This page is STILL slowly in the process of being updated to include new clips + stills. Due to a heavy work load, a complete update is being postponed until current projects are finished. Until then, if you are interested in any past or present work samples either commercial or independent, please email: matt@foundpictures.com. Thanks!


A RUBBERBAND IS AN UNLIKELY INSTRUMENT - work in progress, DV / 24p; 2007.
Producer, Director / DP
RUBBERBAND is a feature-length documentary portrait on eccentric Texas born, Brooklyn based musician Walter Baker. Baker is a family man, salesman, business owner, guitarist, singer and composer who straddles the line between the fringes and mainstream culture. His musical prowess, although deeply rooted in the downtown avant jazz / noise scene, is heavily dosed with atmospheric pop and 80's guitar rock. Situated in one of Brooklyn's quickly gentrifying neighborhoods, Baker's obsessions include aesthetics, found "junk", vintage guitars and the dissipating Brooklyn landscape. Shot in both Texas and NY, the film is an observational character study of an artist's struggles with family, identity, art and commerce. Currently in production.

AT THE END OF HURON - 14 minutes, DV; 2007.
Producer, Director / DP, Editor
HURON occupies the space between documentary and narrative functioning as a portrait and poetic document on time, place and memory. The film focuses on a pre-developed Brooklyn waterfront and a man who’s experienced its transformation over the last five decades. The visceral narrative is drawn from sparse voice over and musical score, the environmental elements of the waterfront and the subtle gestures of a stoic man found at the edge of the East River. The man’s ruminating narration and the deliberate pacing of image and sound intertwine to construct a meditative vignette on gentrification and a man’s coming to grips with age and progress. The soundtrack is scored with music from Michael Krassner / Boxhead Ensemble and Dirty Three guitarist, Mick Turner.

BUILDING A BROKEN MOUSETRAP - 60 minutes, 16mm / DV; 2006.
Co-Producer, Co-Camera, Co-Editor
A concert, city and protest film centering around the Dutch band The Ex. The film documents a live performance of the band playing at New York’s Knitting Factory in September 2004. The performance is sewn together with city vignettes of both Amsterdam and New York including 2004’s Republican Convention in NYC. This film was a collaboration with filmmaker / director Jem Cohen (CHAIN, BENJAMIN SMOKE, INSTRUMENT). The film recently had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival 2006.

QUIET TOWN - 3 minutes; 2006.
Producer, Director / DP, Editor
Music video for singer-songwriter Josh Rouse (Bedroom Classics). (Quicktime Movie)

STRAYS DON'T SLEEP - 3 minutes; 2005.
Producer, Director / DP, Editor
Music video for Strays Don't Sleep (One Little Indian / Hybrid). Quicktime Movie

THE SMOOTH SOUNDS OF JOSH ROUSE - 60 minutes, DV; 2004.
Producer, Director / DP, Editor
A live concert film on singer-songwriter Josh Rouse documenting a performance during his fourth studio record tour of 1972. Commissioned by Rykodisc, it was released on DVD making top ten lists for best music DVD of 2004. The DVD is accompanied by a documentary featurette on Rouse.

THE MANY MOODS OF JOSH ROUSE - 60 minutes, DV; 2004.
Producer, Director / DP, Editor
A documentary on critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Josh Rouse which centers around the making and touring of his fourth studio record 1972. With a cinema verite approach, the film interweaves atmospheric environment with interviews, performance, studio sessions, press and candid moments. The film was commercially released on DVD along with the concert film THE SMOOTH SOUNDS OF JOSH ROUSE garnering critical acclaim as it made top ten lists for best music DVD of 2004.

FACT / FICTION - 39 minutes, DV; 2003.
Producer, Director / DP, Editor
A portrait of the singer-songwriter, the short documentary focuses on Rouse's work both in the studio, press tours and on stage with intimate glimpses of life on the road, backstage and at home. Limited DVD release accompanies Rouse’s fourth album 1972 on Rykodisc. (Stills)

VENUS HUM - 9 minutes, DV; 2002.
Producer, Director / DP, Co-Editor
A short documentary on electro-pop band Venus Hum (BMG + Geffen). Limited release with their album sampler Big Beautiful Sky.

CHRISTMAS WITH JESUS - 4 minutes, DV; 2002.
Producer, Director / DP, Editor
Music video for Josh Rouse (Rykodisc).

SUMMER KITCHEN BALLAD - 3 minutes, DV; 2002.
Producer, Director / DP, Editor
Music video for Josh Rouse (Rykodisc).

100M BACKSTROKE - 4 minutes, DV; 2002.
Producer, Director / DP, Editor
Music video for Josh Rouse (Rykodisc).

UP WITH PEOPLE - 4 minutes, super8 / DV; 2000.
Producer, Director / DP, Co-Editor
Music video for Lambchop (Merge + Cityslang Records). Screened all over Europe as well as the Eyeball Music Video Showcase (Athens, GA 2000). (Quicktime Movie)

COFFEE - 4 minutes, super8 / DV; 2000.
Producer, Director / DP, Editor
A live, impromptu tap dance performance by a friend named Dorothy.

BOTTOMFEEDERS - 34 minutes, 16mm / super8 / video; 1999.
Producer, Director / DP, Editor
A non-linear storyline intersects documentary and narrative as a wandering twentysomething and portraiture of everyday people paint a picture of the suburban fringes. Screened at the Raindance Film Festival in London (2000).

DRESSED UP LIKE NEBRASKA - 4 minutes, super8; 1998.
Producer, Director / DP, Co-Editor
Music video for Josh Rouse (Rykodisc). Screened at Eyeball Music Video Showcase (Athens, GA 1999).

INBETWEEN DAYS - 3 minutes, 16mm; 1998.
Producer, Director / DP, Editor
A film about the spaces in-between what's perceived as dramatic storytelling.