Career
He is an award winning filmmaker and noted video installation artist, his work extends documentary and experimental filmmaking, focusing on the sublime decay of contemporary culture and the landscape both urban and rural. Matt McCormick is an artist and filmmaker who works in both the art and independent film worlds. He has had three films screen at the Sundance Film Festival, has had work exhibited at Art Basel, The Moscow Biennial, and the Museum of Modern Art, and his film The Subconscious Art of Graffiti Removal was named in ‘Top 10 film lists of 2002’ in both Art Forum Magazine and the Village Voice.
He has also directed music videos for The Shins, Broken Bells, SleaterKinney, and YACHT, while also collaborating on projects with artists such as Miranda July, James Mercer, Patton Oswalt, and Calvin Johnson.
His work spans mediums and defies genre distinctions to fashion witty, abstract observations of contemporary culture and the urban landscape. A collection of McCormick’s music and sound recordings titled Very Stereo was released in 2007 by Marriage Records, and his photography and installation work is represented by the Elizabeth Leach Gallery.
In 2008 McCormick began production on his first feature length project called Some Days Are Better Than Others, starring James Mercer and Carrie Brownstein. The Film premiered at the 2010 SXSW Film and Music Festival in Austin Texas.
Besides numerous film festivals like Sundance and the New York Underground Film Festival McCormick has shown in international art venues like The 2007 Moscow Biennial, The Oslo Museum of Modern Art, The Serpentine Gallery, Uncertain States Of America, Baja to Vancouver and Art Basel Miami Beach (2007).