Detour Films announces the signing of innovative young director and cinematographer Matty Brown.
Brown’s emotional and imaginative work ranges from poetic short films like “Hectometer – World Record,” and “Dreaming It{aly}, to beautifully crafted music video’s such as The Doll Lab’s “Birth of Bee Bop” or Anderson & Roe’s “The Piano.”
His work has been featured in The New York Times, presented at the Royal Albert Hall and has been discussed and analyzed in countless universities around the world. Brown was also the guest-of-honor and keynote speaker at the 5 Minutos Nacional Film Festival in Salvador, Brazil this year where they screened 6 of his films.
Detour Films, home to some of the industry’s most creative directors and designers welcomes Brown to their growing roster of cutting-edge talent.
Founder and EP Josh Canova say’s of Brown’s signing “Discovering Matty was like finding a priceless gold coin peeking thru the sand. He truly has a rare and beautiful mind. Find a quiet place, put on your headphones and watch Hectometer and tell me with a straight face that there’s not a genius in there.”