Korbett Matthews
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Korbett Matthews (1972-) is a documentary filmmaker based in Montreal, Canada.
[edit] History
Matthews produces international works which elude categorization. He merges new forms of cinematic expression with traditional nonfiction approaches to move viewers into a new audio-visual realm.
Matthews's work has been awarded prizes by such festivals as the Images Festival, Docupolis, the Yorkton Short Film Festival, L’Alterniva Festival of Independent Cinema, the Amnesty International Film Festival and Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival. He is currently an MFA candidate at Concordia University’s Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema and works as a research associate and assistant director to the documentary filmmaker Patricio Henriquez of Macumba International.
In 2003, he and fellow filmmaker Prem Sooriyakumar founded 7th Embassy (7E), an international filmtank devoted to the production of creative documentary media projects and development initiatives.
[edit] Films
His short films include:
As of 2006 he is beginning production on a 5 year documentary odyssey on India and the space race and finishing post-production on the anticipated biographical The Man Who Crossed the Sahara, the final installment in the Frank Cole Trilogy.
[edit] See also
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