{{Short description|Canadian filmmaker and director}} {{Infobox person | name = Matthew Swanson | image = <!-- just the filename, without the File: or Image: prefix or enclosing [[brackets]] --> | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{Birth-date and age|Month DD, YYYY}} --> | birth_place = [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], Canada | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{Death-date and age|Month DD, YYYY|Month DD, YYYY}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = [[Film director|Filmmaker]] | known_for = }}
'''Matthew Swanson''' is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] filmmaker and commercial director from [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]].<ref>[https://www.straight.com/article/sundance-film-festival-notes "Sundance Film Festival: Julia Kwan, Jamie Travis, Matthew Swanson, Carmen Aguirre"]. ''[[The Georgia Straight]]'', February 2, 2006.</ref> He is most noted for his 2005 short film ''[[Hiro (film)|Hiro]]'', which was a [[Genie Award]] nominee for [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Live Action Short Drama|Best Live Action Short Drama]] at the [[27th Genie Awards]] in 2007.<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/trailer-park-boys-bon-cop-compete-for-best-picture-genie-1.664136 "Trailer Park Boys, Bon Cop compete for best picture Genie"]. [[CBC News]], January 9, 2007.</ref>
He is a graduate of the [[Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema]] at [[Concordia University]].<ref name=concordia>[http://cjournal.concordia.ca/journalarchives/2005-06/mar_23/006572.shtml "Abstract art-and-music pas de deux wins a Genie"]. ''[[Concordia Journal]]'', Marcy 23, 2005.</ref>
His other short films have included ''Tic Tac Toe'' (2007)<ref>[https://www.blogto.com/film/2007/08/festival_flash_short_films/ "Festival Flash: Short Films"]. ''BlogTO'', August 28, 2007.</ref> and ''Seven Stars'' (2016).<ref>[https://www.straight.com/movies/766116/viff-pushes-your-alt-buttons-latest-festival-announcement "VIFF pushes your ALT buttons with latest festival announcement"]. ''[[The Georgia Straight]]'', August 26, 2016.</ref>
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==External links== *{{official website|https://matthewswanson.tv/}} *{{IMDb name|2073879}}
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