MATTHEW WILLIAMS Director of Photography Film | Digital Cinematographer



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January 09, 10:00 PM
“Journey To Mecca” DP Reel

“Journey To Mecca: In The Footsteps of Ibn Battuta” Since you can’t edit demo reels from an HD Blu-Ray, I had to procure a high quality digital file from the movie, “Journey To Mecca” before I could edit my new reel. I had DPK 70mm IMAX® in Santa Monica make a digital copy (Pro-Res HQ [...]

June 08, 11:07 AM
Unique TV Spot

Last month Matt was part of a unique production concept to create a TV Ad for Prudential. Shooting the :60 spot involved 30 + DP’s and a ton of gear shipped across the country, to photograph the same sunrise from coast to coast… on the same day! As you can imagine it was a complicated [...]

May 09, 07:31 PM
“Endless Summer-BomBora” Super 8mm 16 X 9

I grew up in So-Cal surfing and making 8mm surf movies, so this was a concept that hit close to home for me, and I saw the potential and fun of it immediately when writer/director Matt Hodgson called me about this job. The Perfect Solution - After we looked at various reference materials, including some [...]

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Matthew Williams
Director of Photography
Motion Pictures and Film | Greater Los Angeles Area, US

Summary

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY MATTHEW WILLIAMS was born and raised in Los Angeles and graduated from the Academy of Photographic Arts in North Hollywood, specializing in commercial still photography. After developing an interest in film and motion picture work, he attended UCLA's film school to study cinematography. Matthew currently shoots projects ranging from feature films, TV movies & TV series, to 70mm IMAX films, commercials, documentaries and is experienced in a wide variety of production formats from Super 8mm, 16mm, 35mm, 65mm, (5 Perf to 15 perf) to the latest Digital, Genesis, RED ONE MX, Sony F35, Arri D21 and Canon 5D & 7D DSLR's.
Specialties: Feature Films, Television, IMAX and Commercials... 35mm / 65mm / Large Format, Super 8mm, Digital, 24pHD, RED 4K, RED ONE MX, Sony F23/F35, Arri D21, Arri Alexia, Canon DSLR

Experience

  • 1989 - Present
    Director of Photography / Matthew Williams
    "The Good Samaritan" (2010)
    "Dead Dogs Talking" (2010)
    "Journey To Mecca" / IMAX (2009)
    "Lock and Roll Forever" (2009) Sony (Feature Film)
    "The American Mall" (2008) MTV / Paramount (Feature Film)
    "State of Mind" (2007) Lifetime (CO-DP, 3 ep) (TV)
    "Big Love" (2007) HBO (DP/2nd Unit/Season 2) (TV)
    "Saving Sarah Cain" (2007) Fox (Feature)
    "American Pastime" (2007) Warner Brothers (Feature)
    "Bonneville" (2006) Fox (DP/2nd Unit) (Feature)
    "Boxboarders!" (2006) Peace Arch (Feature)
    "Wired to Win" (2005) IMAX (DP / All Dramatic Segments)
    "India: Kingdom of the Tiger" (2002) (IMAX)
    "NSYNC: Bigger Than Live" (2001) (IMAX)
    "Promised Land" CBS (68 episodes, 1996-1999)
    "Both Sides of the Law" (1999) 
(Feature)
    "Touched by an Angel" CBS (3 ep, 1996-97)

    "Hearst Castle: Building the Dream" (1996) (IMAX)
    "Friendship's Field (1995) (Feature)
    "Plan 10 from Outer Space" (1994) (Feature) (CO-DP)
    "The Goodbye Bird" (1993) (Feature)
    "Boys of Twilight" (1992) CBS (TV) (DP/2nd Unit/DP/1 Ep)
    "Encyclopedia Brown" HBO (1990) (5 ep) (TV)

  • 1988 - 2008
    Director of Photography / Matthew Williams

Education

  • 1980 - 1982
    University of California, Los Angeles
    Motion Picture and Television Arts and Sciences
    Activities: Teaching Assistant to Bruce Block / Visual Design for 3 Semesters

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