Matt is a Colourist with a background in various aspects of post-production including motion graphics, editing and online.
Matt has been grading in Resolve since 2012 and for a long time grew his skills through a process of trial and error and hard work. Lacking exposure to experienced colourists, he discovered the International Colorists Academy and enrolled for a Commercials Masterclass with Dado Valentic in London. Seeing how valuable that experience was, his business partner, Caro, arranged the first ever ICA gathering on the African continent, bringing Kevin Shaw out for a set of three Masterclasses. Matt has the following certifications from the ICA:
Commercials Masterclass - Dado Valentic
Resolve Colour Matrix Colour Management - Kevin Shaw
Advanced Looks and Matching - Kevin Shaw
Colour Design Masterclass - Kevin Shaw
Matt has recently finished the Netflix series, Soon Comes Night, which was a huge hit with audiences. Last year he completed his second season of Showmax's popular Lioness series. This year he has been the colourist and finishing artist for several documentaries for Idea Candy, including Tracking Thabo Bester and Convict Conman and has just completed a feature film, Die Kwiksilwers, which premiered at Silwerskerm Fees and was selected as audience favourite. Lioness and Convict Conman are both nominated for best cinematography and best in class at this year's SAFTAS. A music video he graded for BlvdHvnny won the award for Best Music Video at 5 separate international film festivals in 2022 including the Cine Gear Expo in Los Angeles.
Matt is experienced in all aspects of the DaVinci Resolve pipeline, and having worked extensively in ACES is also able to manage VFX workflows, leveraging Resolve's ability to be the lynch pin in the delivery process for complex projects. He is very particular about colour-managed workflows and facilitates this approach during the grading and finishing process in whatever way required.
Although he usually works from his suite in Linden, Matt is also available for on-site grading. He has graded commercials, music videos, documentary, episodic television and independent films. He continues to expand his understanding of colour science and the creative technicalities of this niche at all times.
Please feel free to touch base just to chat or if you'd like to explore working with Matt.