Career
Matthews produces international works which elude categorization. He merges new forms of cinematic expression with traditional nonfiction approaches to move viewers into a new audio-visual realm. Matthews"s work has been awarded prizes by such festivals as the Images Festival, Docupolis, the Yorkton Short Film Festival, L’Alterniva Festival of Independent Cinema, the Amnesty International Film Festival and Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival.
In 2003, he and fellow filmmaker Prem Sooriyakumar founded 7th Embassy (7E), an international filmtank devoted to the production of creative documentary media projects and development initiatives.
