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Matt Amato is an American film writer and director. A "radical filmmaker,” his work has been described as "gorgeous, incredibly cinematic” and “visionary". As an influential director, he has worked with some of the greatest musicians of this generation. His major works include music videos for popular artists such as , Beach House, Bon Iver, Dido, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Soko, and Wild Nothing. He also co-founded the iconoclastic based visual arts collective, The Masses. In 2020, he completed his debut feature, Never My Love. Amato is now documenting the efforts of historic preservationist Larry Giles at the National Building Arts Center.

Amato is a radical filmmaker, willing to make a movie that travels like a river, or unfolds like a piece of music or a real human life, something that seems alien after we’ve slumped in theater seats, overdazzling our retinas with exploding cars and exploding planets. He realizes the transformative power of seeing—and not seeing. Of showing the full spectrum of a full human life, with a slice hidden in shadow. That unsettled, mysterious place makes room for the watcher but throws down the challenge to do more than just watch. - Stefene Russell, St. Louis Magazine Early life and education

Amato filming Red House Painters music video in San Fransisco, CA.

Amato grew up in St. Louis, MO and was educated by the Benedictine monks at St. Louis Priory. He briefly attended film school at Columbia College in Chicago before venturing to . (1990s)

Amato began his directing career in the mid-1990s while living in San Francisco. Shooting on 16mm, he created music videos for San Fransisco's most eminent musicians, American Music Club, Red House Painters and Tarnation. Amato’s videos were broadcast on pioneering MTV shows such as 120 Minutes and Subterranean. One notable collaborator at this time would be cinematographer, Eric Alan Edwards. A music video Amato directed for another San Fransisco band, Imperial Teen, was shot on 35mm by cinematographer great, Tim Ives. Experimenting with 8mm for the band Tipsy, Amato’s work became a ubiquitous presence on MTV’s electronic- music based, Amp. It was with Tipsy that Amato started Vjing under the guidance of Mix Master Mike who taught him the similarities of mixing music and images. Amato continued to make progress at Palm Pictures with a video for Tijuana's Nortec Collective and live visual presentations for Supreme Beings Of Leisure. It was there that he utilized animation for the first time on a music video for the band, Earlimart. The animator was Jon Ramos and in 2002 they founded the Los Angeles based visual arts collective, The Masses.

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Los Angeles + The Masses (2000s)

Masses logo designed by Daniel Auber

Amato sustained his innovative work in music videos by embracing digital film-making. Music critic Randall Roberts hailed Amato’s Ima Robot video “one of the great music clips of the 21st century.” In 2006, Amato established a partnership with his best friend, . Together, they hatched a plan to include a music company under the Masses umbrella. Michelle Williams said, "I think that music became more important to him because he could do something creative without it costing him his privacy. He could be more in the background. He could be in charge, but invisible.” Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros and Grace Woodroofe were the first artists cultivated by the now mythic, Masses Music Company. Amato and Ledger considered all their projects to be music driven, a natural progression from music videos and their shared passion for music. Amato told the in 2009,

“What Heath brought to us at the Masses was his pure creative energy, chessboards and surfboards.”

It was also a place of serious work where Heath became confident behind the camera, honing his skills shooting and editing. The Masses started developing their own movie projects. Amato discovered the Walter Tevis novel, The Queen's Gambit, while listening to a vintage interview with Tevis he found buried within the Criterion supplements of The Man Who Fell To Earth DVD. Upon reading the novel, Ledger decided it would be his maiden voyage as a director. He prepared a screenplay with screenwriter Allan Scott and started crafting the shot-list with his favorite cinematographer, Edward Lachman. During this time, Ledger also developed the screenplay with Amato for what would be Amato's first movie, Never My Love. “I was very well aware of the movies Heath wanted to make, because we shared the same values,” Amato reflects.

We definitely wanted to make movies for smart women. I think he had his daughter in mind, as well. We hated violence in our culture. We’re very against it. We wanted to flip that paradigm and focus on women and love, and chess.

