A Little About Myself.

I have spent 20  years working in top newsrooms in New York and Tokyo, currently at The New York Times, where I edit some of the most renowned journalists and columnists in the world. I am an award-winning documentary filmmaker (producer, director, editor) now working on my second feature.

It's an unusual mix, I know, but I'm here to help you develop and produce nonfiction video, and/or with writing and editing of any kind. I do web production as well.

One recent client was John Hechinger, whose new book "True Gentlemen: The Broken Pledge of America's Fraternities" I proofread. He sent me a note after thanking me for my "tremendous care and expertise ... great catches and valuable suggestions."

A recurring client is Columbia University's Earth Institute, for whom I have on four occasions shot and produced video showcases of students' research projects around the world.

Past freelance video work includes the editing, scripting and production of a two-part series for AfSIS, a project backed by the Gates Foundation to revolutionize agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa. On the print side, I copy edited "Deep Decarbonization Pathway Project" reports for several countries, "perhaps the most serious effort to draw up a detailed road map for the energy transition," said The New York Times.

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'The Duck Diaries'

My first documentary feature won Best Director and was runner-up for Best Documentary at the 2013 NYC Independent Film Festival, among other accolades

Newsroom Experience

Get In Touch
Drop me a line at twomey.matt@gmail.com,
​or ring me to chat about your project at 347-397-2824.