Matt Campagna
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Matt Campagna is a director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
, writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
, editor and new media
New media
New media is a broad term in media studies that emerged in the latter part of the 20th century. For example, new media holds out a possibility of on-demand access to content any time, anywhere, on any digital device, as well as interactive user feedback, creative participation and community...
producer from Toronto
Toronto
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, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. He is known for his film Six Reasons Why
Six Reasons Why
Six Reasons Why is a 2008 film directed by The Campagna Brothers. It stars Daniel Wooster as the Nomad, a vigilante sent into the badlands by a preacher . He wanders the Badlands with his horse killing every stranger he meets...
as well as his work on web series
Web series
A web series is a series of episodes released on the Internet or also by mobile or cellular phone, and part of the newly emerging medium called web television. A single instance of a web series program is called an episode .While the popularity of web series is continuing to rise, the concept...
BSGcast, Your Geek News
Your Geek News
Your Geek News is an award winning Entertainment News web series created and hosted by Matt Campagna and Anastasia "Nat" Tubanos.The show Previews and Reviews upcoming genre films and geek movies such as X-Men, The Terminator, Star Trek and Twilight for fans of the show and the films to comment and...
, The Naked Wine Show
The Naked Wine Show
The Naked Wine Show is an award-winning wine review web series hosted by Susan Sterling, developed by Timothy Troke, produced by Anastasia 'Nat' Tubanos and directed by film director Matt Campagna under the production company Frogwater Media...
and WHIRtv.
Background
Born and raised in Mississauga, Campagna attended RyersonRyerson University
Ryerson University is a public research university located in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its urban campus is adjacent to Yonge-Dundas Square located at the busiest intersection in Downtown Toronto. The majority of its buildings are in the blocks northeast of the square in Toronto's Garden...
's Radio and Television Arts
Radio and Television Arts
Ryerson Radio and Television Arts, is an undergraduate broadcasting program administered by the School of Radio and Television Arts from Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The program accepts 150 students a year out of 2,200+ applicants...
program for 4 years, majoring in Digital Film and Interactive Television. Before pursuing film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
and new media, he worked at Toronto radio and television stations CKFM-FM
CKFM-FM
CKFM-FM, branded as 99-9 Virgin Radio , is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 99.9 on the FM dial in Toronto, Ontario. The station is owned by Astral Media...
and Toronto1 as a producer.
Film
Campagna's first internationally distributed film was the post-apocalyptic western Six Reasons WhySix Reasons Why
Six Reasons Why is a 2008 film directed by The Campagna Brothers. It stars Daniel Wooster as the Nomad, a vigilante sent into the badlands by a preacher . He wanders the Badlands with his horse killing every stranger he meets...
where he co-wrote, co-directed, co-edited and was the cinematographer on the film. Matt and his brother/co-director/writer/editor Jeff Campagna
Jeff Campagna
Jeffrey Michael Campagna is a Canadian film and music video director and screenwriter. He is best known for his film Six Reasons Why.- Background :...
, shot the final scenes of the film starring Colm Feore
Colm Feore
Colm Feore is an American-born Canadian stage, film and television actor.-Early life:Feore was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Irish parents who lived in Ireland for several years during Feore's early life. The family subsequently moved to Windsor, Ontario, where Feore grew up.After graduating...
in 2007 after Jeff Campagna
Jeff Campagna
Jeffrey Michael Campagna is a Canadian film and music video director and screenwriter. He is best known for his film Six Reasons Why.- Background :...
had made initial contact with the actor by approaching him about the project in an airport. Made for $12,000, the film was sold in a quarter million dollar bidding war to THINKFilm
THINKFilm
THINKFilm is a privately held production and distribution company founded in September 2001. It has been a division of David Bergstein’s Capitol Films since 2006. Bergstein also serves as the company’s chairman...
after the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival
Toronto International Film Festival
The Toronto International Film Festival is a publicly-attended film festival held each September in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 2010, 339 films from 59 countries were screened at 32 screens in downtown Toronto venues...
and was released in theatres and on DVD in August 2008. The Campagna Brothers' follow-up film is to be another western, entitled "Roll the Hard Six".
Internet Television
In 2005, Campagna began his online work shooting and directing WHIRtv and the online video content for the Web Host Industry Review. In 2006, he began directing the weekly online cultural news show YourGreekNews which has gone on to become a show on ethnic specialty television channel MEGA Cosmos (Canada)MEGA Cosmos (Canada)
MEGA Cosmos is a Canadian Category B Greek language specialty channel and is owned by Ethnic Channels Group. It broadcasts programming from MEGA Cosmos, a television channel in Greece, and local Canadian content....
. In 2007, he launched BSGcast and Your Geek News
Your Geek News
Your Geek News is an award winning Entertainment News web series created and hosted by Matt Campagna and Anastasia "Nat" Tubanos.The show Previews and Reviews upcoming genre films and geek movies such as X-Men, The Terminator, Star Trek and Twilight for fans of the show and the films to comment and...
as co-host and director, and guest directed an episode of web series Galacticast
Galacticast
Galacticast is an award winning web series created by Rudy Jahchan and Casey McKinnon. The first episode aired on May 8, 2006.The program is a sketch comedy video blog that parodies the latest science fiction or internet meme and responds to feedback from their loyal fanbase...
. In 2008 he began directing The Naked Wine Show
The Naked Wine Show
The Naked Wine Show is an award-winning wine review web series hosted by Susan Sterling, developed by Timothy Troke, produced by Anastasia 'Nat' Tubanos and directed by film director Matt Campagna under the production company Frogwater Media...
.
Film Festival Director
In July 2008 the Campagna Bros. hosted the first annual Mississauga Independent Film Festival showcasing Canadian Independent short films, documentaries and feature films. In the first year, winning films included Matt Bissonnette's Who Loves the SunWho Loves the Sun
Who Loves the Sun is a 2006 Canadian comedy/drama/romance film directed and written by Matt Bissonnette.- Plot :Will Morrison and Daniel Bloom were the best of friends. They grew up together, went to the same schools, liked the same records, loved the same girls. Daniel was Will’s best man at his...
for Best Feature Film. In 2009, Dean Bajramovic won for his feature Gangster Exchange.