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Bio:
Evan Mather spent much of his childhood running around south Louisiana with an eight-millimeter silent camera staging hitchhikings and assorted buggery. Without a doubt the first in his high school to parody trendy European art films, he placed first in a local film festival at the tender age of 18, before graduating to a camcorder with sound.
In 1995 while living in Seattle, Evan published possibly the very first Internet web site dedicated to online distribution of independent films. Posted in low-res QuickTime format were a few vintage Super-8 films - Pinecone, Meeting Elvis Costello, and Sightings - that he had recently re-edited on a Power Macintosh.
Since that time, Evan's work has been featured in dozens of publications ?including Newsweek, The New York Times, RES, Jetzt, Ciak, Stern, Entertainment Weekly, and USA Today - and on CNN, MTV, SCI-FI Channel, and NPR - and at film festivals around the world.
In 1999, he began an initiative to use the power of the Internet as a collaboration medium, reaching out to other independent artists. This has resulted in the creation of a virtual film studio with actors, composers and writers across the United States and Europe.
He has also had the privilege of sharing his experiences with students at forums at MIT, UCLA, and in South Korea.
Evan and his action figures currently reside in Los Angeles, USA, where, like everyone else, he is writing the great American screenplay.
TECHNOLOGY
I am currently using an Apple iMac G4/800 running Mac OS 10.2 with a 60GB HD and 512MB of RAM. For animation, compositing and effects I am using Adobe After Effects 5.5; for editing Apple Final Cut Pro 3 is my program of choice.
Filmography/Awards Info:
For more details see website.
Bodybags > July 2003
"Pavlov's Bell" > July 2003
Revert > September 2002
Sardines > July 2002
Icarus of Pittsburgh > June 2002
"Red Vines" > August 2001
Agave No.1 > August 2001
Airplane Glue > January 2001
Cursing the Gulls > November 2000
Fansom the Lizard > July 2000
Booger > May 2000
Vert: Remixed > May 2000
Buena Vista Fight Club > January 2000
Les Pantless Menace > November 1999
Vert > August 1999
The Qui-Gon show > June 1999
"The 2049ers" Pilot Episode > May 1999
Kung Fu Kenobi's Big Adventure > January 1999
Mace Windu Theater: Gettin' Medieval > December 1998
Godzilla Versus Disco Lando > August 1998
Quentin Tarantino's Star Wars > February 1998
Sodapop: Lynch > September 1997
Kung Fu Kenobi > June 1997
Another > March 1997
Lando's > January 1997
The Baby Killers > 1995
"I Love L.A." > November 1994
Meeting Elvis Costello > March 1993
Sightings > March 1993
Gorefest > January 1993
Pinecone > 1991
Sodapop: Woody > 1991
Sodapop: Scorsese > 1991
Kerouac is Dead > June 1991
Full Frontal Nudity > May 1989
"The Big Parade" > March 1989
Desert Egg > June 1988
Trouble Man Jones > January 1988
The Boarding School Massacre > August 1987
Twin Terror > June 1987
Tae-Wan Chang 2 > October 1985
The Stranger Movie > August 1985
Tae-Wan Chang > August 1985
39-A > 1981
The Strange Movie > 1981
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Agave No. 1
directed by Evan Mather
USA, Comedy / Satire,
2001,
Digital 8,
Color,
Sound,
00:00:30
106 degrees in the shade plus a bottle of tequila.... more info
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Airplane Glue
directed by Evan Mather and Evan Mather
USA, Animation,
0,
Color,
00:12:25
Twin brothers spread gospel that Hollywood and the government faked moon landings.... more info
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Bodybags
directed by Evan Mather and Evan Mather
USA, Comedy / Satire,
2003,
DV,
Color,
Magnetic Stereo,
00:10:54
Merle McNally loves his pet fishes, and for most of his twenty-four-hours-a-day, this simple fact provides a serene sustenance. But when waves of rhetoric and some half-a-world-away ugliness seeps through his... more info
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Booger
directed by Evan Mather
USA, Comedy / Satire,
0,
00:01:00
In this allegorical tale of fortitude in the face of temptation, our protagonist, all too human, struggles against an unyielding and single-minded foe.... more info
