Matt S. Bell

Fable House
Camera Operator, Cinematographer, Director of Photography and Producer

New Orleans, Louisiana

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March 2017

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About Matt

As a cinematographer, my goal is to use the decade worth of experience I gained behind the camera to translate, motivate, and elaborate on the visions of my fellow collaborators.

I started my career as a stills photographer, winning a number of awards and quickly gaining a reputation for interesting and highly sought after work. After completing a residency program in Paris, I decided it was time to transition into motion picture.

I served as a camera assistant, camera operator and gaffer while simultaneously honing my skills on various personal projects and music videos. In Fall of 2014, I opened Fable House alongside my business partner/producer/friend, Sam Claitor. By November, I solidified my position as cinematographer on the Syfy Network feature film entitled, Zombie Shark. Since then, the Fable House team has been apart of many great projects including The Parallax Theory, Showing Roots, Gypsy Woman by Young Futura, and the up-and-coming Ozark Shark.

My mornings are simple. I get up, eat Froot Loops, check my attitude at the door and #getpumped to lead the team. All while continuing to feed a career doing what I love, telling stories.

Also, it is a long established fact that I am a goober...and I am OK with that. My sets are fun sets...

...get over it.

-Matt S. Bell

Unique traits: - Local 600 International Cinematographers Guild Member - Society of Camera Operators: Associate Member

Gender:
Male

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Movie Clips | The Parallax Theory: 'Wankers Wank'

Movie Clips | The Parallax Theory: 'I'll Be Back, I Promise"

Movie Clips: Ozark Shark "Yeah, That'll Work..."

