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Aboutme
My name is Matthew Brown, and I am a visual storyteller. I love to create moving portraits of the life around me, the mundane and exhilarating alike. I have been making videos since I was five, after the 1989 earthquake in San Francisco inspired me to be a filmmaker, and to think differently and creatively about the universe. I grew up in a small town called Rough And Ready, California, where I basically had nothing but my imagination to use up my time with. I practiced on my cheap little out-of-date camera until just three years ago. Then as I played more with filmmaking and experimented with editing and shooting, I realized that I had a knack for it. I write, direct, shoot, and edit, and have been try to evolve my craft with every video I make.
I am a freelance filmmaker. I have been working professionally for a year now and have done many projects including music videos, documentaries, museum installations, tourism videos, short films, and live concert projections. I recently made a video for Imogen Heap’s concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and I was humbled to have The New York Times say some nice words about my work. Universities around the world present my work to their students for one reason or another.
I have a video journal where I make portraits of the places I have been and try to make a beautiful little memory out of them. I have lots of fun personal projects on the timeline and in my head at all times.
I plan to get enough experience in filmmaking to make a few short films, and then a feature. I am very excited to see where the next year takes me, and to what new heights my craft will take.
Other than filmmaking, I love to hike as many times a year as possible. Traveling and experiencing new cultures is very exciting for me as well. I like to garden, play with dogs, talk politics and philosophy, learn about geology and astronomy, and go to the movies.
