Matt Porterfield is a renowned filmmaker, writer, and director with a distinctive body of work. His feature film repertoire boasts four critically acclaimed titles: Hamilton (2006),Putty Hill (2011),I Used to Be Darker (2013),and Sollers Point (2018). His cinematic endeavors have been recognized and preserved in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Harvard Film Archive.
Porterfield's films have been showcased at various esteemed institutions and festivals, including the Whitney Biennial, the Walker Arts Center, Centre Pompidou, Cinematheque Française, Sundance, the Berlinale, San Sebastien, Rotterdam, and SXSW. In 2014, he wrote and directed his first narrative short film, Take What You Can Carry, with the support of a grant from the Harvard Film Study Center.
The short premiered in the Shorts Competition at the Berlinale in 2015 and was later featured in Lincoln Center's second annual Art of the Real series. In 2015, Porterfield collaborated with Gaston Solnicki on the production and writing of Kékszakállú, Solnicki's first fiction feature, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
As a producer, Porterfield has participated in various industry events, including IFP's No Borders, Cinemart, FIDLab, the Berlin Coproduction Market, and the Venice Production Bridge. His creative endeavors have earned him numerous accolades, including Creative Capital and Rubys grants, a Wexner Center Artists Residency, and a Guggenheim Fellowship.
In addition to his filmmaking pursuits, Porterfield is a dedicated educator. He teaches screenwriting, critical theory, and film production at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.