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Buena Vista Fight Club
directed by Evan Mather
USA, Animation,
2000,
DV,
Color,
Magnetic Stereo,
00:02:00
The most exciting two minutes of your life will be spent watching this film!... more info
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Expressions
directed by Evan Mather
USA, Documentary,
2005,
digital video,
Color,
Magnetic Stereo,
00:07:45
Expressions is a portrait of Calvin Abe, a landscape architect and founder of ah'bé landscape architects in Culver City, California.... more info
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Fansom the Lizard
directed by Evan Mather
USA, Animation,
2000,
Computer Animation,
Color,
Magnetic Stereo,
00:09:22
Based on family folklore, this is the true story of a pet lizard who travels from his home in Louisiana to Las Vegas in search of adventure.... more info
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Home Movie
directed by Evan Mather
USA, Video Art / Film Art,
2012,
Color,
No Audio,
00:06:00
A ride with your kid brother in the Seventies.... more info
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Icarus of Pittsburgh
directed by Evan Mather and Evan Mather
USA, Documentary,
2002,
DV,
Color,
Magnetic Stereo,
00:10:00
Archie McNally is known as the greatest Pittsburgh Steelers fan ever because of his daring exploits during the 1979 AFC Championship game when - using a suit of his own construction - he attempted to fly to h... more info
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Louisiana Road Trip
directed by Evan Mather
USA, Video Art / Film Art,
2012,
Color,
No Audio,
00:06:00
Home movie footage of Louisiana in the Seventies edited to make you want to go back.... more info
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Pavlov's Bell
directed by Evan Mather
USA, Music,
2003,
DV,
Color,
Magnetic Stereo,
00:04:27
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it a pop-up book? This turbulent little music video about faith, paranoia and fear of air travel is guaranteed to induce motion sickness. "Pavlov's Bell" is on Aimee Mann's 200... more info
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Red Vines
directed by Evan Mather
USA, Animation,
2002,
Computer Graphics,
Color,
Magnetic Stereo,
00:03:44
Handdrawn and computer generated imagery is coupled with the music of Aimee Mann to tell a simple story of love on the sidelines. Unsolicited music video.... more info
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Title Sequence of My Big Fat Independent Movie
directed by Evan Mather
USA, Animation,
2005,
Color,
Magnetic Stereo,
00:02:30
At its very best, a title sequence is a self-contained hybrid in which multiple media are combined to represent the essence of the film it precedes in an original way. At SubmarineChannel, we started collecti... more info
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Vert Remixed
directed by Evan Mather and Evan Mather
USA, Comedy / Satire,
0,
other,
Magnetic Stereo,
00:00:00
Shakespearean in scope, this is the infamous documentary about the most popular shoreline recreational activity on the planet.... more info
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| Screening History |
| Airplane Glue |
| Venue/Organization |
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Date |
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| Catacomb Microcinema | Winnipeg | Canada | 2002-02-23 | Event Details |
| Strange Brew Coffeehouse | Springfield | USA | 2002-01-18 | Event Details |
| The Video Underground | Jamaica Plain | USA | 2002-01-07 | Event Details |
| Coffee House Theater | McMurdo Station | Antarctica | 2001-08-03 | Event Details |
| Speakeasy Café | Seattle | USA | 2001-01-25 | Event Details |
| Buena Vista Fight Club |
| Venue/Organization |
City |
Country |
Date |
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| Living Arts of Tulsa | Tulsa | USA | 2006-03-19 | Event Details |
| Out North | Anchorage | USA | 2006-01-15 | Event Details |
| Project 304 | Bangkok | Thailand | 2005-12-23 | Event Details |
| The Substation | Singapore | Singapore | 2005-12-20 | Event Details |
