Monty Lord

Monty Lord was born on Jun 04, 2005 in England. Monty Lord's big-screen debut came with Do Children Have Rights? directed by Monty Lord in 2022.

Montgomery-Everard Edward John Lord was born on June 4, 2005 in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. The son of Fabian Lord and Bernadette O'Connor. He attended St. Joseph's RC High School in Horwich, Bolton where he was the Head Boy, later moving to Runshaw College in Leyland. He's referred to by many, using his nickname 'Monty.'With a strong interest in challenging injustices through the law, Montgomery became a BBC Young Reporter and a Director and Legal/Investigative Reporter for both Get Success, an independent TV production company and Young Legal Eagles. As a world memory champion, Montgomery is the youngest person in the United Kingdom with the most world records, holding 5 Guinness World Records for world memory challenges.He realised his fondness for writing when, at the age of 7 years old, he became the UK's youngest bestselling author with his fictional novel. He continues to write, however now preferring to focus on non-fictional works. As a legal reporter, he's progressing the release of several information booklets and a commissioned TV series to educate children about their legal rights.His advocacy work and engagement of thousands of children in ground-breaking research was recognised by the Prime Minister, being awarded the Prime Minister's Points of Light Award. He also received the Diana Award and the British Citizen Youth Award for services to the community and charity.An accomplished public speaker, Monty has spoken avidly about The Rule of Law, access to the law for children and young people and using enhanced memory techniques to address inequalities in the education system. He's spoken at TEDx talks and at the age of 14, presented his 55,000-word research thesis to senior academics at the University of Manchester and later to world leaders at the United Nations in Geneva. He advocates for children and young people at the United Nations Major Group for Children and Youth.At the age of 14, Monty founded the UK registered charity Young Active Minds (reg. 1189445), to advance education & mental health awareness throughout all community groups and bring an end to educational inequality for children and young people.He was named in The Independent newspaper as in the top 50 inspirational people driving positive change in Britain.