Matt Porterfield is writing the scenario for a new feature film. His first two, Hamilton (2006) and Putty Hill (2011), are in the permanent collection at the Museum of Modern Art and the Harvard Film Archive. His third, I Used To Be Darker, was released by Strand in 2013. Matt lives in Baltimore, MD, and teaches at Johns Hopkins University and the Maryland Institute College of Art.
Discipline:
Film/Video – screenplay
Matthew Porterfield
Discipline:
Film/Video – screenplay
Region: Baltimore, MD
MacDowell Fellowships: 2015
Studios
Star
Matthew Porterfield worked in the Star studio.
Funded by Alpha Chi Omega, a national fraternity founded in 1885, Star Studio — built in 1911–1912 — was the first studio given to the residency by an outside organization. To this day, Alpha Chi sorority pledges learn the story of Star Studio and its role in supporting American arts and letters. Beginning as a nicely proportioned…