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Matthew Harrison
Jason Andrews and Kevin Corrigan in RHYTHM THIEF. Tami Reynolds in THE DEEP AND DREAMLESS SLEEP. Tiprin Mandalay in upcoming feature film MY LITTLE HOLLYWOOD. Kevin Corrigan and Michael Rappaport in KICKED IN THE HEAD.
Sundance Film Festival Jury Prize for RHYTHM THIEF Martin Scorsese Exec. Produced KICKED IN THE HEAD KICKED IN THE HEAD released in theaters by Universal Director HBO Sex & The City
BIOGRAPHY
Award winning director Matthew Harrison writes and directs feature films. Matthew's feature film Kicked In The Head was Executive Produced by Martin Scorsese and released by Universal. His network and cable television directing credits include Popular for Disney and Sex And The City for HBO.

His feature directing debut Spare Me, a comedy drama, won awards internationally. Harrison's second feature film Rhythm Thief caught Martin Scorsese's eye when the picture won a JURY PRIZE at the SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL. Matthew recently completed his fourth feature film THE DEEP AND DREAMLESS SLEEP and is currently post-producing his new comedy MY LITTLE HOLLYWOOD from his original screenplay.

Harrison founded his production company Film Crash with directors Scott Saunders and Karl Nussbaum. Film Crash recently completed the second feature from it's producing division with director Ben Rodkin's BIG HEART CITY, which Mr. Harrison Executive Produced.

Matthew directed films on the streets of Manhattan as a youngster while attending New York City Public School P.S. 41. He was educated at NYU and the Cooper Union School of Art.

FILMOGRAPHY

2008 MY LITTLE HOLLYWOOD, Feature Film. Post-production.
2006 THE DEEP AND DREAMLESS SLEEP, Feature Film. World Premiere 23rd Avignon Film Festival.
2000 WRIST, 6 min.
1998 EUREKA, 4 min. New York Lower East Side Film Festival
1998 I'LL MAKE YOU EAT ROSES, 5 min.
1998 THE BYSTANDER FROM HELL, 3 min. Sundance Film Festi val 1998
1997 THE RAPE OF ROBIN PILLAGE, 5 min. New York Lower East Side Film Festival
1997 KICKED IN THE HEAD, feature film, Executive Producer Martin Scorsese.
1997 PUKE, 8 min.
1994 RHYTHM THIEF, feature film. Jury Prize Sundance Film Festi val 1995.
1993 SPARE ME, feature film. First Prize Tournage Award Avignon Film Festival.
1991 MANSON FAMILY, opera performed at Lincoln Center. 11 films.
1989 TWO BONEHEADS, 27 min. Salzburg Film Festival
1987 POOLSIDE KILLER, 8 min.
1987 APARTMENT EIGHT, 33 min. First Prize New York Downtown Film Festival
1986 WAKING UP CRAZY, 24 min.
1985 MISTER BRAIN, 13 min.
1983 WEST SIDE EVAN, 8 min.
1983 LAST OF THE LONGBOARDERS, 12 min.
1982 SUSPECT EIGHT, 3 min.
1982 LOFT ROCKIN', 4 min.
1980 WIPE OUT SUMMER, 5 min.
1976 GHOSTLY HAND OF SPITTAL HOUSE Vol. 1 & Vol. 2, 8 min.
1975 SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN, 5 min.
1974 FARP MAN, 3 min. animated
1973 MISTER FIRE ISLAND, 5 min.
1973 PAPILLON, 4 min.
1972 THE PROFESSOR, 3 min.

1972 MISSION IMPOSSIBLE, 2 min.
1972 THE MAD ED, 5 min.
1971 KIDDIE MASSACRE, 3 min.
1969 A HANGING, 3 min.
1969 RIP-OFF, 2 min.

AWARDS
First Prize Audience Award Popcorn Film Festival, Stockholm, KICKED IN THE HEAD
First Prize for Features Florida Film Festival, 1995 RHYTHM THIEF
Best Feature South By Southwest Film Festival, 1995 RHYTHM THIEF
First Prize Features Sinking Creek Film Festival, 1995 RHYTHM THIEF
Jury Prize Sundance Film Festival, 1995 RHYTHM THIEF
First Prize for Features New Orleans Film Festival, 1994 RHYTHM THIEF
Grand Prize Features Long Island Film Festival, 1993 SPARE ME
First Prize Comedy New Orleans Film Festival, 1993 SPARE ME
First Prize Prix Tournage Avignon Film Festival, 1993 SPARE ME
First Prize New York Downtown Film Festival, 1988 APARTMENT EIGHT
Kenneth Anger Mystic Fire Award Ann Arbor Film Festival, 1988 APARTMENT EIGHT
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