My name is Matthew Brown, and I am a visual storyteller. I love to create moving portraits of life around me, the mundane and the 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. I practiced on my cheap little out-of-date camera until just three years ago.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 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 was proud that The New York Times wrote 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 about where the next year will take me, and what new heights my craft will reach.
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.
Matthew Brown
Class of 1984
Hometown
Seattle, WA, USA