Matthew J. Siegel's Personal Page

Matthew J. Siegel

Director of Photography
International Cinematographers Guild, IA Local 600

Los Angeles, California USA
and
Singapore

Telephone:

(LA) 1+ 310.722.8872
(Singapore) 65 + 6500.1746

E-mail: mjsiegel@hotmail.com

Represented by Cine Light and Picture Company


FOR Summer 2008 **Demo Reel Online** at

http://www.siegeldp.com



BIO:

MATTHEW J. SIEGEL
Director of Photography

Matt Siegel began his eclectic career shooting fashion and industrial photography for the clothing giant Esprit de Corp. His client list rapidly expanded to include Buzz and Details magazines with still assignments in Italy and throughout Eastern Europe. He later returned to the US working with corporate clients Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard, and Wells Fargo Bank.

His initial film work garnered the prestigious Kodak Cinematography Award, which included study at the Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest, Hungary.
Since completing his cinematography studies at the Academy of Drama and Film, director of photography Matt Siegel has been lighting and composing for feature films, commercials, documentaries, and music videos. This work reflects a diverse range from big studio Warner Bros. Pictures and high end auto maker AUDI AG to run and gun documentary with Discovery Network and ABC Wide World of Sports.

For Commercials...

The controversial Sprite "Extreme" spot earned a CLIO award, advertising’s highest honor, while his highly stylized work for NCAA Woman’s Basketball has been recognized with a JOEY and a TELE award.

For Television...

Matt traveled the country for the ABC prime-time special on women’s sports entitled "Game For Anything." Other network programs include "Bridges, Skyscrapers, and Tunnels" for the Discovery Channel and "Hervic In Cloudland" for the Nickelodeon Network.

He filmed the short lived series "Phantom Investigators" for the WB network, which has been followed by a tour of duty as Camera Operator and 2nd Unit DP on the WB series "Everwood," on the CBS drama "Joan of Arcadia," and on the Jerry Bruckheimer series "Just Legal."

For Feature Films...

Theatrical features include "Mexican Werewolf in Texas," "Raising Genius," "Simon," "Between Us," and "Crime Partners." The features "Miss Wannamaker County" and "Magic" (2008) are currently in post production.

He has also had success in the short film genre with Ripple and TallGIRL, which screened at Cannes and Sundance respectively. Other short format work has been screened at the Chicago, LA, Slamdance, and Toronto Film Festivals.

For the technical business...

As the United States' representative to the European DOP Seminar, Matt became involved with product development for Eastman-Kodak. His role has evolved, now performing demonstrations and teaching workshops around the world for Kodak and the new VISION3 film stocks.

He has also spent ten years as an instructor for Aaton, ARRI, and Panavision cameras and as a consultant and teacher for Mole-Richardson and Kino Flo lighting systems.

Branching away from film and into high definition image acquisition, Matt has been active in R&D with SONY Entertainment's Lab24p and with the SONY/Panavision F-900R/24p and Genesis camera systems.

He travels worldwide as an instructor/consultant for Panasonic's HD Varicam and "P2" HVX-200 and serves on the faculty at The NYU Tisch School of the Arts- Asia and at The International Film Workshops in Rockport, Maine.


RECENT CREDITS:

Matthew J. Siegel, Director of Photography
-Selected Work-

Commercials:
Ford Motor Company, Wrigley's "Paramedic",
Purina Dog Food, 3DO "TOCA Racing,"
St. Ides Malt Liquor, NCAA/Nike,
Ferregamo Shoes, Sprite,
San Francisco Opera, Adidas,
Stanford basketball, Tombstone Pizza,
Eastman Kodak, ESPN2,
Bombay Sapphire Gin, Telecom-New Zealand,
JAL (Japan Airlines), Casino Morongo,
MasterCard, Fruit of the Loom

Director/Cameraman:
Audi AG, Dodge, Isuzu, and Wells Fargo


Feature Films:
Magic
- Dir. John Penney
Miss Wannamaker County
- Dir. Laura Marsan
Mexican Werewolf in Texas
- Dir. Scott Maginnis
Crime Partners
- Dir. J. Jesse Smith
Boogeyman
- Dir. Jon Van Dyke
Between Us
- Dir. Matt Leutwyler
Raising Genius
- Dir. Bess Wiley
After The Flood
- Dir. Robert Saitzik
Some Prefer Cake
- Dir. Heidi Arnesen
Angel
- Dir. Pitr Koltai

Short Films:
"Moma Said"
- Dir. Yasmina Cadiz (Chicago and LA Short Film Fest)
"Unnachgiebige"
- Dir. Jon Van Dyke (LA Short Film Fest; Sony Lab 24p, HiDef)
"TallGIRL"
- Dir. Amalia. Zarranz (Sundance, LA Film Fest, Ralph Lauren Film Fest )
"Ripple",
- Dir. Tim Kerns (Slamdance, Cannes Festival )
"Thanks For Nothing"
- Dir. Per Bristow (#1 Comedy, iFILM.com)

Television and Documentary:
WB Network, "Phantom Investigators" (Lighting Cameraman)
Nickelodeon Network, "Hervic In Cloudland"
Discovery Channel, "Bridges, Skyscrapers, and Tunnels"
ABC/Wide World of Sports, "Game For Anything"
Nova/WGBH, "The Digital Revolution"
World Wildlife Foundation-Brazil, "Amazon Travel"
PBS, "Words on the Wind" (2008)


As Camera Operator and 2nd Unit DP (Television):
- Just Legal, WB series
- Joan of Arcadia, CBS series (Day player)
- Everwood, WB series
- Nash Bridges, NBC series


As Camera Operator (Features):
- Year of the Dog
- Mr and Mrs Smith
- Master and Commander
- The Matrix 2
- Masked and Anonymous
- Identity


Awards:
CLIO, JOEY, ADDY, TELE, Cable ACE, and Golden Gate Award

Contact:

Los Angeles: 1+ 310-722-8872
Singapore: 65+ 917.55.917
SKYPE: mjsiegel1



May 2008