What is the nationality of the director of the film based on the 2005 short film "Monster"?
Jennifer Kent Jennifer Kent is an Australian actress, writer and director, best known for her horror film "The Babadook" (2014), which was her directorial debut. She is currently filming her second film, "The Nightingale".
A Monster Calls (film) A Monster Calls is a 2016 dark fantasy drama film directed by J. A. Bayona and written by Patrick Ness, based on his novel of the same name. The film stars Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones, Toby Kebbell, Lewis MacDougall, and Liam Neeson, and tells the story of Conor (MacDougall), a child whose mother (Jones) is terminally ill; one night, he is visited by a giant tree-like monster (Neeson), who states that he will come back and tell Conor three stories.