Credits

A Day in the Life of America (2019)
Film Camera and Electrical Department
Kelly's Escape (2019)
Film Camera and Electrical Department
Christmas Camp (2018)
Film Camera and Electrical Department
Urban Country (2018)
Film Camera and Electrical Department
NCIS: New Orleans (2018)
TV Series Camera and Electrical Department
Hotell (2018)
Film Cinematographer
Le Grand Remix (2018)
Film Cinematographer
Hometown Christmas (2018)
TV Movie Cinematographer
The Christmas Contract (2018)
TV Movie Cinematographer
The Funeral Band (2018)
Film Cinematographer
Santa Jaws (2018)
Film Cinematographer
Did I Kill My Mother? (2018)
TV Movie Cinematographer
Noble Creatures (2017)
Film Camera and Electrical Department
30 Seconds to Mars: Walk on Water (2017)
Video Camera and Electrical Department
Christmas in Mississippi (2017)
TV Movie Cinematographer
Beautifully Broken (2017)
Film (Drama, Family and Thriller) Camera and Electrical Department After fleeing his homeland to escape the ethnic genocide that killed his mother, a Rwandan man finds new hope in America, where he meets a Tennessee family facing trials of their own. Together they learn the key to finding peace might just be in forgiving those who caused their pain. Written by Mark E. McCann
Dream House Nightmare (2017)
TV Movie (Drama) Camera and Electrical Department Add a Plot »
Armed Response (2017)
Film Camera and Electrical Department
Mississippi River Sharks (2017)
Film Cinematographer Add a Plot »
Ryker (2017)
Film (Short and Drama) Cinematographer Kai (Jeff Pearson) suddenly wakes up in an abandoned junk yard covered in scraps and dried blood with no memory of what brought him there.
Samantha (2017)
Film (Short and Drama) Cinematographer Add a Plot »
The Trust Fund (2017)
Film (Short and Drama) Cinematographer Add a Plot »
This Is a Lie (2017)
Film Cinematographer Add a Plot »
Desolation (2017)
Film (Thriller) Camera and Electrical Department Add a Plot »
Starbright (2017)
Film (Fantasy) Camera and Electrical Department A young orphan escapes the realities of her life by fantasizing about and then entering a fairy tale world.
American Made (2017)
Film (Crime and Thriller) Camera and Electrical Department A pilot lands work for the CIA and as a drug runner in the south during the 1980s.
Dead on Arrival (2017)
Film (Thriller) Camera and Electrical Department Add a Plot »
A Deadly Affair (2017)
Film (Thriller) Camera and Electrical Department Suspecting her husband of having an affair, a woman trails him to the house he's been renovating only to discover he's dead. As the investigation unfolds, things are not always as they seem.
Nanny Seduction (2017)
Film (Thriller) Camera and Electrical Department A recently adopted child has gone missing and it's up to her parents to find her.
Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce (2016)
Television (Reality-TV) Camera and Electrical Department This show follows Big Freedia (born Frederick Ross) on her journey toward superstardom in the mainstream media. As the undisputed ambassador of the energetic, New Orleans-based Bounce movement, Big Freedia is never afraid to twerk, wiggle, and shake her way to self-confidence, and is encouraging her fans to do the same.
Showing Roots (2016)
Film (Comedy and Drama) Camera and Electrical Department 'Showing Roots' takes place in 1977 during the premiere of the miniseries Roots. Set in a small southern town where there definitely are still 'right' and 'wrong' sides of the tracks, two young women - one white, one black - forge an unlikely friendship that sparks a journey of independence, self-discovery, and ultimately results in the discovery of the perfect hairdo.
Ten to Sing (2016)
Film (Short and Fantasy) Camera and Electrical Department When Pearl, an elderly woman, gets locked out of her home she sets of on an unintended journey.
Queen Sugar (2016)
Television (Drama) Camera and Electrical Department The series follows the life of three siblings--brother Ralph-Angel (trying to rebuild his life after jail) and sisters, Nova Bordelon (social activist, root woman, and herbalist) and Charley Bordelon (L.A. basketball wife), who, with her teenage son Micah, moves to the heart of Louisiana to claim an inheritance from their recently departed father - an 800-acre sugarcane farm.
Ozark Sharks (2016)
Film (Action, Horror, Sci-Fi and Thriller) Cinematographer A vacation to the Ozarks turns upside-down when bull sharks somehow infiltrate Arkansas' freshwater lakes and wreak havoc on a town's big fireworks festival.
Rachael Hallack: Get Gone (2015)
Video Cinematographer
Zombie Shark (2015)
TV Movie Cinematographer
A Sort of Homecoming (2015)
Film Miscellaneous Crew
Wish Upon a Christmas (2015)
TV Movie (Romance) Camera and Electrical Department When business executive Amelia returns home to help a family-run ornament company, the employees see her as their savior who is coming in to rescue the company. They are heart-broken and shocked to learn that her plan to get the company on track involves massive layoffs. As Amelia prepares for the holiday 'trimmings', she finds herself rekindling an old romance with her high school boyfriend Jesse, who is also the company's owner. She also soon begins to see the charm of the local business - but will she be able to save it in time?
Us Against the World (2015)
Film (Short and Drama) Camera and Electrical Department JOHN, a middle-aged prison guard on death row is speechless when he realizes that the prisoner, who is scheduled to be executed in a few hours, is none other than his old childhood friend, FRANK. John tries his best not to get recognized. However, he cannot hide his true identity from his former friend and eventually gets confronted by Frank. The two of them share a difficult moment over Frank's last meal while their childhood memories vividly come back to life. For a short moment it seems that they are both young and innocent again. But reality catches up with them when the clock strikes the final hour and the execution team enters to carry out the inescapable task.
Evan's Crime (2015)
Film (Drama) Camera and Electrical Department Evan White is unjustly accused of selling marijuana and cocaine and being threatened with up to 28 years in jail by an ambitious Federal prosecutor.
Muse (2014)
Film Cinematographer
True Heroes (2014)
Film (Short, Action, Adventure, Comedy and 1 More) Camera and Electrical Department A small boy brings to life epic battles and adventures using only his imagination and his friends to escape everyday life.
The Story of Christopher Jenkins (2014)
Film Cinematographer
Dickie Landry: New York Stories (2014)
Film Cinematographer
Vamped (2014)
Film Director
Of a Promise Broken (2014)
Film (Short and Horror) Camera and Electrical Department A woman is tormented from beyond the grave by the ghost of her lover's ex wife.
American Idol (2013 - 2014)
Television (Game-Show, Music and Reality-TV) Camera and Electrical Department Twelve finalists and/or future singers (six men and six women) who were selected from America, compete in a talent contest in which they were asked to sing any song they like on this "Star Search" clone. After each song that was sung, the judges, Abdul, Jackson and Cowell, then critique that finalist's chosen song. After each show's ending, America must vote for a finalist to whom they really think their performance is good using this AT&T (now Cingular Wireless) or any other cellular phone to cast votes with. Once the votes are locked in, the judges and America decides who has the most and the least amount of votes, and the contestant with the least amount of votes is eliminated, and it goes on each week's show until the winner is crowned as "American Idol," where he/she wins a recording contract worth up to $1,000,000. The rest of the other finalists to whom they have been voted off before (the runner-up) also get recording contracts, too. Written by Gary Richard Collins II (gcollinsii@aol.com)
A Sale of Two Cities (2014)
Television (Reality-TV) Camera and Electrical Department Basically an hour long version of House Hunters. Depicts house hunters in two different cities looking for houses in the same price range.
Descent (2013)
Film Cinematographer
Give Me Your Heart (2013)
Film Cinematographer
Cabbie (2013)
Film (Short, Drama and Thriller) Camera and Electrical Department An aspiring writer who has become stuck behind the wheel of a cab picks up a fare that changes her life forever.
Native Owl (2013)
Film (Short, Drama and Music) Camera and Electrical Department Native Owl is an impressionistic story about a young woman's journey of rediscovery. Anna has become a lost, desolate soul over time and reaches a breaking point, which brings her to physically and spiritually reconnect with nature. With the help of her new friend, Nascha, she sets out on a new path to freedom, enlightenment and clarity. Written by Anonymous
Delanie (2011)
Film Cinematographer
Bending Lines: The Sculpture of Robert Wiggs
Camera and Electrical Department
Untitled Henry & Rel Sci-Fi Project
Camera and Electrical Department
The Tiger & the Oak
Cinematographer
The Parallax Theory
TV Mini Cinematographer