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About Me

I was born in New Jersey and lived there until 2002, when I moved to California. I had always wanted to live here and was overjoyed to finally make it. I'm an independent filmmaker, but I make my living as an editor. You can see some of my short films here and on YouTube . I spent a lot of years doing the corporate thing becasue I thought I knew better, but after getting laid off twice in 2 years, I thought I should go out on my own and do what I really wanted to do with my life.I'm also a bit of an actor and comedian. I do impressions and character voices. My true passions are writing and editing films. I'm writing a novel and two screenpays right now and I have some other projects in the works. I married Kerri, the love of my life, in April 2004 and we have 2 dogs, Oliver and Eleanor. We love travelling to places we've heard about when we were kids and seeing them first hand. I always try to meet the local people anywhere I go to see what life is really like for them. Visit www.bigpoppaonline.com to learn more about me. My IMDB page
My listing on Mandy's Production Directory
Some of my recent credits:
Chop Cut Rebuild
Street Tuner Challenge
Life With Fiona
How evil are you?

My Interests

Music, movies, theater, perpetrating hijinx, travel, photography
And, don’t forget... ACTING!!

I'd like to meet:

I'd love to meet a studio executive who's got the brass to give me a chance. Hollywood is aching for some new blood and I'm aching to donate. I don't think I'm better than anyone or the next big thing, I just would like a shot at trying something.

Music:

Type O Negative, Disturbed, POD, Korn, Godsmack, Stabbing Westward, and anything that's loud and angry. I also enjoy jazz, blues R&B and hip-hop... country SUCKS!

Movies:

Animal Crackers, Duck Soup, Room Service... hell any of the old Marx Brothers movies; Scary Movie, Blast from the Past, Rocky Horror, Animal House, Big Fish, Blues Brothers, Blazing Saddles and the rest of Mel Brooks' collection, Citizen Kane, Breakfast Club, Solaris, Repo Man, A Clown in Babylon, God is on Their Side, and any quirky, philosophical, screwball stoner comedy you can think of.

Television:

The Simpsons, Family Guy, King of the Hill, Robot Chicken, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, RAW, Smackdown, The Office, My Name is Earl, House, Six Feet Under(RIP), Entourage, Malcom in the Middle, Chop Cut Rebuild, Street Tuner Challenge, Californication, Weeds, Dexter, The Fizz, Havoc, The 101 on Directv

Books:

1984, See you at the Top, Private Parts, Miss America, Your Perfect Right, Tales of the City, The Vampire Chronicles

Heroes:

Groucho Marx, Jerry (Curly) Howard, Zig Ziglar, Ben Franklin, Leonardo DaVinci, my wife Kerri (for putting up with me)

My Blog

For those who wonder what LA is like

Someone recently asked me what LA is really like. I had to think about it for a while, but then I came up with this list of what to expect. So, here goes.1. Spending $1300 a month for a ti...
Posted by MattG on Sun, 18 Mar 2007 11:38:00 PST

All right... that's IT! I can't stand it anymore!

I swear, if I hear "edgy" used as an excuse for disrespecting filmmaking again, I'm going to lose my lunch! Will you people PLEASE stop coddling each other like the tit sucking, diaper pooping, ...
Posted by MattG on Fri, 24 Nov 2006 03:33:00 PST

Score one for the "little" guy... PAY UP, BEEOTCH!!!

Hooray for ME!!! I won my case in small claims court today. I had to sue a company that I did some work for because they wouldn't pay me. Turns out they were too chicken to even show...
Posted by MattG on Wed, 23 Aug 2006 03:14:00 PST