12 Facts About Matthew Lessner

Matthew Lessner graduated in 2005 from Chapman University, where he studied film.

Matthew Lessner's third short film, Chapel Perilous featuring Sun Araw was an official selection at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival where it won the Short Film Audience Award.

In May 2012, Matthew Lessner was awarded an additional San Francisco Film Society and Kenneth Rainin Foundation Filmmaking Grant for development of the feature tentatively titled Terror Tuesday.

In late 2018, Matthew Lessner was awarded a grant from the Swedish art council Kulturbryggan for the development of an interactive film exhibition entitled SAINT Y2K.

Matthew Lessner has directed over a dozen music videos including for the Dirty Projectors' single "Stillness is the Move" which was ranked one of the best music videos of 2009 by Stereogum.

Matthew Lessner directed and produced several videos for BBC Collective with bands including Black Dice and The Fiery Furnaces.

In 2011, Matthew Lessner created and directed the web series "Make a Friend" for the French website Konbini.

Matthew Lessner contributed lyrics to six of the eight tracks on Lydia Ainsworth's debut album, Right From Real, including "Hologram" which was named Best New Track by Pitchfork The Album was released on Arbutus Records in 2014 and was a shortlist nominee for the Juno Award for the Electronic Album of the Year.

Matthew Lessner has collaborated with Cameron Stallones of Sun Araw who contributed a cover of Neil Young's 'Thrasher' to the soundtrack for The Woods.

Matthew Lessner directed the trailer for Ottessa Moshfegh's 2022 novel Lapvona.

Matthew Lessner published an article in Filmmaker recounting his experiences with online conspiracy theorists in the lead up to the release of his feature film Automatic at Sea.

Matthew Lessner's photographs have been featured in multiple publications including The Sun Magazine and The Wire.