Matthew F. Smith

Matthew is an award winning filmmaker working internationally and based out of Los Angeles, California. for two decades he has created original and inspiring content. his work has been screened at film festivals and has been featured on television, the internet and jumbotrons across north America. he has shot in the amazon jungle, the factories of shanghai, the hills of cork, the outback of Australia, the taxis of Mumbai, the streets of hong Kong and all over the united states from route 66 to the dunes on the cape. in the summer of 2014 his documentary feature, "looking for the perfect beat", won audience favorite at the downtown film festival los angeles. he has created, written, produced, directed, shot and edited feature films, television shows, a variety of webseries, music videos, documentaries and commercials. a prolific presence in the west coast contemporary counter-culture, he has had the honor and pleasure to collaborate with an unprecedented array of talent across all genres, filming and documenting artists the likes of; radiohead, dr. dre, snoop dogg, eminem, 50 cent, shakira, van halen, carlos santana, bassnectar, skrillex, tiesto, the glitch mob, beats antique, amon tobin, wiz khalifa, nas, q-tip, krewella, infected mushroom, alison brie, reggie watts, flying lotus, daedalus, apparat, the gaslamp killer, matthew dear, baths, random rab, freq nasty, the do lab, the lucent dossier experience and many other ground-breaking artists and performers. his client list includes; heineken, red bull, film district, focus features, disney, mtv, bet, the hallmark channel, smashbox cosmetics, v squared labs, corso communications, ninja tune, vita motus, loree rodkin, the do lab, alpha pup records, brainfeeder, the lucent dossier experience, om records, billy ray cyrus, bassnectar, beats antique, the glitch mob, lynx, matthew dear, mimosa, aquastar inc, richard mclaren, the la autoshow and ultra productions.