Matthew Akers (born November 19, 1975) is an American film director,
producer, cinematographer, and photographer. He is best known for the
critically acclaimed documentary Marina Abramovic: The Artist is
Present, (2012) for which he won a Peabody and Emmy Award. He recently
directed two primetime ABC television specials for David Blaine, Real
or Magic (2013) and Beyond Magic (2016), which featured Blaine
performing magic for various celebrities and public figures.Akers was
born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He studied fine art and sculpture at
the School of Visual Arts.Akers has shot and produced over a dozen
documentary television series, including the 10-part series Carrier
(2008) during which he lived on an aircraft carrier in the Persian
Gulf for six months, and Circus, (2010) in which he spent a year on
the road traveling with the Big Apple Circus.In 2010 he was approached
by his friend and producer, Jeff Dupre, to make a film about the
performance artist Marina Abramovic. He was skeptical at first, but
Abramovic gave him the keys to her apartment and full access to
document her life in the months leading up to her performance at The
Museum of Modern Art. 'The show became an art world and pop culture
phenomenon, as hundreds of people lined up for hours for a chance to
sit with Abramović â€" the 'grandmother of performance art.'
producer, cinematographer, and photographer. He is best known for the
critically acclaimed documentary Marina Abramovic: The Artist is
Present, (2012) for which he won a Peabody and Emmy Award. He recently
directed two primetime ABC television specials for David Blaine, Real
or Magic (2013) and Beyond Magic (2016), which featured Blaine
performing magic for various celebrities and public figures.Akers was
born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He studied fine art and sculpture at
the School of Visual Arts.Akers has shot and produced over a dozen
documentary television series, including the 10-part series Carrier
(2008) during which he lived on an aircraft carrier in the Persian
Gulf for six months, and Circus, (2010) in which he spent a year on
the road traveling with the Big Apple Circus.In 2010 he was approached
by his friend and producer, Jeff Dupre, to make a film about the
performance artist Marina Abramovic. He was skeptical at first, but
Abramovic gave him the keys to her apartment and full access to
document her life in the months leading up to her performance at The
Museum of Modern Art. 'The show became an art world and pop culture
phenomenon, as hundreds of people lined up for hours for a chance to
sit with Abramović â€" the 'grandmother of performance art.'
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