Matthew Durning

Shooter, Field producer for feature documentary interviews in NC

Camera operator for local shoot in NC

Director for web video announcing partnership between IBM Watson IoT and Schaeffler, a leading ball bearing company in Germany.

Shot a web video about MoogFest 2016 for Endgadget

Camera Operator for local NC TV segment on HB2

Directed, shot, and produced web series pilot and other corporate and promotional videos for SAP.

Produced short educational web film about Wall Street’s role in the US economy. Directed by Joe Berlinger. Roles included: field producer, story producer, post producer, production manager and bookkeeping, story research and development.

Produced 2 episodes of 8-part broadcast documentary series about U.S. criminal justice system, directed by Joe Berlinger. Roles included: field producer, story producer, camera operator, story research, development. Directed 8-person production crews for shoots in Mississippi, Maryland, Michigan; interviewed characters; directed voiceover sessions, motion graphics work, online color, audio mix.

Directed large-scale film shoots for first season of groundbreaking web series ‘The Window’, as well as ‘Angry Nerd’ and ‘Game|Life’ series.

Managed production of this original YouTube channel. Coordinated production teams of 10-12 people in the creation of five original web series. Took all five series from concept to launch in less than six months. Collaborated with senior teams at WIRED, Conde Nast Entertainment, and Radical to develop original channel content.

Managed day-to-day production for two of THNKR’s original series, including the channel’s flagship series, ‘Prodigies’, which has received over 38 million online views to date. Field produced a dozen multi-day shoots across the USA, conducted interviews, story produced episodes, edited content. Developed original programming ideas, wrote treatments, cast characters.

Managed and implemented the research, acquisition, budgeting, licensing and clearances of the film’s extensive archival materials from a diverse range of personal and professional image collections. Prepared channel deliverables including cue sheets, legal binders, show masters, and digital elements archive.

Director of Photography, filmed on location in India. Directed by Sweta Vohra

Managed overlapping post-production schedules and all channel deliverables for fourteen (14) one-hour episodes of ‘Aerial America’ including rough cut, fine cut, picture lock and final program deliverables, audio and video masters, graphics, dubs and conversions, scripts, cue sheets and other elements for legal binders.

Researched, pitched, and reported stories for AJE programs People & Power and Faultlines. Conducted pre-interviews. Produced field shoots. Coordinated production schedules. Wrote and assembled ‘cut-down’ trailers for episodes of Witness for AJE’s US broadcast launch, Researched and collected archival footage.

Filmed on location in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. Part of FRONTLINE/World’s “Rough Cut” series.

Researched international stories. Edited video content, interviews and comments for the FLW website. Performed technical production tasks (logging tapes, transcribing interviews, and collecting archival materials).

Supervised production of more than 75 television, radio, print, and web advertisements for national political clients including: MoveOn.org, American Civil Liberties Union, Natural Resources Defense Council, and 2004 California ballot initiatives Prop 63 (Mental Health Initiative) and Prop 66 (Fix Three Strikes).