Matt Campagna

Matt Campagna
Born	Matthew James Campagna May 26, 1980 (1980-05-26) (age 31) Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Other names	The Campagna Brothers, with brother Jeff Campagna
Years active	1999 - present
Notable works	Six Reasons Why, BSGcast, YourGeekNews, WHIRtv, The Naked Wine Show
Website
mattcampagna.com

Matt Campagna (born May 25, 1980) is a director, writer, editor and new media producer from Toronto, Canada. He is known for his film Six Reasons Why as well as his work on web series BSGcast, Your Geek News, The Naked Wine Show and WHIRtv.

Background

Born and raised in Mississauga, Campagna attended Ryerson's Radio and Television Arts program for 4 years, majoring in Digital Film and Interactive Television.^[1] Before pursuing film and new media, he worked at Toronto radio and television stations CKFM-FM and Toronto1 as a producer.^[2]

Career

Film

Campagna's first internationally distributed film was the post-apocalyptic western Six Reasons Why^[3] where he co-wrote, co-directed, co-edited and was the cinematographer on the film.^[4] Matt and his brother/co-director/writer/editor Jeff Campagna, shot the final scenes of the film starring Colm Feore in 2007 after Jeff Campagna had made initial contact with the actor by approaching him about the project in an airport.^[5] Made for $12,000, the film was sold in a quarter million dollar bidding war to THINKFilm after the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival and was released in theatres and on DVD in August 2008.^[6] The Campagna Brothers' follow-up film is to be another western, entitled "Roll the Hard Six".^[7]

Internet Television

In 2005, Campagna began his online work shooting and directing WHIRtv and the online video content for the Web Host Industry Review.^[8] In 2006, he began directing the weekly online cultural news show YourGreekNews which has gone on to become a show on ethnic specialty television channel MEGA Cosmos (Canada). In 2007, he launched BSGcast and Your Geek News as co-host and director, and guest directed an episode of web series Galacticast.^[9] In 2008 he began directing The Naked Wine Show.

Film Festival Director

In July 2008 the Campagna Bros. hosted the first annual Mississauga Independent Film Festival showcasing Canadian Independent short films, documentaries and feature films. In the first year, winning films included Matt Bissonnette's Who Loves the Sun for Best Feature Film.^[10] In 2009, Dean Bajramovic won for his feature Gangster Exchange.^[11]

References

1. ^ MattCampagna.com
2. ^ MattCampagna.com
3. ^ Washington Post^{[dead link]}
4. ^ MattCampagna.com
5. ^ Reuters
6. ^ Yahoo News^{[dead link]}
7. ^ RolltheHard6.com
8. ^ MattCampagna.com
9. ^ "Battlestar Galacticast". Galacticast. 2007-04-24. http://www.galacticast.com/2007/04/24/battlestar-galacticast/. Retrieved 2008-12-01. 
10. ^ "And The Winner Is...". Mississauga Independent Film Festival. 2008-07-15. http://miff.ca/?p=63. Retrieved 2009-07-28. 
11. ^ "MIFF09 Winners Announced!". Mississauga Independent Film Festival. 2009-07-13. http://miff.ca/?p=83. Retrieved 2009-07-28. 

External links

• Official website
• Matthew Campagna at the Internet Movie Database
• BSGcast
• YourGeekNews
• Mississauga Independent Film Festival
• The Naked Wine Show
• WHIRtv"

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Name	Campagna, Matt
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Date of birth	May 26, 1980
Place of birth	Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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