Director

David M. Matthews

Directing

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Directed movies: 2Directed series: 0All crew credits: 6

TMDB ID: 155747

IMDb ID: nm0559991

Known for: Directing

Place of birth: Ohio, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1978 - 2019

Years active: 42

Average TMDB rating: 8.22

Wikidata: Q113957520

Also known as

David Matthews

Frequent jobs

Director (2)Original Music Composer (2)Writer (2)

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Biography

American David M. Matthews served as musical director for 3 years on the CBS soap The Young and the Restless, for which he won an Emmy for Outstanding Musical Direction & Composition, and has continued to write music for TV and film, composing the underscore and main title music for Valhalla, The Last Frontier, Western Avenue, and Wave Babes, among others. He also penned scripts for sitcoms The Nanny and Living Single, as well as staff writing and producing gigs on For Your Love, Half & Half, and The Soul Man. In film, he teamed with Michael Bayouth, on the screenplays for A Howl In One and Kidnight, and helped produce the documentary A Musical Journey To Freedom. On his own, he wrote and produced an episodic mockumentary, When Actors Need Money, for Strike TV, directed the indie thriller N-Secure, and wrote and directed the uplifting comedy Ernesto's Manifesto.

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