Matt Palmer
Matt Palmer has been in the film industry for the past nineteen years as a writer, director, and producer working in drama and documentary.
His documentary experience runs the gamut stylistically including:
- The NFB national web documentary “GDP”.
- “Letters From Litein”, the cinema vertite styled theatrical feature documentary about elementary school children connecting with orphans in Africa.
- “Pay Dirt”, the two hour documentary on the Alberta oil sands.
- “On the Edge of Destruction”, the docudrama on the Frank Slide
- "The Rig” a documentary series broadcast on OLN.
Matt directed on the Nickelodeon children’s series “Caitlin’s Way” in 1999 and 2000, and was 2nd Unit Director on the British feature film “The Claim”. His award winning HD short film “The Outlaws” was screened across North America.
His newest project is a multi-format (feature, TV series, web doc, educational) looking at global energy called “Unintended Consequences”.
He has won awards for writing and directing over the years including Gold Awards at Worldfest, and a Silver Hugo from the Chicago International Film Festival. Matt holds a BA in Creative Writing, and a BFA in Film Production, both from Concordia University. In 2005, Matt graduated from the UCLA Professional Screenwriting Program.
2010
Creative Approaches to Documentary Films
A look at creative approaches to documentary storytelling and issues of concern in visually representing reality. Have Michael Moore and...
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