ABOUT MATTHEW

"Matthew Mishory has managed to capture an austere beauty of a kind little known by all but the likes of Baudelaire." - Film International

Filmmaker Matthew Mishory was named a “rising talent” by Variety. His work is noted for its exquisite visual style and expansive narrative language. Equally comfortable working in (and in-between) documentary and fiction forms, he has told the stories of outsiders and visionaries who have changed the way we understand art, history, and the natural world.

Matthew is currently directing Mosolov’s Suitcase, starring Lior Ashkenazi. His recent doc feature Fioretta premiered at the 2023 Zurich and Woodstock Film Festivals and won three prizes at DocLA, prior to a theatrical release. In 2022, he shot the feature doc Who Are the Marcuses?, featuring Warren Buffett, for Stone Canyon Entertainment and Rhino Films. It premiered at the Newport Beach and Santa Barbara International Film Festivals to critical acclaim and was screened at the COP27 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.

As a commercial director, Matthew shot the national "Powerful Performance" campaign for TCL, starring back-to-back NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo. It was featured on the 2019 Super Bowl broadcast. He teamed up again with Antetokounmpo for the “Enjoy More” campaign. Matthew has also directed (in Los Cabos, Mexico) a surf campaign with pro surfer Tia Blanco as well as television and digital spots for brands such as Turkish Airlines (on-location in Turkey, Serbia, and Romania), Pfizer, Roku, and Icelandic Glacial.

Matthew's 2018 film No Place of Exile, about the modernist composer and pianist Artur Schnabel, premiered on the Arte network. The film was shot in Switzerland, Italy, Vienna, and Berlin, utilizing unexpected textures (super8, drone footage, back-projection) and celebrated German actor Udo Samel to chart Schnabel's course through the emotional and physical landscapes of the 20th century.

His 2015 documentary Absent was filmed in the remotest reaches of rural Moldova in the former Soviet Union. It was designated a “must-see” film by Cineuropa. Cine Maldito named Absent one of the top ten films of the year.

Matthew's feature film debut, the 35mm Joshua Tree, 1951: A Portrait of James Dean was released theatrically in the United States, the UK, and Germany. The San Francisco Chronicle declared Joshua Tree “mesmerizing and sexy,” and Artforum pronounced it “a nuanced portrayal of an entire era.”

Previously, Matthew's short film, Delphinium, about artist Derek Jarman, was installed in the British Film Institute's National Film Archive. The film was subsequently re-released in the UK by the BFI as part of the year-long Jarman2014 celebration. In 2017, it was presented by the Tate Britain Museum in London.

Matthew splits his time between Los Angeles and New York City. When he's not on set, he can usually be found surfing or collecting jazz and punk rock LPs.