[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6477366/) • [2](https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Montgomery-Blencowe) |
| Spouse | Actress Lovi Poe, married August 27, 2023[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6477366/) |
## Film producing career
Blencowe's screen credits begin with *The Prince* (2014), on which he served as executive producer alongside a large producing team that included [Randall Emmett](https://www.edgepedia.org/randall-emmett) and George Furla as producers.[3](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-prince/credits/) He continued in the same role on *Heist* (2015), the Stephen C. Sepher bank-robbery film starring [Robert De Niro](https://www.edgepedia.org/robert-de-niro), whose Lionsgate production notes list him among the executive producers.[4](https://uniweb.media/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Lionsgate-Production-Notes-on-Stephen-C-Sephers-HEIST-Starring-Robert-De-Niro.pdf) The pattern repeated on *Marauders* (2016), where Metacritic's credits again place him among the executive producers under producers Emmett, Furla, and others.[5](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/marauders/credits/)
**Later credits.** He was executive producer on *Escape Plan 2: Hades* (2018), the sequel starring [Sylvester Stallone](https://www.edgepedia.org/sylvester-stallone) and [Dave Bautista](https://www.edgepedia.org/dave-bautista), and on two 2019 [Bruce Willis](https://www.edgepedia.org/bruce-willis) vehicles, *Trauma Center* and *10 Minutes Gone*.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6477366/) On *Trauma Center* he is credited as executive producer beneath producers Randall Emmett, George Furla, Luillo Ruiz, and Mark Stewart.[6](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9625664/fullcredits/)
**Recent and upcoming work.** His credits have broadened in the 2020s. He produced *Guilty Pleasure* (2024), a Philippine drama credited to Monty Blencowe alongside [Lovi Poe](https://www.edgepedia.org/lovi-poe) as producer,[7](https://pro.imdb.com/title/tt32242331/) and *Bad Man* (2025), an action comedy directed by Michael Diliberti and starring [Seann William Scott](https://www.edgepedia.org/seann-william-scott), on which he is listed as a producer among the financing companies Hemlock Circle Productions, Entertainment 360, C'est Lovi Productions, SSS Entertainment, and SSS Film Capital.[8](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Bad-Man-%282025%29) He is executive producer on *The Room Returns* (2025), Brando Crawford's tribute remake of *The Room*, and on the 2025 television series *The Sunshine Murders*.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6477366/) For 2026 he is a producer on *[Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors](https://www.edgepedia.org/let-us-through-dear-ancestors)* (original title *Makikiraan Po*), a 151-minute feature by the Filipino director Lav Diaz set in 1617 in the Spanish-colonial Philippines, produced with Bianca Balbuena through Epicmedia Productions, C'est Lovi Productions, and sine olivia pilipinas.[9](https://www.filmfesthamburg.de/en/film-info/let-us-through-dear-ancestors/)
## Scientific career
Alongside film work, Blencowe works as a scientist at UCLA.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6477366/) His ResearchGate profile lists him as a [Doctor of Philosophy](https://www.edgepedia.org/doctor-of-philosophy) in UCLA's Department of Integrative Biology and [Physiology](https://www.edgepedia.org/physiology), with listed expertise in integrative genomics and systems biology, 54 publications, and 695 citations; recent work includes a multi-tissue multi-omics study of type 1 diabetes.[2](https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Montgomery-Blencowe) Philippine press coverage has described him as a medical scientist.[10](https://hanep.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/TAON-4-BLG.-21-SEPTEMBER-30-OCTOBER-6-2019.pdf)
## Personal life
Blencowe married the Filipino-American actress and producer Lovi Poe, daughter of the actor [Fernando Poe Jr.](https://www.edgepedia.org/fernando-poe-jr), on August 27, 2023.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6477366/) • [11](https://www.lmconfidential.com/assets/2024/dec_2024.pdf) The two have collaborated professionally: Poe produced *Guilty Pleasure* with him and appears in *Bad Man*, and her company C'est Lovi Productions is a production partner on both that film and the Lav Diaz project.[7](https://pro.imdb.com/title/tt32242331/) • [8](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Bad-Man-%282025%29) • [9](https://www.filmfesthamburg.de/en/film-info/let-us-through-dear-ancestors/)
## References
1. [Montgomery Blencowe, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6477366/)
2. [Montgomery Blencowe, ResearchGate profile](https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Montgomery-Blencowe)
3. [The Prince credits, Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-prince/credits/)
4. [Lionsgate production notes for Heist (Stephen C. Sepher)](https://uniweb.media/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Lionsgate-Production-Notes-on-Stephen-C-Sephers-HEIST-Starring-Robert-De-Niro.pdf)
5. [Marauders credits, Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/marauders/credits/)
6. [Trauma Center (2019) full cast and crew, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9625664/fullcredits/)
7. [Guilty Pleasure production information, IMDbPro](https://pro.imdb.com/title/tt32242331/)
8. [Bad Man (2025) box office and credits, The Numbers](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Bad-Man-%282025%29)
9. [Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors, FilmFest Hamburg film info](https://www.filmfesthamburg.de/en/film-info/let-us-through-dear-ancestors/)
10. [HANEP Showbiz, September 30 to October 6, 2019](https://hanep.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/TAON-4-BLG.-21-SEPTEMBER-30-OCTOBER-6-2019.pdf)
11. [LM Confidential Entertainment, December 2024](https://www.lmconfidential.com/assets/2024/dec_2024.pdf)
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