Matt Lambert is an American, Berlin-based filmmaker, creative director and photographer working across film, television, fashion, advertising, music and performance. He is known for LGBT-themed works.

Biography

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Matt Lambert was born and raised in Los Angeles.[1] Most of Lambert photography and cinematic work explores youth and intimacy, especially in queer related social groups.[2]

Film

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In 2020 he founded the experimental queer art/film project, VITIUM, and has curated screenings and events around the theme.[3][4]

In 2014, Lambert's work was screened at the Tribeca Film Festival.[5]

Filmography

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Year

Title Feature Notes
2008 Carbon Footprint[6] Short Debut, Director, Writer
2010 We Who Are Young Are Old[7] Short Director, producer
2010 Fuck Machines[8] Short Director, writer, producer
2013 Heile Gänsje[9] Short Director, writer, producer
2015 Meat Short Director
2016 Cellar Door[10] Short Director, writer
2016 His sweat[11] Short documentary Director
2017 Flower[12] X-rated Short Director
2017 i-D: Out of this World[13] Short Documentary Director
2017 Nipples[14] Short Documentary Director
2020 Pleasure Park X-rated Short Writer/Director

Music videos

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Lambert's music videos have included:

Year Title Artist Notes
2013 The Libertine Patrick Wolf Director
2014 My Offence Hercules & Love Affair Director
2014 Habitat Austra Director
2016 High School Never Ends Mykki Blanco Director, writer
2016 Worship Years & Years Director
2017 Paracetamol Declan McKenna Director
2017 Butt Muscle Christeene Director
2017 'Paracetamol' Declan McKenna
2018 Hunted[15] Lotic Director
2018 Release Me[16] Evvol Co-Director
2018 As a Man Anna Calvi Director
2019 Ode To A Love Lost [17] Finn Ronsdorf Director
2020 Blue [18] Finn Ronsdorf Director

Fashion

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Lambert's collaborations include Rick Owens, Comme Des Garçons, Gucci, Calvin Klein, Givenchy, Charles Jeffrey, Yves Saint Laurent, Hugo, Diesel, Ludovic de Saint Sernin, Palomo Spain. His work is being published by Dazed, i-D, GQ, Vogue, Documental Journal, Butt.[citation needed]

Publications

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  • Lambert, Matt (2015). KEIM. PogoBooks. ISBN 978-3-942547-47-5.[19]
  • Vitium. 2016. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)[20]
  • Lambert, Matt (2017). Home. Grindr. ISBN 978-0-692-80864-1. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)[21]
  • Butt Muscle. 2017. A collaboration with Rick Owens
  • Pleasure Park. 2019. A collaboration between Tom of Finland Foundation and MEN.com

References

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  1. ^ "Bodies On Film: Director Matt Lambert Liberates The Music Video". mtv.com. Archived from the original on 25 May 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  2. ^ "the beautiful queer youth of berlin - read - i-D". vice.com. 18 November 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Grindr publishes first book, Home, by photographer Matt Lambert (NSFW)". itsnicethat.com. 20 December 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  4. ^ music, Guardian (11 May 2016). "Declan McKenna – the story behind Paracetamol". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  5. ^ Dollar, Steve (24 April 2014). "Tribeca Film Festival Is Showing Online-Only Productions for First Time". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  6. ^ "Matt Lambert and Jellyfish Pictures: "Carbon Footprint"". motionographer.com. 3 December 2007. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  7. ^ "Matt Lambert: We Who Are Young - Young Director Award". youngdirectoraward.com. 12 January 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  8. ^ Dazed (3 October 2016). "Erect penises feature in new safe sex ads". dazeddigital.com. Archived from the original on 6 January 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  9. ^ Dazed (13 June 2013). "Matt Lambert's Heile Gänsje". dazeddigital.com. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  10. ^ "Random Acts - Matt Lambert - Cellar Door American filmmaker Matt Lambert offers a voyeuristic insight into the violent and sexually-charged events happening behind closed doors at the Stadler family home. Fuelled by adolescent competitiveness and the dark depths of the web, a group of young men become pawns in a protagonist, Lydia's dark fantasies. - Matt Lambert - Cellar Door American filmmaker Matt..." channel4.com. Archived from the original on 6 January 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  11. ^ "{{ ($root.post && $root.post.id) ? $root.post.translations[$root.lang].socialTitle : $root.seo.pageTitle - translate }}". nowness.com. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  12. ^ "FLOWER - A Matt Lambert Film - Helix Studios". www.helixstudios.net. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  13. ^ "out of this world: i-D meets mykki blanco". I-d. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  14. ^ Dazed (17 November 2017). "Adwoa Aboah narrates new film about nipple censorship". Dazed. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  15. ^ Dazed (21 May 2018). "Lotic is seeking power in an unpredictable world". Dazed. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  16. ^ Dazed (31 May 2018). "Berlin duo Evvol chat to Peaches about their joyously queer new video". Dazed. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  17. ^ https://www.nowness.com/story/finn-ronsdorf-ode-to-a-love-lost-matt-lambert
  18. ^ "Finn Ronsdorf's 'Blue' is an Anthem for Solitude". 7 April 2020.
  19. ^ "F Word Magazine". fwordmag.com. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  20. ^ "VITIUM - NARCISSUS MAGAZINE". narcissusmagazine.com. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  21. ^ "matt lambert explores safe spaces for grindr's first photo book - read - i-D". vice.com. 21 December 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
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