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Matthew Mishory
Born (1982-07-17) July 17, 1982 (age 42)
Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of California
Occupation

Matthew Mishory is an American film director of Israeli descent. He has directed both narrative and documentary films and was named a "rising talent" by Variety Magazine in 2013.[1] His award-winning 2009 film, Delphinium, about Derek Jarman, was preserved by the British Film Institute in its National Film Archive.[2]

Life and career

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Mishory was born on July 17, 1982, in Santa Monica, California, and grew up in Los Angeles, California. He is a citizen of the United States and Israel. He studied film at the University of California, Santa Barbara where he received his Bachelor of Arts in 2004.[3][4]

Mishory's 2009 short film, Delphinium, about the legendary English artist Derek Jarman, was screened at dozens of film festivals before being permanently installed in the British Film Institute's National Film Archive.[5][2] The film was subsequently re-released in the UK by the BFI as part of the year-long Jarman 2014 celebration.[6] In 2017, it was presented by the Tate Britain Museum in London.[7][8] The film's score was composed by Siouxsie and the Banshees co-founder Steven Severin. [9]

His feature film debut, the 35 mm black-and-white Joshua Tree, 1951: A Portrait of James Dean, debuted at the Transilvania International Film Festival on June 10, 2012, and was released theatrically in the United States, the UK, and Germany, and received a Jury Prize at the 2012 Image+Nation Montreal Film Festival.[10][11] Writing for Film International, Robert Kenneth Dator wrote, "Matthew Mishory has managed to capture an austere beauty of a kind little known by all but the likes of Baudelaire.”[12]

Mishory's second feature film, the documentary Absent, was filmed in remote rural Moldova. It concerns the village of Mărculeşti, site of a horrible atrocity in 1941 in which all of the village's Jews were massacred by the Romanian army.[13]

The film introduces the current residents of Mărculeşti, who seem to be unaware (or unwilling to discuss) what happened.[14] Mishory's own grandparents lived in the village, escaping to Israel just before the start of the Holocaust.[14]

In an interview with the online magazine Tablet, Mishory discussed the complex emotions of filming there: "The history of Mărculeşti and the Holocaust pose impossible intellectual and theological questions. All I can say is that my feelings about what happened in Mărculeşti are complicated. I remain a practicing Jew. And I also have serious doubts about human nature. I’m angry that people who live overlooking a killing field lie about their history. But I also have a lot of empathy for the current residents of the village and their difficult circumstances.”[15]

Mishory's third feature, Artur Schnabel: No Place of Exile, was made for the German-French television network Arte.[16] The film was shot in Switzerland, Italy, Vienna, and Berlin, utilizing unexpected textures (such as Super 8, drone footage, and back-projection) and the German actor Udo Samel to chart pianist/composer Artur Schnabel's course through the emotional and physical landscapes of the European 20th century.[17] In November 2018, the film was screened[18] at The Library of Congress in Washington D.C. In 2019 it was released on the classical music channel medici.tv.[19]

In March 2018, Mishory began filming Mosolov's Suitcase, the story of the Soviet avant-garde composer Alexander Mosolov, sent to the gulag by Joseph Stalin, with César Award-nominated actor Kirill Emelyanov in the title role. Over the course of five years, production was delayed numerous times due to a global pandemic and the outbreak of war. [20] In December 2023, Deadline Hollywood announced the casting of Lior Ashkenazi and the resumption of production on the film.[21] In the first of three intersecting plotlines, Ashkenazi plays a celebrated film director who "recounts his unconventional efforts to complete a film abandoned in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine".[22] Deadline further reported the completion of principal photography and the release of a teaser trailer in February 2024.[23]

In 2021, it was announced in Variety Magazine that Mishory would be directing the documentary Who Are the Marcuses? for Stone Canyon Entertainment and Rhino Films.[24] The film premiered at the 2022 Newport Beach Film Festival and 2023 Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Film Threat reported that the film "offers a perspective on how philanthropy can make a change for the better, save a planet in crisis, and maybe even bring about lasting peace in the Middle East".[25] Guitarist David Broza composed and performed the film's score. Mishory directed the 2023 documentary film Fioretta (film), that follows E. Randol Schoenberg and his son Joey in reclaiming 500 years of their family story.[26]

