Joshua David Matthews

Director and Screenwriter

San Marcos, Texas

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About Joshua

I am an award-winning filmmaker living in Texas. I earned his MFA in Film and Television from Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) with a concentration in Screenwriting and Directing, and my films have won accolades such as Best of Fest, Best Drama, and Director’s Award.

My thesis film, DAWN, screened at several film festivals including the Cannes Short Film Corner and the prestigious CAMERIMAGE in Poland. After graduating, I was commissioned to film ELIAS, a short documentary on Dr. Elias Ghanem, the “Doctor to the Stars”. In 2018, I was given permission to follow and document Operation-Identification, a group of forensic anthropologists who identify and repatriate the remains of migrants who pass away while crossing the boarder. OP-ID is now available to watch on Amazon Prime.

Additionally, my screenplay, BONESEED, was a Semi-Finalist in the Killer Shorts Horror Screenplay Competition (2020) and Quarterfinalist in FLIMATICS’s Short Screenplay Competition (2021). My short screenplay, THE CONFESSION, was a Killer Shorts Quarterfinalist in 2021, and is slated to be filmed as part of a new horror anthology feature.

In between directing films and writing screenplays, I produce marketing videos for various brands. A job that has taken me across the country and into the jungles in Ecuador. I am huge also a fan of dive bars, Lone Star beer, and I am an avid hiker and camper.

Gender:
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Boneseed Horror ⋄ Fantasy An abused young girl befriends the skeletal remains of a murdered man — now fused within the trunk of an old tree — and helps investigate his murder.
Last Mile Thriller ⋄ Horror After a brutal attack during her cross-country road trip, a young woman must navigate the treacherous wilderness while being pursued by a relentless attacker, drawing on her haunted past to outrun danger and survive.
Ashes Drama A retired country music artist goes on a cross-country road trip, with a talented and aspiring young hitchhiker, spreading the ashes of his deceased singer-songwriting partner at the dive bars they performed at during their first tour.
Heebie-Jeebies Horror In this anthology, a washed-up horror host turned podcaster hits the road to record first-hand accounts of a mysterious book responsible for his sister’s death and potential resurrection.
An American Slasher Horror A small Texas town is thrown into chaos when both a documentary filmmaker and high school student become obsessed with the serial killer who murdered their next-door neighbors.
Vent Budget: $1M - $5M | Thriller ⋄ Drama When a high school theatre teacher discovers he can hear his upstairs neighbor's most intimate moments through his air vent, obsession takes over as he records her life and uses it as inspiration for a new play.
Come Home, Calvin Budget: $5M - $10M | Comedy ⋄ Drama Having abandoned his childhood dreams of becoming a children’s book illustrator, Calvin finds himself cycling through a mundane existence until his imaginary friend Toby returns to help him once again embrace the innocence of his lost youth.

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OP-ID (2018)
Documentary Producer, Director The rise in migrant deaths at the South Texas Border has created a humanitarian crisis. The dead are buried as “unknowns” without proper analyses or DNA collection, leaving no hope of identification. Operation Identification is a team in San Marcos, Texas who dedicate their time to help identify and repatriate their remains to the families who are left behind. Each unidentified body found near the Texas-Mexico border is given a number for tracking purposes. OP-ID's mission is to turn those numbers into names. Using the style of Direct Cinema, we follow #0607 as his remains are exhumed and his journey for identification begins.
The Great Journey (2014)
Documentary by Giant Step Films (Documentary) Producer, Director In 2001, eight friends gathered together after school to film a series of not-so-epic fantasy movies in their backyards. Now adults, the gang reunites to relive the glory days, by making one last film.
Hellyfish (2014)
Film (short) (Comedy and Horror) Assistant Director America's only missing nuclear weapon is leaking radioactive material into the ocean just off the coast of Tybee Island, GA. The trifling existence of a hapless cast is disrupted by a vicious force of nature that shows no mercy.
Elias (2013)
Documentary by Giant Step Films (Documentary) Producer, Director What begins as a story about the life and death of Dr. Elias Ghanem, evolves into a tale about family and what it really means to lose a loved one.
Dual (2013)
Film (short) (Thriller) Producer Mild-mannered introvert Jacob must finally face the link that he shares with Andre, an indulgent compulsive serial killer, when the killer sets his sights on the woman Jacob loves.
The Flight (2013)
Film (short) (Drama) Assistant Director The Flight, is a fable about a girl named Athena (Holly Hubbell) who finds her courage to follow her beliefs. On an island surrounded by nothing but water, Athena lives under the oppressive regime of a post-apocalyptic society. Athena feels strangled by her community and the rigid expectations enforced in it. One fateful night Athena breaks in to her society's housing of censored old world artifacts. There, she finds a mysterious book with plans for a flying machine. This ignites the courage to risk everything to create the flying machine and seize her freedom.
Dawn (2012)
Film (short) (Western) Producer, Director Kentucky, 1864 -- A young carpenter decides to hang himself. The despair and heartache of living alone after his beautiful wife passes away, taking with her their unborn child, is far too great for him to bear any longer. The empty hours begin wearing down on him. His mind slowly grows insane, causing him to forget the face of his wife. However, before he has a chance to die, a woman, chased by a relentless bounty hunter, breaks into his farmhouse in search for shelter. Confusion sets in when the carpenter believes the dying woman to be his lost wife, and with it comes a new-found sense of duty. He now has something to live for. Something to fight for.
The Visions of Dylan Bradley (2011)
Film (short) (Drama) Editorial Department As a result of a quirky childhood accident, sixteen-year-old Dylan Bradley doesn't always see things 'eye to eye' until a sweet Christian boy steals her heart and tempts Dylan with the one thing he won't give her: sex.
Vent (2009)
Film (short) (Drama and Thriller) Producer, Director, Writer David, a troubled and reclusive divorcee, takes an unhealthy obsession towards his neighbor, Audrey, too far. Using poorly rigged recording equipment, David pries into Audrey's personal life, documenting her every phone conversation, daily routine, and most intimate moments. Blurring the lines of interest and invasion, David pursues his isolated practices with little consideration of the consequences.