[2] In 2003, Montiel published A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, a memoir[3] detailing his life growing up in Astoria, Queens in the early 1980s during the rise of the hardcore punk scene.

The book describes his time spent touring with his band Gutterboy and his brief modeling career with Versace along with other personal anecdotes.

In 2011, Montiel's police drama The Son of No One, again starring Tatum, as well as Ray Liotta, Al Pacino, Tracy Morgan and Katie Holmes, played at the Sundance Film Festival.

[4] In 2013, Montiel directed the crime-drama film Empire State, starring Liam Hemsworth, Emma Roberts and Dwayne Johnson.

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