Matthew is a writer, director and editor in Los Angeles. His first feature, KRINGLE TIME, was released in 2021 by Gravitas Ventures and is available everywhere on VOD. He's made a handful of shorts, including the award-winning MOONSHOT. His feature scripts have been recognized in numerous competitions and industry lists, including perennial placements in his favorite festival, the Austin Film Fest.
He's occasionally a playwright and musician; more often he’s an industrials director and an editor with the Walt Disney Company. He’s more of a dog guy but will meet a cat on neutral ground.
ERRANT GOOD Budget: $1M - $5M | Mystery ⋄ Comedy An enigmatic private eye and his adventure-seeking young partner team up to unravel an outlandish conspiracy, unwittingly entangling themselves in the melodrama of a desert bike gang and causing them to question their own sanity.
KRINGLE TIME
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Film
by Mineral Hill Productions
Director The manager of a small town public access station questions the legacy of his favorite children's show mascot when he learns that the man inside the costume had been carrying a dark and scandalous secret.
MOONSHOT
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Film (short)
by Mineral Hill Productions
Writer/Director In this low budget, 80s-retro festival favorite, a world-weary homeless woman is given an opportunity to leave her violent life behind when a roguish mechanic devises a risky plan to send her to a colony on the Moon. Starring Luvia Petersen from SyFy's Continuum.
Audience Award: Best Narrative Feature (Brooklyn Film Fest)
(2021)
Best Director: Feature (NOHO CineFest)
(2021)
Best Original Screenplay (Boston Sci-Fi Film Fest)
(2017)
Audience Award: Best Short (Rosebud Film Fest)
(2017)
American University
(2012-2016)
Marymount Manhattan College
(2004-2008)