luke matheny
Luke Matheny is a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based filmmaker, writer and actor. [1]
Unfortunately, because of a network failure with our internet service provider, we cannot connect to Ustream.TV from Gaiam HQ, and our chat with Luke Matheny is being postponed. [2]
For Luke Matheny, a 1997 graduate of Northwestern with a degree in journalism, getting a job during the internet revolution was easy and the money was good. [3]
Luke Matheny is the writer/director/star of “God of Love,” a quirky 18-minute short film about a jazz crooner who performs amazing dart tricks on stage. [4]
His short film ‘God of Love’ ‘ a comedy about a lounge-singing darts champion who receives a package of love-inducing darts ‘ is nominated in the Best-Live Action Short category for the 2011 Academy Award. [1]
They finished editing in 2002, and the film premiered at the 2003 Wilmington Independent Film Festival. [3]
Luke also previously had a short film showcased by SCC ‘ “Earano” ‘ in Volume 2, 2010. [...] His short film “God of Love” ‘ a comedy about a lounge-singing darts champion who receives a package of love-inducing darts ‘ is nominated for a 2011 Academy Award, and is featured in this month’s Spiritual Cinema Circle volume. [2]
Me with the other short film nominees at the Academy. [5]
This film was your student thesis in the graduate film program at NYU. [4]
The film was also winner of the gold medal at the 2010 Student Academy Awards; special jury recognition at Aspen ShortsFest; as well as first prize and the King Award for Screenwriting at the NYU First Run Film Festival. [1]
The film also won the King Award for Screenwriting at the 2007 First Run Festival, an honorable mention for the Fujifilm Audience Impact Award at the 2007 Angelus Student Film Festival, and won Best Student Short at the Dam Short Film Festival in Boulder City, Nevada. [...] His second-year project, Earano, was based on the Cyrano de Bergerac story. [3]
As for the award itself, it’s a Student Oscar, which is a kind of granite cube, not the actual statuette. [4]
His previous short film “Earano” — a loose, comic retelling of the Cyrano de Bergerac tale ‘ won the King Award for Screenwriting at the NYU First Run Festival, an honorable mention for the Fujifilm Audience Impact Award at the Angelus Student Film Festival, and Best Student Short at the Dam Short Film Festival in Boulder City, Nevada. [1]
Sources:
[1] About the director
[2] Live Video Chat With Luke Matheny - Spiritual Cinema Circle
[3] Luke Matheny
[4] Luke Matheny, “God of Love” | THE FILM YAP
[5] Luke Matheny Films