Matthew Buzzell

Matthew Buzzell is an award-winning, Emmy-nominated filmmaker and an Assistant Professor of Film at Augusta University. Matthew holds a BFA in Drama from The University of the North Carolina School of the Arts and an MFA in Directing from the American Film Institute. Artists with whom Matthew has collaborated include Sacha Baron Cohen, Diana Krall, Elvis Costello, Luna, Joe Henry, Bad Religion, Patti LaBelle, and Jimmy Scott. Matthew's films have screened at festivals the world over including the BFI London Film Festival, the Tribeca Film Festival, South By Southwest, Slamdance, and AFI Fest. Several of Buzzell's films have been broadcast nationally on television and distributed internationally on home video. EXCAVATING THE 2000 YEAR OLD MAN, celebrating the collaborative work of comic geniuses Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner, aired on both PBS and Turner Classic Movies in 2013. Matthew also produced, directed, and conducted interviews with the cast and crew of two groundbreaking television series - THE BOB NEWHART SHOW and PEE-WEE'S PLAYHOUSE. These interviews were released on home video in 2014 by Shout Factory. Matthew has also worked in the area of research for The Criterion Collection, a company "dedicated to gathering the greatest films from around the world and publishing them in editions of the highest technical quality, with supplements that enhance the appreciation of the art of film." At Augusta University, Matthew teaches in The Department of Art and Design and is the Director of Augusta University's Cinema Series. Courses Buzzell instructs include Cinematography, Film Appreciation and, Screenwriting.