David Matteson

Cinematographer | Writer | Composer | Sound Designer | Producer

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Born and raised in Phoenix Arizona, David has been working with the arts and film since he was a kid. His parents bought him his first video camera when he was 8 years old and he quickly began filming everything in sight. Twelve years later David met fellow filmmaker Hayden Blades and the duo produced their first short film together titled Good Things. David, still in love with the camera, continued to film whenever possible. Several projects followed, and in 2006 they released their film collaboration The Heaviness of Here, which won the award for Best Cinematography at the "Dead of Winter" competition at the Phoenix Film Festival.

David and Hayden joined the crew of Stephen Krystek's Not Quite Dead as camera operators. Steve, Hayden, and David found they worked so well together and had such a great time on their first film that they decided to form Synthetic Human Pictures in 2007. The crew filmed Tip Jar on a skeleton crew, which was followed by Drain later that year. As the films kept building so did the team. The crew won Best Picture for the crime drame Drain in 2008, and Pattern: Response in 2009.

With nearly a dozen films behind him, and nationwide theatrical screenings, David continues to be the eye behind the lens for Synthetic Human. In addition to his role as Cinematographer, he occasionally works as a writer, co-director, sound engineer, music composer, and several other post-production positions. In 2010, David wrote his first full short film for Synthetic Human titled Tension of Skin. The film, starring Mario Guzman and Davina Joy, went on to win Best Acting at the Project Twenty1 Film Festival, as well as being nominated for Best Cinematography and Best Director.

David is also active in Arizona's local arts and music scene, working with Sonik, and ProVoke magazines, as well as working as a graphic and multimedia designer. David has contributed to several Synthetic Human design pieces, including posters, websites, and viral marketing.


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FILMOGRAPHY WITH SYNTHETIC HUMAN PICTURES:

Tension of Skin (2010) - Cinematographer / Writer / Producer
Contingency (2010) - Cinematographer / Visual Effects / Foley / Marketing / Producer
Being Nigel (2010) - Director of Photography (camera) / Key Art / Producer
Wounds: The Park Job (2009) - Cinematographer
Pattern: Response (2009) - Cinematographer / Foley / Prop Designer / Producer
The Chekhov Class (2009) - Cinematographer / Key Art
ROMANaBOTTLE (2008) - Cinematographer / Foley / Prop Designer / Producer
Her Special Day (2008) - Cinematographer / Foley / Producer
I'm Voting Republican (2008) - Cinematographer / Marketing
Common Ground (2008) - Cinematographer / Foley / Producer
Carousel (2008) - Director / Writer / Cinematographer / Key Art / Producer
Drain (2007) - Cinematographer / Foley / Prop Design / Location Manager / Producer
Tip Jar (2007) - Cinematographer / Assistant Editor / Producer
Heinz Commercial: Taste the Magic (2007) - Camera Operator / Foley / Producer
Heinz Commercial: All In (aka: Bet On It) (2007) - Camera Operator / Foley / Title Design / Producer
Not Quite Dead (2006) - Camera Operator / Assistant Editor / Additional Visual Effects / Foley / Score

ADDITIONAL FILMOGRAPHY:

References (2008) - "He Said, She Said Productions' - Props / Graphic Design
To a Lesser Degree (2008) - "Phoenix Independent Filmmaker's Group' - Motion Graphics
Jolene (2006) - 'Next Turn Productions' / Production Assistant
I Loved Her Again, Yesterday (2006) - 'Perspective Pictures' / Cinematographer / Writer / Composer
The Heaviness of Here (2006) - 'Perspective Pictures' / Director / Cinematographer / Co-Writer
The Banjo Player (2005) - 'Dreamfilm Pictures' / Score Composer / Sound Design
Finding the Future (2003) - 'Anomalous Entertainment' / Score Composer / Marketing
Good Things (2000) - 'Perspective Pictures' Actor / Assistant-Director / Camera Operator

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