Mishory also directs commercials. In 2018, he directed the "Powerful Performance” campaign for the brand TCL, starring NBA All-Star Giannis Antetokounmpo.[27][28] In 2020, he again directed Antetokounmpo, along with his brother, Thanasis, in the "Enjoy More" campaign.[29] He also directed a surf campaign with pro surfer Tia Blanco, filmed in Los Cabos, Mexico.[30]

Filmography

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References

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  1. ^ Hopewell, John (September 8, 2013). "Film Republic Takes 'Pie,' 'Rosie'". Variety Magazine. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Entry for 'Delphinium, a Childhood Portrait of Derek Jarman'". British Film Institute. 2010. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
  3. ^ "Matthew Mishory". filmandmedia.ucsb.edu. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
  4. ^ "Matthew Mishory". pro.festivalscope.com. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
  5. ^ "Official page of the Rutgers Film Co-op/New Jersey Media Arts Center + the Rutgers University Program in Cinema Studies". 2019. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
  6. ^ "Jarman 2014 Official Website". Jarman2014. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
  7. ^ "Queer and Now 2017: Launching the Pride in London Festival". Tate Britain. 2017. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
  8. ^ "'No Place of Exile' Trailer Released; 'Delphinium' at the Tate Britain". Matthew Mishory Official Website. August 15, 2017. Retrieved October 24, 2018.
  9. ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1475149/fullcredits
  10. ^ Moloscho, Carolyn (January 8, 2013). "Five Questions with Joshua Tree, 1951: A Portrait of James Dean Writer/Director Matthew Mishory". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
  11. ^ Young, Neil (June 17, 2012). "Joshua Tree, 1951: A Portrait of James Dean: Film Review". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
  12. ^ Dator, Robert Kenneth (June 18, 2013). "Review: A Portrait of James Dean: Joshua Tree, 1951 (2013)". Film International. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
  13. ^ "Absent". Lights On Cinema. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
  14. ^ a b Eckerling, Debra (May 16, 2018). "Moldovan Jews' Tragic History in 'Absent'". Jewish Journal. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
  15. ^ Kra-Oz, Tal (April 4, 2018). "Now Streaming on Amazon, Masterful Documentary Captures the Haunting History of Moldovan Jews". Tablet. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
  16. ^ "Artur Schnabel: No Place of Exile". Monolithic Films. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
  17. ^ "Arthur Schnabel Film". Arthur Schnabel Film Official Website. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
  18. ^ "Film: "Artur Schnabel: No Place of Exile," November 29 at 6:30 PM (Concerts from the Library of Congress, 2018-2019)". www.loc.gov. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  19. ^ "Artur Schnabel, No Place of Exile". medici.tv. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
  20. ^ https://deadline.com/2023/12/lior-ashkenazi-boards-matthew-mishory-mosolovs-suitcase-1235680646/
  21. ^ https://deadline.com/2023/12/lior-ashkenazi-boards-matthew-mishory-mosolovs-suitcase-1235680646/
  22. ^ https://deadline.com/2023/12/lior-ashkenazi-boards-matthew-mishory-mosolovs-suitcase-1235680646/
  23. ^ https://deadline.com/video/lior-ashkenazi-first-trailer-matthew-mishory-mosolovs-suitcase/
  24. ^ Tangcay, Jazz (February 18, 2021). "Documentary 'Who Are the Marcuses' Will Look at Mysterious Israel Donor Couple — Film News in Brief". Variety. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
  25. ^ says, Who are the Marcuses? | Film Threat-hollywood questions to ask (October 18, 2022). "Who are the Marcuses? Featured, Reviews Film Threat". Retrieved July 28, 2023.
  26. ^ "Doc Journey into an Extended Family Tree". LA Times. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  27. ^ "Powerful Performance". YouTube. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
  28. ^ "TCL Signs Giannis Antetokounmpo As Brand Ambassador". Twice. May 25, 2018. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
  29. ^ Chan, Tim (October 9, 2020). "NBA Star Giannis Antetokounmpo Swaps Layups for Laughs in Viral TV Campaign". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  30. ^ "TCL Partners with Pro Surfer Tia Blanco". SURFER Magazine. July 25, 2018. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
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