| Ithaca College | Ithaca | USA | 2005-10-17 | Event Details |
| Modified Arts | Phoenix | USA | 2005-09-15 | Event Details |
| St. Balbach Volxkino | Wien | Austria | 2005-08-25 | Event Details |
| Urban 15 | San Antonio | USA | 2005-07-22 | Event Details |
| CRASH: Audiovisual Alternative Art | Mexico City | Mexico | 2005-07-21 | Event Details |
| Programa de Media electronica | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 2005-07-19 | Event Details |
| Revelation Perth International Film Festival | Fremantle, WA | Australia | 2005-07-10 | Event Details |
| MediaArtLab | Moscow | Russian Federation | 2005-06-23 | Event Details |
| Transat Video, Garsouille | Caen Cedex 1 | France | 2005-06-08 | Event Details |
| Angelika Films/Harvard indie film group | New York | USA | 2005-05-25 | Event Details |
| Oxbow School, The | Napa | USA | 2005-05-07 | Event Details |
| MUU - Producoes Culturais, Lda | Sao Miguel - Acores | Portugal | 2005-05-01 | Event Details |
| Copia | Napa | USA | 2005-03-25 | Event Details |
| 111 Minna Gallery | San Francisco | USA | 2005-03-21 | Event Details |
| Cleveland Film Society | Cleveland | USA | 2005-03-20 | Event Details |
| Gadabout Travelling Film Festival, the | New Paltz | USA | 2005-03-18 | Event Details |
| Y Galerii | Tartu | Estonia | 2005-03-17 | Event Details |
| Project 101 | Paris | France | 2005-03-16 | Event Details |
| Nanaimo Film School | Nanaimo | Canada | 2005-02-26 | Event Details |
| Subterranean Cinema Nacogdoches | Nacogdoches | USA | 2005-02-26 | Event Details |
| Real Art Ways | Hartford | USA | 2005-02-26 | Event Details |
| Olympia Film Society | Olympia | USA | 2005-02-11 | Event Details |
| Subterranean Cinema | Jacksonville | USA | 2005-02-08 | Event Details |
| Miami Beach Cinematheque | Miami Beach | USA | 2005-02-04 | Event Details |
| Imperial Beach Film Festival | Imperial Beach | USA | 2003-10-05 | Event Details |
| Imperial Beach Film Festival | Imperial Beach | USA | 2003-10-04 | Event Details |
| Mezzanine | San Francisco | USA | 2003-06-03 | Event Details |
| Blaffer Gallery | Houston | USA | 2003-04-26 | Event Details |
| Blaffer Gallery | Houston | USA | 2003-04-25 | Event Details |
| Rio Theatre | Santa Cruz | USA | 2003-01-05 | Event Details |
| Crash El Habito | CD Mexico | Mexico | 2002-08-26 | Event Details |
| New Orleans Video Access Center -NOVAC | New Orleans | USA | 2002-08-25 | Event Details |
| Local 7 (DIY Revolution) | Farmingdale | USA | 2002-08-15 | Event Details |
| Urban 15 | San Antonio | USA | 2002-07-19 | Event Details |
| Mad River Microcinema | Billings | USA | 2002-07-12 | Event Details |
| Strange Brew Coffeehouse | Springfield | USA | 2002-04-12 | Event Details |
| Ithaca College | Ithaca | USA | 2002-04-02 | Event Details |
| Ithaca College | Ithaca | USA | 2002-04-01 | Event Details |
| Firestation #3 | Houston | USA | 2002-02-22 | Event Details |
| VIDEO SPACE - Metro Arts | Brisbane, Queensland | Australia | 2001-11-15 | Event Details |
| Zero Room | Monterrey | Mexico | 2001-08-03 | Event Details |
| The Blinding Light!! Cinema | Vancouver | Canada | 2001-07-04 | Event Details |
| Het Wilde Weten | Rotterdam | Netherlands | 2001-06-10 | Event Details |
| Studio 21 Film Festival | Fukuoka | Japan | 2001-06-09 | Event Details |
| Fountainhead | Atlanta | USA | 2001-06-04 | Event Details |
| Zero Room | Monterrey | Mexico | 2001-06-01 | Event Details |
| CRASH: Audiovisual Alternative Art | Mexico City | Mexico | 2001-05-26 | Event Details |
| CRASH: Audiovisual Alternative Art | Mexico City | Mexico | 2001-05-18 | Event Details |
| CRASH: Audiovisual Alternative Art | Mexico City | Mexico | 2001-05-16 | Event Details |
| Speakeasy Café | Seattle | USA | 2001-04-25 | Event Details |
| Washington Psychotronic Film Society | Washington | USA | 2001-04-24 | Event Details |
| The Video Underground | Jamaica Plain | USA | 2001-04-24 | Event Details |
| Personal Vision | Kobe | Japan | 2001-04-23 | Event Details |
| minicine | Shreveport | USA | 2001-04-21 | Event Details |
| Bellevue Art Museum | Bellevue | USA | 2001-04-19 | Event Details |
| Transat Video, Garsouille | Caen Cedex 1 | France | 2001-04-18 | Event Details |