Amato was on location in Eau Claire, WI directing Bon Iver’s first video the day Ledger died. “It was no longer about just making a Bon Iver music video anymore,” the group’s singer- songwriter Justin Vernon says. “This was now our chance to be there with Matt as he grieved. It was a three-day wake."

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The Masses 2.0 (2010s)

Still from Amato's 40 Day Dream

Amato joined forces with Executive Producer Jack Richardson in what was essentially the Masses 2.0. A new group of music video directors and musicians were attracted to the inclusive ethos and creative spirit of the Masses where Amato served as the creative director. The Masses functioned as a directors agency representing a new wave of music video directors in Los Angeles: Ben Fee, Ben Kutsko, Chris Coats, Alistair Legrand, Isaiah Seret, Elliot Sellers, Raúl Fernández, Eli Stonberg, Alex Pelly to name just a few. The Masses also assisted in the creation of OMG! Cameras Everywhere!, an exuberant music video making summer camp for young people in Los Angeles, London and NYC. Known for their epic parties at their offices on La Brea Ave. with DJ sets from the crew, live performances from bands like The Lumineers and in conjunction with Cinespia the numerous poolside movie screenings at the Roosevelt Hotel, the Masses became a bright spot on LA's cultural landscape. The annual screenings of their work from the previous year would sell out The Downtown Independent. Amato's "natural and soulful” videos are known for their intimacy, spontaneity and sense of place often filming on location. Singer-songwriter Madi Diaz reflected on their collaboration this way, "He has an indescribable presence; this warm loving serene calm with intense interest and excitement bubbling beneath his exterior. He’s some sort of amazing mind reader and balances it with his trust in you and yours in him.” Amato says,

“It's about connecting with people. I've had some great opportunities to connect in a very personal way with some of the artists I worked with on music videos. There is that sense of nostalgia, even while you're there, on some music videos. I'm thinking particularly of the family I stayed with in Scotland when I did the Withered Hand video. Or working with Justin out in the woods during the Bon Iver video. Those are very powerful memories for me.”

The bona fide word in the halls of Columbia Records is that renown perfectionist Barbra Streisand loved Amato's video so much she requested no revisions. "While Streisand had recorded the unreleased song in 1970, Amato did not direct the video until 2012. Consequently, he had to jog the memories of the original producer, Richard Perry, about important details of the original recording. Amato reproduced small details such as the original type of microphone preferred by Streisand and the setting of the recording. Amato describes it as “an exercise in verisimilitude.” Amato invited "Kodachrome-drenched journeying” actress Michelle Williams to work with him on a “wistful" and "visually arresting” music video for Wild Nothing's Paradise.

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In it, Williams recorded a voice over of a mystical passage from Iris Murdoch's A Word Child. William's stirring vocal was recorded at the fabled Rare Book Room by Nicolas Vernhes. Amato "comely grasps the elusive feeling of the song" and captures "Williams’ especially moving and elegant performance that elevates the video to absolute emotional harmony." I Am Heath Ledger (2017)

Ledger behind-the-scenes of his music video for Ben Harper's Morning Yearning

Amato signed on as an Executive Producer and creative consultant on the documentary film, I Am Heath Ledger. He traveled to Perth, Australia to work with Ledger's family and to insure it would be a magnanimous sketch of his friend and partner. It premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival with a Q+A involving Amato and Ledger's sisters, Ashleigh Bell and Kate Ledger. The "uncommonly tender" documentary is heralded for its sensitivity while reflecting on the actor's artistic nature as told by his most faithful friends and loved ones. "I Am Heath Ledger is a cinematic portrait of Ledger the artist. Devoid of gossip and any hint of salaciousness," one reviewer noted. "The result is refreshing, insightful, and also devastatingly sad.” It currently holds an 86% on Rotten Tomatoes. "I'll always have my reservations with the final product. But, overall, it's a very positive portrait of a real lover of life, and his family truly loves it. Their appreciation of it means a lot to me and made it worth doing.” Amato told MTV News. “And I felt like there needed to be an anecdote to all of the gossip that's out there.”

