Producer on Season 1 of a New Talk Show
Less than 2 weeks after arriving, Matt landed his first job in LA as a Producer on a brand new talk show. Tea with Paul G features actor Paul Galliano as he shares a cup of tea with his friends and chats about life, art, hobbies, and working in Hollywood. Each interview includes trivia, activities, and other surprises tailored to each guest!
Los Angeles Bound!!
After 13 years in Chicago, Matt has finally made the leap to Los Angeles, California. As a seasoned actor and rising producer, Matt is poised to grow his opportunities, networks, and challenges to take his career to the next level. On-screen & behind the camera, on stage & off, new adventures in Film, TV, and Theatre await!
Starring in a New Commercial
Matt spent the day as a Shark-Tank-style entrepreneur in a new commercial for the Rise of Kingdoms mobile game.
Lead Producer
Shooting has wrapped on Matt’s first film as a Lead Producer, Reservations . Matt worked across all areas of production, including location management, budget & contracts, scheduling, line producing, catering, and Covid-19 compliance. This is his third collaboration with Patrick Belics, and his first as Lead Producer.
Producing a New Short
In August, Matt worked as Production Manager on After, a tense drama about a couple wrestling with the growing divide between them after a traumatic attack, written by Alyssa Thordarson. The film was directed by Clare Cooney (Pickup, Runner).
A Play on the Radio
Misalliance Repertory Theatre has premiered its debut production, starring Matt as a wealthy Parliamentarian bumbling his way through a scandal and falling in love with a voracious concert pianist along the way in G.B. Shaw’s facetious musical comedy, The Music Cure. Click here for free access to this scintillating radio play!
Returning to the Stage
Live theatre is back in Chicago after the long pandemic shutdown! And the first professional, Equity production in the Chicago area is The Tempest at Matt’s home company, Oak Park Festival Theatre. This sharp production, set on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, received raves from The Chicago Reader and Matt’s performance as Caliban was lauded by Kerry Reid of The Dueling Critics.
Producing a New Thriller
In February of 2021, Matt associate-produced a new feature, The Willowbrook, a thriller by writer/director Zach Koepp. He also worked as 2nd Assistant Director on this exciting shoot.
Directing, Editing, and Starring in a New Short
Matt has completed a new short film with cinematographer Ken Ozuna about the torture of a moment’s indecision. Set in Downtown Chicago during the dead of winter, River Walk is Matt’s & Ken’s first film collaboration.
Matt’s Directorial Debut in a New Film Festival Short
In early April, Matt competed in the Without Precedent Film Festival, a 48-hour Quarantine Film Fest for Talkhouse.com. Equipped only with an iPhone and the parameter that it had to be made entirely with resources available at home, Matt and Erika Sassmann made Spinning, a short about a young professional in isolation pushed to the edge by her most trusted appliance…
THE CONFESSION
Jeffrey Gabriel Silva’s new short, The Confession, featuring Matt as a hit-man pushed past his limit, has premiered and is now available on his Vimeo page.
Episode 1 Premieres!
The first episode of the 5-part series, Like What You Like, has premiered, featuring Matt as Orlando’s overworked, morally-compromised brother, Oliver.
New Year, Classic Play
Matt is getting 2020 off to a rolling start as he rejoins The Shakespeare Project of Chicago to perform in their latest reading series: Richard III.
New Film Project: THE CONFESSION
Matt will appear as “Lukas” in the new short film, The Confession, written and directed by Jeff Silva, produced by Patrick Belics.
Matt & Ken in Lincoln Park
Matt re-teamed with Ken from Ken Ozuna Photography for a Fall lifestyle series in Chicago’s Lincoln Park, featuring some season-transitional looks.
Shakespeare Project Debut!
Matt makes his debut with The Shakespeare Project of Chicago in their 25th season performing at libraries around the Greater Chicagoland area, performing in Hamlet.
New Trailer for LIKE WHAT YOU LIKE!
Filming has wrapped and Chloe and Savanna have released the first trailer for Like What You Like, their new web series premiering this Fall based on Shakespeare's As You Like It, and featuring Matt as Oliver! ...
Teaming up with Ken Ozuna Photography
Matt is teaming up with Ken Ozuna Photography for a series of lifestyle shoots featuring some of the latest fashions around Downtown Chicago.
New Web Series: Like What You Like
Casting has been announced and Matt will be playing Oliver in Like What You Like, the new web series adapted from Shakespeare’s As You Like It, written and directed by Chloe Baldwin and Savanna Rae.
Next up: Co-Directing A DICKENS CAROL
Matt will return to Oak Park Festival Theatre to co-direct the remount of Ned Crowley’s A Dickens Carol for Oak Park Festival Theatre.