Anderson Matthew
Anderson Matthew is a visual artist working in film, video, and publishing. His work seeks ecstatic states through meditations in nature and queer perspectives. His feature, short, experimental, opera and documentary film projects have shown internationally. He is the writer and director of the feature film Baja Come Down and creator of the essay anthology Deviant Proposals: An Anti-Binary Journal published by Candor Arts. His first solo exhibition Some Things Hidden / Some Things Undone took place in Los Angeles at Flower Head in 2021. Anderson is co-creator of Shadow Kitchen, a Los Angeles filmmaker collaborative, and is co-creator of the LA Cinema Calendar. He holds a BFA from Chapman University. He is based in Los Angeles, CA.
Las Gitanas (2015)
Las Gitanas follows a group of hustlers as they dance their way through a night in Los Angeles, seducing lonely targets to expose their weaknesses and their wallets. It explores chance interactions amongst disparate souls and the common pulse that binds them. (more)
Las Gitanas follows a group of hustlers as they dance their way through a night in Los Angeles, seducing lonely targets to expose their weaknesses and their wallets. It explores chance interactions amongst disparate souls and the common pulse that binds them. (more)
Franky, Frankly (2011)
A moral tale. 'Franky, Frankly' follows a young man (Mikandrew Perdaris) drifting about the city, struggling to share something of meaning between Madison (Allan Hyde) and the beautiful, mysterious Chantal (Bella Dayne). (more)
A moral tale. 'Franky, Frankly' follows a young man (Mikandrew Perdaris) drifting about the city, struggling to share something of meaning between Madison (Allan Hyde) and the beautiful, mysterious Chantal (Bella Dayne). (more)
A Moment of Youth (2011)
A moment of youth is a short film compilation that showcases nine up-and-coming directors from seven countries in five continents. (more)
A moment of youth is a short film compilation that showcases nine up-and-coming directors from seven countries in five continents. (more)
Albert! Or, My Life In The Ocean (2010)
A film set in the early 1960's American Midwest about a thirteen year old boy whose dream is to run away to California and surf. (more)
A film set in the early 1960's American Midwest about a thirteen year old boy whose dream is to run away to California and surf. (more)
Baja Come Down (2021)
Charlie and Hannah can't say it out loud, but they both know their relationship is coming to an end. As a last ditch effort, the two head south with Hannah's cat, along the dusty coast of Baja California. There they discover not only a new world, but that the ... (more)
Charlie and Hannah can't say it out loud, but they both know their relationship is coming to an end. As a last ditch effort, the two head south with Hannah's cat, along the dusty coast of Baja California. There they discover not only a new world, but that the ... (more)
Everybody Dies (2021)
Utilizing super 8mm and an economical shooting method of quick, short shots building idiosyncratic rhythms via rapid editing techniques, time, nature, and even the body folds in on itself. Everybody Dies (2020) is a poetic journey into the desert. It’s a reflection ... (more)
Utilizing super 8mm and an economical shooting method of quick, short shots building idiosyncratic rhythms via rapid editing techniques, time, nature, and even the body folds in on itself. Everybody Dies (2020) is a poetic journey into the desert. It’s a reflection ... (more)
Some Things Hidden (2021)
Some Things Hidden (2020) is an experiment in rhythmic succession of still images to create illusions of movement through space in an altered time. The film documents a day with the artist and his parents on a hike through active bear country, beneath the Grand ... (more)
Some Things Hidden (2020) is an experiment in rhythmic succession of still images to create illusions of movement through space in an altered time. The film documents a day with the artist and his parents on a hike through active bear country, beneath the Grand ... (more)
Harawi (2022)
A poetic Super 8mm film created by Rachael Wilson and Anderson Matthew set to accompany the live recital performance of Olivier Messiaen’s Harawi – Chant d’amour et de mort (1945). (more)
A poetic Super 8mm film created by Rachael Wilson and Anderson Matthew set to accompany the live recital performance of Olivier Messiaen’s Harawi – Chant d’amour et de mort (1945). (more)
dei notturni splendori (2021)
“And, 'twixt the shadows and frights of nocturnal splendors, My beloved will secretly be hiding. Say what you will, say what you may.” The sound of a distant whistle and theorbo calls a sleeping singer through the empty streets of Stuttgart in a midnight journey ... (more)
“And, 'twixt the shadows and frights of nocturnal splendors, My beloved will secretly be hiding. Say what you will, say what you may.” The sound of a distant whistle and theorbo calls a sleeping singer through the empty streets of Stuttgart in a midnight journey ... (more)
A Desert Moment with Noah (2021)
Paying tribute to artist Noah Purifoy and his Outdoor Museum, Matthew’s film ‘A Desert Moment with Noah’ rapidly animates 78 still Super 8mm images like a slideshow gone haywire. Exploring the of elasticity of time, the film manipulates the essence of a moment as ... (more)
Paying tribute to artist Noah Purifoy and his Outdoor Museum, Matthew’s film ‘A Desert Moment with Noah’ rapidly animates 78 still Super 8mm images like a slideshow gone haywire. Exploring the of elasticity of time, the film manipulates the essence of a moment as ... (more)
Pointing to the Sun and Laughing (On a Stack of Poems)
A short film inspired by the poems of Giulia Bencivenga. (more)
A short film inspired by the poems of Giulia Bencivenga. (more)
Questions for Memories (2023)
Four friends reflect on a road trip through Mexico, sifting through fragments of super 8mm, evoking questions of home, family and textures of memory itself. (more)
Four friends reflect on a road trip through Mexico, sifting through fragments of super 8mm, evoking questions of home, family and textures of memory itself. (more)