I don’t need to defend Heath or tell people how you should feel about Heath because you already have a feeling about Heath. He did his job beautifully. He was a communicator. He reached people, and that was his art.

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Never My Love (2021)

In the summer of 2013, Amato returned to his hometown of St. Louis to write and direct his debut feature, Never My Love, (aka The Makings Of You) starring Sheryl Lee, Grace Zabriskie and Jay R. Ferguson. An early cut of the movie garnered some glowing reviews; this one from The Reporter:

This beautifully acted and photographed drama leaves a lasting impression. Amato, a veteran helmer of music videos, invests the proceedings with a subtle, dreamlike quality that gives the film an undeniable, but never stultifying, artsy feel. If you're not already in love when you see the film, you'll desperately want to be afterwards.

Sheryl Lee + Jay R. Ferguson in Never My Love

After resolving legal issues concerning a fraudulent investor, Amato completed the movie as it was intended in 2021 and is looking forward to its official release. Collaborations

Ann Magnuson

Amato and performance artist Ann Magnuson met in Los Angeles in the early nineties. They began working together on a number of projects revolving around Magnuson's music and live shows. They made a trip to Swedish Lapland where Magnuson was asked to perform at an arts festival and from that they made a short film of the experience entitled, In Search Of My Blonde Roots. Amato then directed the videos to promote Magnuson's concept album, The Luv Show. Amato also filmed and edited Magnuson's short film, Time Traveling Hooker set in Joshua Tree, CA. Their work together was screened most recently at the Museum of Modern Art.

Dublab

The Dublab collective became a major part of Amato's California experience. Amato first came to their attention through Dublab founding member, Bryan Younce. Younce was then curating cutting-edge music videos for the LA FIlm Fest and would often screen Amato's work. Dublab's

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Carlos Niño along with Eothen Alapatt are listed as the music supervisors on the dynamic soundtrack for Never My Love. And Alex Pelly, who started out as an intern at Dublab, sharpened her directing skills at the Masses. At the Masses, she developed an accredited internship program affiliated with USC film school. Pelly now shares editing credit with Amato on Never My Love.

Vision Versions

Vision Versions are innovative live music video clips that aim to capture their unique settings as well as the music and performances. Amato captured the mythic Cluster under the 1st Street Bridge in downtown Los Angeles. His "exquisite and tender" clip for The Long Lost was captured at the ghostly Velaslavasay Panorama. Amato also made Vision Versions for Lucky Dragons and Pharaohs at the Museum of Neon Art.

VJ - Tonalism

Tonalism in Big Sur, CA

After advancing his VJ skills with Tipsy in San Francisco, Amato continue to experiment with the Dublab crew while living in Los Angeles. All night VJ and music events populated the Dublab landscape with Amato matching imagery to their sounds. One memorable weekend at the Henry Miller Library in Big Sur, Amato projected images onto a large silver screen hanging among the redwood trees as musicians from Animal Collective, Dungen and provided the music. A subsequent Tonalism trip to Reed Collage resulted in a short film shot on Harinezumi cameras. Amato would frequently guest VJ at Give Up with Jimmy Tamborello spinning sad tunes and created visuals for Dublab's Linda Perhacs show at REDCAT plus many more illustrious Dublab screenings, events and celebrations.

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Dido

Still from Dido: In Studio

Amato spent the majority of 2008 following Dido around the globe with a RED camera as she recorded her most personal album, Safe Trip Home. Dido featured their work together as a short film released alongside her record. Dido: In Studio is a short film that provides an authentic portrait of a reclusive pop star wherein Dido as she flows through her creative process. Many elements of Dido's campaign from album art work to billboards focused on their work. After that, Amato traveled to the UK to document the album's release and DP a video for her nine-minute song, Northern Skies. The expert beauty of Safe Trip Home should stand the test of time as well as Amato's genuine document of it.

