Matthan Harris was born on September 23, 1986 in Fort Worth, Texas. Matthan was fascinated with film at an early age with such movies as Jaws, The Silence of the Lambs, Alien, The Exorcist and Psycho. Throughout his college years, Matthan wrote, directed, and acted in several short films, including Counter-Blow, which won the Bronze Remi Award for Best Directing-Shorts at WorldFest-Houston Film Festival in 2008. Matthan received his Bachelor's Degree in Radio/Television/Film from the University of North Texas in May 2009 and shortly after began production on his first professional short film, Nothing Left. Nothing Left won the Gold Remi Award for Best Directing-Shorts at WorldFest-Houston in 2010 and also screened at Cannes' Short Film Corner. Continuing in the tradition of his short films, Matthan wrote, produced, directed and acted in his first feature film The Inflicted alongside horror icons Doug Bradley (Hellraiser), Bill Moseley (The Devil's Rejects), Sid Haig (House of 1000 Corpses) and Giovanni Lombardo Radice (City of the Living Dead). Matthan wrapped production on The Inflicted in October 2011. The Inflicted won the Gold Remi Award for Best First Feature at WorldFest-Houston in 2013. It screened at over 20 film festivals worldwide, including Texas Frightmare Weekend, Days of the Dead, Weekend of Horrors, and Fantafestival. In April 2014, Matthan had the incredible opportunity to play Jacek Falecki, a German deaf-mute, in the "Make a Wish" segment of German Angst. German Angst is a horror anthology feature from directors Michal Kosakowski (Zero Killed), Andreas Marschall (Masks), and Jörg Buttgereit (Nekromantik). Matthan learned German Sign Language for the role, and had a wonderful experience working on the film in Berlin. Matthan was also hired to record the voiceover narrations for the film's trailers. In April 2016, Matthan graduated from the Sandford Meisner Center's two-year professional acting program in Burbank, CA. Matthan was taught by Ranjiv Perera as well as Martin Barter, who was trained directly by Sanford Meisner to teach the Meisner Technique. Matthan Harris is currently finishing post-production for his next feature film, Baphomet, through his production company, Incisive Pictures. Matthan also contributed the horrific segment "The Damned Statue" to the anthology feature For We Are Many, which will be distributed in 2020. When not filmmaking or screenwriting, Matthan stays busy with acting roles for the screen as well as the stage. Some of his work includes Sudden Reality, "Murder Made Me Famous," several anime shows with FUNimation such as "Attack on Titan," Universal Studios' Halloween Horror Nights, a Subway commercial, and playing the notorious killer Robert Durst in "Robert Durst: An ID Murder Mystery."
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