Del Monte received a B.A. in
philosophy from the
University of Western Ontario. He completed his master's in
theology at the
University of Toronto. While on a training camp for the
2012 Olympic Trials, Del Monte got injured. A teammate had a DSLR camera, so Del Monte began making short profile pieces for the popular running website
Flotrack. He decided to give
filmmaking a shot and at a race in
London, Ontario, Del Monte approached
2012 Boston Marathon champion
Wesley Korir, and asked if he could do a documentary on him. He met who would become his longtime producer and collaborator, Tad Munnings. The documentary,
Transcend, was executive produced by
Frank Marshall/
The Kennedy Marshall Company and was acquired by
Netflix and
ESPN. Del Monte's second feature documentary,
Transformer, followed competitive bodybuilder
Janae Kroc as she coped with the process of gender transition. The film won several awards at film festivals, including the
Hot Docs Audience Award at the 2018
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. Del Monte received the Canadian Emerging Filmmaker award that year as well. The documentary was acquired by Netflix in 2018. Del Monte's third feature documentary,
His Name Is Ray, follows a homeless heroin addict on the streets of Toronto, as he tries to get back on his sailboat. The film premiered at Hot Docs in 2021. It later played at the TIFF Lightbox in November 2022. It went on to win Best International Documentary and Special Jury Prize at Melbourne Documentary Festival. ==References==