Harinezumi Camera

Harinezumi cameras at the Masses HQ

Being gifted his first Harinezumi camera by journalist Barbara Celis, Amato was hooked on its distinct style. He made a short musical movie starring Mia Doi Todd and Azul Niño which had its debut at the New Museum as part of a group show that drew thousands of spectators. Thus began a string of group shows and collaborations inspired by the camera. Amato's Harinezumi Movie impressed the makers of the camera to the extent they called Amato to their offices in Tokyo to further explore the camera's possibilities. Amato, who once referred to this camera as a passport, sees the Harinezumi as a way of capturing the world that is unobtrusive yet intimate. He also values its unpredictable nature and continues to work with its "imperfect" results to this day.

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VJ Shows + Exhibitions + Screenings Year Work Exhibition Notes "Art On Jukkasjärvi, 2001 The Collaboration with Ann Magnuson Sweden Rocks" "Tonalism Farmlab, Los 2007 All night VJ event with Dublab artists " Angeles Kraak "Labrat 2008 Festival, Dublab sponsored screening of music videos Matinee" Brussels "The Marfa Film 2008 Centerpiece screening of music videos from The Masses Masses" Festvial "The Rome Film 2009 Special screening featuring the work of The Masses with Q+A Masses" Festival Henry Miller "Tonalism 2009 Library, Big All night VJ event with Dublab artists " Sur CA Blythe "Real 2010 Projects / Los Group show: Matt Amato, Borkur, Anthony James Love" Angeles "Explosio Hollywood Group show: Matt Amato, Matthew Lessner, James Fields, 2011 ns In the Forever Jesse Fleming, Chris Lipomi and Alexis Disselkoen Sky" Cemetery Reed "Tonalism 2010 College, All night VJ event with Dublab artists " Portland OR "Northern Los Angeles Group show: Richard Ayoade, Andreas Nilsson, Keith 2010 Lights" Film Festival Schofield, Shynola, Eric Wareheim "Imperfect New Group show: Bruce La Bruce, Jonas Mekas, Albert Maysles, 2010 As They Museum Agnes b., Mark Borthwick, Harmony Korine, Miranda July, Are" NYC Mount Eerie, Erroll Morris "La Forêt de Group show: Chan Wook Park, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kim 2010 Paris / Tokyo Harinezu Gordon, Christopher Doyle, Ed Templeton[91] mi" "Labrat USC School Dublab screening of music videos: Daniels, , 2012 Matinee of Cinematic Kahlil Joseph 10" Arts "Book Of Los Angeles Group show: Music Videos for the Sake of Art, Not YouTube 2013 James" Film Festival Views The "Sound + Gallery show featuring music videos and film clips and neon 2014 Luminary St. Image" light installation Louis MO

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"Gena Gena Rowlands career achievement award presented by 2015 Rowlands LAFCA Tribute" "An Evening Museum of Screening of two collaborations: In Search Of My Blonde 2016 With Ann Magnuson Modern Art Roots and Time Traveling Hooker " "I Am Tribeca Film 2017 Heath Premiere of documentary with Q+A led by Jess Cagle Festival Ledger"

Neon from Amato's show at The Luminary Music videos Year Title Artist Label Notes "American Music American Music Warner Bros./ 1993 16mm b/w Club" Club Reprise American Music Warner Bros./ 16mm, DP Eric Alan 1994 "Can You Help Me?" Club Reprise Edwards/ Actor: Sheryl Lee 1995 "Summer Dress" Red House Painters 4AD 16mm color 1995 "Cheap Cuts" Licquorice 4AD 16mm color Geffen 1995 "The Luv Show" Ann Magnuson 16mm color Records Capitol 1995 "Sparkle And Fade" Everclear 16mm color and b/w Records Capitol 1996 "Ultralounge" Ultralounge 8mm + Archival Records Asphodel 1996 "Mr. Excitement" Tipsy Records 8mm + Archival London 1996 "You're One" Imperial Teen 35 mm, DP Tim Ives Recordings "Your Thoughts And Warner Bros./ 1997 Tarnation 16mm color Mine" Reprise

