Matt Bird is an Australian film director.Matt Bird is a Sydney-based
director who in February 2013 became the first filmmaker to be
selected as a Tropfest finalist for 3 consecutive years, the world’s
largest short film festival.The three films were ‘Taser’ (2013)
starring Firass Dirani, ‘Min Min’ (2012) and ‘A Desperate
Deed’ (2011), which won Best Editing and Best Original
Score.Bird’s notoriety as a director began in 2000 when he wrote,
directed and produced the indie feature 'Blue Neon' during his final
year of film studies at the University of Technology, Sydney. Triple J
radio film critic Peter Castaldi declared at the time: "Australian
screens need a future and this is it!" Bird was then invited as one of
eight award-winning directors to make a film for POV 2002, from a
script by celebrated writer Brendan Cowell. Bird's film 'The
Doppelgangers' told the story of a woman haunted by horrific visions
of her lover's double, and starred AFI Award Winner Pia Miranda.
director who in February 2013 became the first filmmaker to be
selected as a Tropfest finalist for 3 consecutive years, the world’s
largest short film festival.The three films were ‘Taser’ (2013)
starring Firass Dirani, ‘Min Min’ (2012) and ‘A Desperate
Deed’ (2011), which won Best Editing and Best Original
Score.Bird’s notoriety as a director began in 2000 when he wrote,
directed and produced the indie feature 'Blue Neon' during his final
year of film studies at the University of Technology, Sydney. Triple J
radio film critic Peter Castaldi declared at the time: "Australian
screens need a future and this is it!" Bird was then invited as one of
eight award-winning directors to make a film for POV 2002, from a
script by celebrated writer Brendan Cowell. Bird's film 'The
Doppelgangers' told the story of a woman haunted by horrific visions
of her lover's double, and starred AFI Award Winner Pia Miranda.
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