| Newport Beach Film Festival | Newport Beach | USA | 2001-04-03 | Event Details |
| Fountainhead | Atlanta | USA | 2001-04-02 | Event Details |
| Bellevue Art Museum | Bellevue | USA | 2001-03-30 | Event Details |
| PlanetArt | Enschede | Netherlands | 2001-03-17 | Event Details |
| The Substation | Singapore | Singapore | 2001-02-20 | Event Details |
| Speakeasy Café | Seattle | USA | 2000-06-29 | Event Details |
| Speakeasy Café | Seattle | USA | 2000-02-24 | Event Details |
| Booger |
| Venue/Organization |
City |
Country |
Date |
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| Strange Brew Coffeehouse | Springfield | USA | 2002-05-10 | Event Details |
| Cinema Slam | Ann Arbor | USA | 2002-04-23 | Event Details |
| Portable Pirate Cinema | San Francisco | USA | 2002-03-08 | Event Details |
| Heaven Gallery | Chicago | USA | 2002-03-02 | Event Details |
| Coffee House Theater | McMurdo Station | Antarctica | 2002-01-04 | Event Details |
| PAC Multimedia Microcinema | Skopje | Macedonia | 2001-12-06 | Event Details |
| VIDEO SPACE - Metro Arts | Brisbane, Queensland | Australia | 2001-11-16 | Event Details |
| PAC Multimedia Microcinema | Skopje | Macedonia | 2001-11-01 | Event Details |
| PAC Multimedia Microcinema | Skopje | Macedonia | 2001-10-04 | Event Details |
| PAC Multimedia Microcinema | Skopje | Macedonia | 2001-08-02 | Event Details |
| Undercinema | Minneapolis | USA | 2001-07-31 | Event Details |
| Wall of Sound | Seattle | USA | 2001-05-24 | Event Details |
| Agave No. 1 |
| Venue/Organization |
City |
Country |
Date |
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| Vital Five | Seattle | USA | 2001-08-23 | Event Details |
| Fansom the Lizard |
| Venue/Organization |
City |
Country |
Date |
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| Orange Show Center for Visionary Art | Houston | USA | 2004-09-18 | Event Details |
| Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin | Paris | France | 2003-11-11 | Event Details |
| Imperial Beach Film Festival | Imperial Beach | USA | 2003-10-05 | Event Details |
| Mezzanine | San Francisco | USA | 2003-06-03 | Event Details |
| KLJUN | Subotica | Serbia | 2003-05-12 | Event Details |
| CSAW-Commerce Street Artist Warehouse | Houston | USA | 2003-05-10 | Event Details |
| Clone Digital Film Festival | Helsinki | Finland | 2003-05-09 | Event Details |
| CineFeel UK | London | United Kingdom | 2003-04-28 | Event Details |
| Blaffer Gallery | Houston | USA | 2003-04-26 | Event Details |
| Blaffer Gallery | Houston | USA | 2003-04-25 | Event Details |
| Reel Noise | Seattle | USA | 2003-04-12 | Event Details |
| VideoMedeja | Novi Sad | Yugoslavia (obsolete) | 2002-10-18 | Event Details |
| Madurai Collective | Madurai | India | 2002-09-14 | Event Details |
| Madurai Collective | Madurai | India | 2002-08-01 | Event Details |
| Tagawa International Short Film Matsuri | Tagawa | Japan | 2002-07-01 | Event Details |
| VideoMedeja | Novi Sad | Yugoslavia (obsolete) | 2002-06-15 | Event Details |
| Heaven Gallery | Chicago | USA | 2002-05-02 | Event Details |
| CineFeel UK | London | United Kingdom | 2002-03-25 | Event Details |
| Zero Room | Monterrey | Mexico | 2001-11-02 | Event Details |
| Het Wilde Weten | Rotterdam | Netherlands | 2001-09-09 | Event Details |
| PlanetArt | Enschede | Netherlands | 2001-06-09 | Event Details |
| Speakeasy Café | Seattle | USA | 2000-08-31 | Event Details |
| Vert Remixed |
| Venue/Organization |
City |
Country |
Date |
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| Het Wilde Weten | Rotterdam | Netherlands | 2001-12-09 | Event Details |
| PlanetArt | Enschede | Netherlands | 2001-09-08 | Event Details |
| Speakeasy Café | Seattle | USA | 2000-09-28 | Event Details |
| Red Vines |
| Venue/Organization |
City |
Country |
Date |
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| Portland Center for the Advancement of Culture | Portland | USA | 2003-07-12 | Event Details |
| Green Bean | Greensboro | USA | 2002-11-19 | Event Details |
| Strange Brew Coffeehouse | Springfield | USA | 2002-08-09 | Event Details |
| Urban 15 | San Antonio | USA | 2002-07-20 | Event Details |