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2001 "Polaris" Nortec Collective Palm Pictures Digital 2003 "The Movies" Earlimart Palm Pictures Animation by Jon Ramos Columbia Digital / Animation by 2003 "Sun Angle Calculator" Serart Records Norris Houk Electric 2004 "Midnight" Joel Virgil 35mm DP Lukas Ettlin Monkey 2004 "International Lover" Rivera F Tape Modern Digital DP Eric MacIver / Actor: 2006 "Lovers In Captivity" Ima Robot Virgin/EMI Brady Corbet Frenchkiss 2007 "Fools" The Dodos DP Eric MacIver Records "Night Of A Thousand City Zen 2008 Mia Doi Todd DP Eric MacIver Kisses" Records 2008 "Live At Farmlab" Cluster Dublab Red Camera DP + Editor 2008 "Live At Farmlab" Lucky Dragons Dublab Red Camera DP + Editor "The Wolves (Act 1 + Secretly 2008 Bon Iver DP + Editor 2)" Canadian Carpark 2008 "Used To Be" Beach House DP + Editor Records 2008 "Safe Trip Home" Dido Red Camera DP + Editor Edward Sharpe And DP's Eric MacIver / David 2009 "40 Day Dream" Rough Trade The Magnetic Zeros Myrick "And The Ghosts Crossbill 2009 Garrett Pierce Red Camera DP + Editor Boarded Trains" Records Frenchkiss 2009 "Fables" The Dodos Records Red Camera DP + Editor 2009 "Northern Lights" Bowerbirds Dead Oceans DP + Editor 2010 "Colour" The Long Lost Dublab Red Camera DP Le Corps Mince de DP + Editor, w/ Saatchi 2010 "Something Golden" Kitsuné Françoise + Saatchi 2010 "Real Love" Beach House Sup Pop Archival + Editor 2010 "Average Fruit" Quadron Plug Research DP + Editor "The High Road", Columbia 2010 "Vaporize", "The Ghost Broken Bells DP David Myrick Records Inside" "Take The Pain Out Of Absolutely 2010 60 Watt Kid DP + Editor Your Chest" Kosher Small Horse 2011 "Let's Go" Madi Diaz DP David Myrick Records

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2011 "Tantra Sky" Pharaohs Dublab Harinezumi DP Manimal 2011 "Anit-Psalm" Sister Crayon DP + Editor Vinyl Oxcart Sony F3 DP + Editor / 2011 "Book Of James" Augustines Records Actor: Brady Corbet "Noche y Dia / San 2011 Matthewdavid Alpha Pup Harinezumi DP + Editor Raphael" "Live At Hollywood Saddle Creek 2011 Bright Eyes Sony F3 DP + Editor Forever" Records Absolutely 2012 "No Cigarettes" Withered Hand Harinezumi DP + Editor Kosher "No More Home, No Because 2012 Soko iPhone DP + Editor More Love" Music Carlos Niño & 2012 "Shapeshift Of Uranus" Friends featuring Ninja Tune GoPro DP Norris Houk III Dntel Oxcart 2012 "Juarez" Augustines Sony F3 DP + Editor Records "I Think It's Going To Columbia 2012 Barbra Streisand Sony F3 DP + Editor Rain Today" Records Captured Harinezumi DP + Editor / 2012 "Paradise" Wild Nothing Tracks Actor: Michelle Willams Project 2013 "Contemplate" Sweatson Klank Sony F3 DP + Editor Mooncircle "Daddy, I Cut My 2015 Daughn Gibson Sub Pop Sony F3 DP + Editor Hair" Jack Grelle 2020 "To Be That Someone" Jack Grelle Harinezumi DP + Editor Music

"For The Beauty Of Betty Buckley + The Arts for 2020 The Earth" SAE School Choir Biden-Harris

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