Matt Ritchey

storycrafting.biz
Script Consultant, Director, Screenwriter, Acting Teacher and Actor

West Hollywood, California

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May 2015

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About Matt

Matt Ritchey holds a BFA in Acting from NYU’S Tisch School of the Arts, a Certificate in Shakespeare from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and is a graduate and former Associate Producer at Director’s Lab West.

He runs Storycrafting (storycrafting.biz), personalized coaching for writers in all formats.

Screenwriting credits include "The Small Print," "Hollywood Vampire," and "Advent" with Michael Onofri (currently in development at LBI). His original play Blackboxing (writer/performer) won six awards at the 2019 Hollywood Fringe Festival - the "Best Cabaret/Variety" Fringe Award, as well as "Standout Song Award" from For Love of Parody Productions, "Trope Buster" Awards from They Played Productions, the "Larry Cornwall Award for Musical Excellence" from Indie Voices, the "Encore Producer's Award," and a Platinum Medal and "Essence of the Fringe" award from The TVolution.

Recent writing and directing credits include the sold-out hit Romeo and Juliet In Hell (writer/director) at Force of Nature Productions, which was nominated for four awards (including "Best Director") at the 2019 LA Valley Theater Awards; and Angel’s Flight (writer/director) which won “Best Cabaret/Variety” at the 2016 Hollywood Fringe Festival and a “Best Director” nomination by Rogue Shakespeare Company, American Conspiracy (Winner of the “Encore Producer’s Award” at Hollywood Fringe Festival 2018, “Best Director” nomination by The TVolution).

His mystery stage play Nevermore had its third production in Halloween of 2016, his screenplay Christmas Academy (with Michael Onofri) has been a Semi-Finalist in both the Fresh Voices and Stage 32 screenplay competitions, and The Arrangement (also with Michael Onofri) placed in the Finals of the Austin Film Festival screenplay competition. His film Poker Night (director) won "Best Comedy Short" at the Culver City Film Festival and was nominated for Connect Film Festival's "Apollo Award" for "a compelling exploration of masculinity" in filmmaking.

Unique traits: I can fold my tongue in half.

Gender:
Male

Height:
5' 7"

Weight:
200

Body type:
Average

Hair:
Short

Hair color:
Brown

Eyes:
Blue

Ethnicity:
Caucasian

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Homeschool Reunion (2015)
(Short and Comedy) Director Dan, a shy homeschooled guy, gets jealous his friend's High School Reunion pictures on Facebook, and decides to throw one for himself.
Trainers (2013)
Television (Comedy) Actor Sweat LA Gym is the best gym in Los Angeles! What they lack... is business. Gym Manager Reggie tries everything to keep the gym a float. He brings in a celebrity client and a superstar trainer, but nothing seems to motivate his inept band of trainers. What will be the fate of the gym and will these trainers ever actually train? Written by Selah Victor
Matt & Mike's Movie Mangle (2013)
Video (Short and Comedy) Director Matt and Mike review and re-enact your favorite movies with hilarious results!
An Irish Vampire in Hollywood (2013)
Video (Fantasy and Horror) Actor When Hollywood beauty Manananaan is kidnapped by a creature of the night, artist sister Mara journeys to Ireland to rescue her. Resisting the powerful sensual allure of the demons of darkness, Mara finds the luck of the Irish turning against her. With creatures and lots of blood, this fight between good and evil has the Emerald Isle as its prize. When her beloved family starts dropping like flies, Mara must resist the powerful sensual allure of the demons of darkness and focus on her fight to capture or a secret serum which holds the promise of immortality before it falls into the wrong hands and threatens to unleash an eternal reign of terror. A tale of mystery, magic, faeries, mad scientists, blood, vampires and love. These ingredients are taken and folded into a mix, which contains a helping of Irish folklore. Written by Pegarty Long
Holiday Road (2012)
Film (Comedy) Actor A comedy anthology film in which thirteen filmmakers each take on a different American holiday.
Sensation (2011)
(Short and Drama) Actor A famous director opens up for the first time about the inspiration for his success.
Love 10 to 1 (2009)
Film by Lucy Rodriguez (Romance) Actor Three stories, interwoven, each exploring a different aspect of searching for love in the city of Los Angeles. The lead characters are interconnected, but not necessarily related, and each thread operates more or less independently. The first story explores the life of a 29-year-old virgin, Jenny, who desperately wants to lose her virginity before her 30th birthday. As she encounters one loser after another on dates, Jenny pines after her boss, Dustin. While at her grandmother's retirement home, Jenny learns a powerful lesson from her grandmother about sex and the meaning of life. The second explores two days in the life of Shane, the lead singer of the L.A. rock band Dirty Virgin. Shane has her pick of admirers but it's her roommate Dustin she wants to be with. Shane confesses having feelings for a "mystery man" on a radio show but when Dustin meets Cali, Shane's shot at love starts to dwindle. With Dirty Virgin about to embark on a world tour, will Dustin realize that he's the ... Written by Anonymous
Élan Vital (2009)
Film by Jason J. Loya (Drama) Actor A woman's pain takes her on a dark journey where she must find new hope or be lost forever.
The Paranormalists (2008)
(Short and Horror) Actor Kylie Harrison has a problem; her husband Mark just won't stay dead. At the end of her rope she calls in some experts, Chance and Ben of Aubrey/Bennett Investigations to deal with her supernatural problems. From the outset, the bickering paranormalists talk a good game, but it quickly becomes clear they may be out of their depth. Things take a turn for the surreal when Mark, alive and well, returns home from work to find his wife and a pair of ghost hunters creeping around a dark house. Is the house really haunted? Is Mark really dead? Do Chance and Ben have any idea what they are doing? Written by Tomorrow The World
Sex, Love & Z-Parts (2005)
by Marcus D. Russell (Short and Drama) Actor Two best friends get the bright idea to fix a minor league baseball game and inadvertently wind up double-crossing two sets of bookies.
Recovery Room (2000)
(Drama and Short) Actor Virgil Nettle is a man destined to spend the twilight of his years alone. He lives in the past, and longs for the life he has already lived and lost. However, while bedridden in a hospital, he begins the journey of appreciating the beauty that is now and yet to come... with a little help from his roommate. Written by Blaine, Matthew