Nick Remy Matthews

Nick Remy Matthews
Born Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
Alma mater Flinders University of South Australia
Occupation Cinematographer, Film director, Screenwriter

Nick Remy Matthews ACS is a British-born, Australian-raised cinematographer, writer and director.[1] He is a graduate of the film program at Flinders University of South Australia where he completed an honours degree in film-making and a Bachelor's degree in Screen Studies and English.

In 2017 he photographed Hotel Mumbai, a factual action drama depicting the Mumbai terror attacks, directed by long time collaborator Anthony Maras. The film stars Dev Patel, Armie Hammer, Nazanin Boniadi, Anupam Kher, Suhail Nayyar, Jason Isaacs, Natasha Liu Bordizzo and Tilda Cobham-Hervey. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2018.[2]

In 2017 Matthews also photographed The Chaperone for PBS and Masterpiece in New York City; the tale of 1920s silent movie actress Louise Brooks played by rising star Haley Lu Richardson. Oscar nominee Elizabeth McGovern, Golden Globe winner Blythe Danner, and Campbell Scott also star.[3]

Matthews' directorial debut feature film, psychological drama thriller One Eyed Girl, premiered at the 2014 Austin Film Festival where he and co-writer Craig Behenna won the prestigious Dark Matters Jury Prize.[4] The film was described by The Hollywood Reporter as an "...engrossing, darkly tinged drama", "...an auspicious debut", and declared that the film "...explores the dark matters of the soul with an engrossing intensity".[5]

He is represented by Tara Kromer at The Gersh Agency in New York City and managed by Peter Dealbert at Pacific View Management in Los Angeles.[6]

Early works

In 2010 he won an AFI Award for his cinematography on short film The Kiss, directed by Ashlee Page. In the same year he photographed Anthony Maras's AFI award-winning short The Palace, the two having collaborated a few years earlier on Maras' other AFI winning short Spike Up.

In 2005 he photographed, produced, and co-edited Murali K. Thalluri's Australian feature film 2:37, that premiered at Le Festival de Cannes, in Un Certain Regard in 2006.[7]

Select filmography

Awards and nominations

2015 Beverly Hills Film Festival - Best Film - Audience Choice Award for One Eyed Girl [8]

2014 Austin Film Festival Dark Matters Jury Award for One Eyed Girl[4]

2010 AFI Awards AFI for Cinematography; outstanding Achievement in Short Film Craft for The Kiss.

2012/2011 Flickerfest International Short Film Festival, Australia

Best Cinematography for Collision (Nick Remy Matthews/Sam King) and Best Cinematography for The Kiss[9][10]

2011 Show Me Shorts Film Festival, New Zealand PANAVISION Best Cinematographer for The Kiss.

2012 St Kilda Film Festival, Australia Best Achievement in Cinematography for Paper Planes[11]

2007, 2012 Australian Cinematographers' Society National Awards Golden Tripods – for Azadi and The Palace[12]

References

  1. ↑ Nick Remy Matthews on IMDb
  2. ↑ "Hotel Mumbai". 17 November 2017 – via www.imdb.com.
  3. ↑ "The Chaperone" – via www.imdb.com.
  4. 1 2 "2014 Winners – Austin Film Festival". austinfilmfestival.com. 1 November 2014.
  5. ↑ "ONE EYED GIRL". The Hollywood Reporter.
  6. ↑ "Nick Remy Matthews, ACS". Gersh Production.
  7. ↑ "TWO THIRTY 7". Festival de Cannes.
  8. ↑ "Beverly Hills Film Festival winners 2015". 2015.
  9. ↑ "Flickerfest winners announced". 17 January 2011.
  10. ↑ "Flickerfest International Short Film Festival (2012)".
  11. ↑ "PAST WINNERS – St Kilda Film Festival". stkildafilmfestival.com.au.
  12. ↑ "Nick Remy Matthews". IMDb.
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