| Firestation #3 | Houston | USA | 2002-05-31 | Event Details |
| Satellites: Screens from Outer Spaces | Seattle | USA | 2002-05-29 | Event Details |
| 111 Minna Gallery | San Francisco | USA | 2002-05-28 | Event Details |
| Icarus of Pittsburgh |
| Venue/Organization |
City |
Country |
Date |
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| St. Balbach Volxkino | Wien | Austria | 2003-08-29 | Event Details |
| Miami Beach Cinematheque | Miami Beach | USA | 2003-08-07 | Event Details |
| Rum Doodle Bar & Restaurant | Kathmandu | Nepal | 2003-05-27 | Event Details |
| Brash Young Cinema | Makati City | Philippines | 2003-05-02 | Event Details |
| Cinema Obscura | Santa Barbara | USA | 2003-04-17 | Event Details |
| Cafe Phaidros | Tokyo | Japan | 2003-03-30 | Event Details |
| Fundição Progresso | Rio de Janiero, RJ | Brazil | 2003-03-29 | Event Details |
| Project 101 | Paris | France | 2003-03-15 | Event Details |
| New Filmmakers Los Angeles | Los Angeles | USA | 2003-03-05 | Event Details |
| Cinematheque Vivante | Parnu | Estonia | 2003-02-01 | Event Details |
| Fundição Progresso | Rio de Janiero, RJ | Brazil | 2003-01-31 | Event Details |
| Cinema Obscura | Santa Barbara | USA | 2003-01-24 | Event Details |
| Out North | Anchorage | USA | 2003-01-23 | Event Details |
| Heaven Gallery | Chicago | USA | 2003-01-18 | Event Details |
| University of Chicago | Chicago | USA | 2003-01-17 | Event Details |
| Project 101 | Paris | France | 2003-01-15 | Event Details |
| Reel Noise | Seattle | USA | 2003-01-13 | Event Details |
| The Video Underground | Jamaica Plain | USA | 2003-01-03 | Event Details |
| Green Bean | Greensboro | USA | 2002-12-17 | Event Details |
| Select Media Festival | Chicago | USA | 2002-12-07 | Event Details |
| Rio Theatre | Santa Cruz | USA | 2002-12-01 | Event Details |
| Brighton Michigan Film Festival | Brighton | USA | 2002-11-22 | Event Details |
| Edgeworks Film Festival | Corpus Christi | USA | 2002-11-09 | Event Details |
| SOAP Gallery | Kokura | Japan | 2002-11-08 | Event Details |
| Texas A&M Universtiy Viz Lab | College Station | USA | 2002-10-11 | Event Details |
| Kick Fest Film Festival | Amarillo | USA | 2002-09-28 | Event Details |
| Firestation #3 | Houston | USA | 2002-09-27 | Event Details |
| 111 Minna Gallery | San Francisco | USA | 2002-09-24 | Event Details |
| Mad River Microcinema | Billings | USA | 2002-09-02 | Event Details |
| Bodybags |
| Venue/Organization |
City |
Country |
Date |
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| Central Cinema | Seattle | USA | 2007-11-28 | Event Details |
| Neuer Standort | Vienna | Austria | 2004-11-25 | Event Details |
| 111 Minna Gallery | San Francisco | USA | 2004-09-27 | Event Details |
| Axiom Theatre | Houston | USA | 2004-09-17 | Event Details |
| Pavlov's Bell |
| Venue/Organization |
City |
Country |
Date |
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| Axiom Theatre | Houston | USA | 2005-03-18 | Event Details |
| OneTen Gallery | Madison | USA | 2005-01-20 | Event Details |
| 21 Grand | Oakland | USA | 2004-04-30 | Event Details |
| Clinton Street Theatre | Portland | USA | 2004-04-29 | Event Details |
| 111 Minna Gallery | San Francisco | USA | 2004-04-26 | Event Details |
| Project 101 | Paris | France | 2004-04-21 | Event Details |
| Expressions |
| Venue/Organization |
City |
Country |
Date |
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| Out North | Anchorage | USA | 2007-11-11 | Event Details |
| Out North | Anchorage | USA | 2007-11-10 | Event Details |
| Out North | Anchorage | USA | 2007-11-09 | Event Details |
| Out North | Anchorage | USA | 2007-11-04 | Event Details |
| Out North | Anchorage | USA | 2007-11-03 | Event Details |
| Out North | Anchorage | USA | 2007-11-02 | Event Details |
| Petaluma Friday Night Films | Petaluma | USA | 2007-09-28 | Event Details |
| Aqus Cafe' | Petaluma | USA | 2007-09-28 | Event Details |
| Axiom Theatre | Houston | USA | 2007-06-29 | Event Details |
| 111 Minna Gallery | San Francisco | USA | 2007-06-25 | Event Details |
| Central Cinema | Seattle | USA | 2007-05-09 | Event Details |
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