
Hello, I'm Matt Crick
Film Director, Creative and Producer
What I Do
I'm an independent filmmaker and educator. I've directed, shot and produced a feature-length award-winning documentary on the 1950s Universal film Creature from the Black Lagoon, starring Benicio del Toro, and several short documentaries and short films. I've created hundreds of hours of creative content and am an award-winning and skilled director, writer, camera operator, and editor. I have decades of experience in visual communication in the creative, professional, and educational sectors.
Directorial Work
A selection of projects I've directed, written, edited, and in some cases shot.
Everyday Things
Created in a Television Studio, I directed, wrote, shot, and edited this Art piece. Everyday Things is about layers, not just layers created through technology, but also the layers in our own daily routine, like getting ready for a date.
Presented as stock footage, these hyper-ordinary routinized video scenes and their meanings are embedded in three different time shifts and shaped by the sounds of a slow-motion crowd, a man, and a woman.
We hear what might be in the minds of the on-screen characters. Maybe they aren't as happy and excited as they appear.
Daily technology drives our decisions, and Everyday Things also captures the technological determinism that impacts us.
Tea Time
I shot, directed, wrote, edited, and produced this 16mm black and white film short. This film was shot on Kodak 16 mm film, and the rough cut was edited using a 4-plate Steenbeck film editor. The final version was up-rezzed to 2K video and graded.
Creature Feature: 60 Years..
Starring Benicio del Toro, this is a short sample from Creature Feature: 60 Years of the Gill-Man. I directed, shot, produced, and edited this 76 minutes piece. This documentary is available through a variety of retail outlets.
Sugar
This is a short project for my documentary Sugar: A Complicated Relationship. I directed, wrote, shot, and edited this piece. This project utilizes original interviews directed and shot by me, a green screen, and stock footage.
Opening Sequence
Directed and created a story for this 2D sequence for a motion graphics reel.
Paper Tiger
Fundraising trailer for my personal documentary. I wrote, directed, edited, shot, and produced this piece. This piece won Telly awards for directing and editing.
Non-Profit Fundraising Video
Short fundraising client video for AUCC. I directed, wrote, edited, and produced this piece. This piece won a Telly award for directing and was shot entirely using a Drone.
Personal Documentary
I directed, wrote, edited, and produced this short, personal documentary about my dad. This piece won Best Short Documentary.
Education
Fairleigh Dickinson University - Madison, NJ
Masters of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) Film Directing, 2025
Rutgers University-New Brunswick, NJ
Doctorate (PhD) Media and Communication, 2007
Brooklyn College, CUNY - Brooklyn, NY
Masters of Science (M.S.) TV and Broadcast Management, 2001
Recent Awards and Accolades
Best Short Documentary - Chicago Filmmaker Awards, 2023
Best Micro Short - Rotterdam Independent Film Festival, 2022
Semi-Finalist - Berlin Shorts Award Festival, 2022
Semi-Finalist - Hong Kong Indie Film Festival, 2022
Semi-Finalist - Best Short Director Austin International Art Festival, 2022
Semi-Finalist - Best Short Experimental - Hamburg IndieFestival, 2022
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