Matt is a Colourist with a background in various aspects of post-production including motion graphics, editing and online.
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 which was nominated for Best Drama and Best Cinematography (and more) at SAFTAS 2024. This year he has been the colourist and finishing artist for several documentaries for Idea Candy, including Tracking Thabo Bester and Convict Conman - which was also nominated for Best Documentary and Best Cinematography (and more) at SAFTAS 2024. He has just completed a feature film, Die Kwiksilwers, which premiered at Silwerskerm Fees and was selected as audience favourite. 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.
The DotKomrade studio in Linden provides finishing services for long form projects including narrative series and features, short films and documentaries. Matt has experience in the entire finishing process including conforming, VFX workflows and associated colour and file management for lossless round-tripping, look development, colour grading, onlining including cleanups, screen replacements, beauty work and so on, quality control, and delivery to a variety of platforms including Netflix, Showmax, Multichoice, Kyknet, SABC and DCP creation for cinema and festival viewings. The studio itself has ample space for client teams to sit in and the grading suite offers an industry standard set-up including a regularly calibrated colour reference monitor, a 55" calibrated LG client monitor and 5.1 Dolby surround sound.
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.