Matt McKinzie

Matt
McKinzie

Matt McKinzie (he/him) is a multimedia artist whose work encompasses writing, filmmaking, curation, archival research, and performance. He graduated from Emerson College in 2021 with a B.A. in Visual ...

Films

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    Business Casual
    Experimental
    Narrative

    Business Casual
    Matt McKinzie

    Digital, color and b/w, sound, 8 min
    Rental format: Digital file
    • Body
    • Psychology / Mental Health
    • Philosophical
    • Spiritual / Mystical
    • LGBT / Queer
    • Abstract
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    Pocket Battleship: A LIFE Stolen
    Documentary
    Experimental

    Pocket Battleship: A LIFE Stolen
    Matt McKinzie

    digital, color and b/w, sound, 12.3 min
    • History
    • Biography / Autobiography
    • Personal / Diary / Journal
    • Found Footage
    • Family
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    Queer Dream Triptych
    Experimental

    Queer Dream Triptych
    Matt McKinzie

    digital, color, sound, 2.5 min
    Rental format: Digital file
    • Body
    • Psychology / Mental Health
    • Personal / Diary / Journal
    • Found Footage
    • Spiritual / Mystical
    • LGBT / Queer
    • Abstract
    • Appropriation / Detournement
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    Introducing Belle Jolie!
    Documentary
    Experimental

    Introducing Belle Jolie!
    Matt McKinzie

    Super 8mm, color, sound, 2 min
    Rental format: Digital file
    • Body
    • Erotic
    • Music
    • Arts / Artists
    • Dance
    • LGBT / Queer
    • Abstract
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    I Don't Think I'll Destroy Myself This Winter
    Experimental

    I Don't Think I'll Destroy Myself This Winter
    Matt McKinzie

    Super 8mm, color, sound, 2 min
    Rental format: Digital file
    • Psychology / Mental Health
    • Landscape / Architecture
    • Environment / Nature
    • Personal / Diary / Journal
    • Spiritual / Mystical
    • Abstract
    • Minimal / Conceptual
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    Queer Dream Triptych (Nightmare Version)
    Experimental

    Queer Dream Triptych (Nightmare Version)
    Matt McKinzie

    Digital file, color, sound, 2.5 min
    • Body
    • Psychology / Mental Health
    • Philosophical
    • Personal / Diary / Journal
    • Found Footage
    • Spiritual / Mystical
    • LGBT / Queer
    • Abstract
    • Appropriation / Detournement
    • Minimal / Conceptual

Biography

Matt McKinzie (he/him) is a multimedia artist whose work encompasses writing, filmmaking, curation, archival research, and performance. He graduated from Emerson College in 2021 with a B.A. in Visual and Media Arts and a Minor in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. His films have screened at MIX: The New York Queer Experimental Film Festival, Wicked Queer: The Boston LGBTQ+ Film Festival, Film Diary NYC, 8-Ball TV, and the Film-Makers' Cooperative, among other venues. Matt has researched and curated programs of film and video art that have screened in the U.S. and internationally at such venues as Spectacle Theater (New York), Millennium Film Workshop (New York), Mana Contemporary (New Jersey), and Cinema Catalunya (Terrassa, Spain). In 2022, Matt was named a ScreenCraft and WeScreenplay Finalist for his queer autobiographical screenplay The Palest Blue.