- Nicknames
- Matt
- Tackhammer
- Involved in theatre and music for 17 years. Performed in first stage play at age seven at Odyssey of the Mind competition in Houston, Texas (1986). Performed in musicals and stage plays throughout childhood, junior high, high school, and college. Scholarship student in drama while at Cisco Junior College in Cisco, Texas (2001-2002). Attended Texas Tech University business school (2002-2005). Spent one school year abroad (2003-2004) at the Anglo-American College in Prague, Czech Republic. Produced and directed first short "In the Avenues and Alleyways" (2004) in Prague which took the top prize at the 2005 KTXT Film Festival in Lubbock. Graduated from Texas Tech University with BBA in Management. Worked in New Mexico for Matrix International Training and Intelligence producing marketing and promotional materials, and was videographer on the Bill Richardson campaign for Governor of New Mexico in 2006. Received IATSE membership in 2007 and began working on features as a grip and lighting technician. Has worked as a set technician on: The Men Who Stare At Goats (2008), Legion (2008), Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009), My One and Only (2008), the Bollywood film Kites (2008), The Host (2012), and The Lone Ranger (2012). From late 2009 to late 2011, built, staffed, and managed a production division inside the Special Operations Command (now The Presidential Special Guard) of the UAE Military (Abu Dhabi) and served as its Production Director. He has also done EPK (Electronic Press Kit) work for Herzog & Company.- IMDb Mini Biography By: J Jordan
- Lived in Terrell, Texas from 1991-1994 where his father preached at the Rockwall & Brin Church of Christ. The church burned in March of '94 due to an electrical fire. In remarks to television cameras, who had come from Dallas to cover the story, the pastor said, "The church burning was God's way of telling me that I had 3000 sermons that needed to burn".
- Hometown is Elgin, Texas.
- Is a blood member of The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.
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