Matthew James Thompson

Matthew James Thompson

Director: Lifestyle, Automotive, Food

Matthew is a self-taught filmmaker whose career began at age 13 filming friends skateboarding and learning to edit by destroying his parents’ computer. He has since built a diverse body of work spanning commercials and feature films. Known for his curiosity and collaborative approach, he thrives on constructing stories from scratch.

He has since collaborated with clients including BMW, Nike, Google, Jeep, Squarespace, and Chipotle. His short film for Field Notes Notebooks was praised in AdAge for “perfectly summ[ing] up the beauty of life.” He’s won awards at IAC, Addys, and Hatch, and was featured in Lürzer’s Archive. His collaboration with Derek DelGaudio, Invisible Dialogues, commissioned by Future of Storytelling, became the platform’s highest-viewed film to date.

 

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