Matthew Montgomery’s Filmography
Selected
Role/Play (2010)
Flight of the Cardinal (2010)
The Dark Side of Love (2010)
Suffer the Child (2009)
Redwoods (2009)
Pornography (2009)
Fear House (2008)
Socket (2007)
Back Soon (2007)
Long-Term Relationship (2006)
Journeyman (2005)
PrimeMates (2005)
Yard Sale (2004)
Bob Steel (2004)
Gone, But Not Forgotten (2003)
Star Trek: Hidden Frontier (2000)
Reign of the Dead (2000)
Matthew Montgomery
Artistic Achievement Award for Acting
Sat, July 10th • 7:15 • Ritz East Theater 1
Presented with the screening of Role/Play
An unheralded superstar in the American independent gay filmmaking scene, choosing Matthew Montgomery as the recipient of our Artistic Achievement Award for Acting this year was an easy choice; we were just waiting for the right year. And we’re pleased that 2010 is so perfect with the Festival screening two of his films: the World Premiere Role/Play (which he stars and produced) and in our World Premiere closing night film, Flight of the Cardinal.
With dark, handsome looks, a killer smile and an ability to make even his smaller roles quite memorable, 32-year-old Matthew has eschewed the typical Hollywood route by concentrating intensely in independently-made, gay-themed films – both as an actor as well as producer. In just the last few years, he has starred in eight films which have screened at this festival from the sexobsessed lightening-survivor in Socket to the sneaky ex-lover in Flight of the Cardinal.
Texas-born, Matthew got his first taste of the spotlight in a 6th grade production of E.B. White’s "Charlotte’s Web." Immediately addicted to performing, he studied theater at the University of Southern California where he had the lead in nearly every production during his time there.
Matthew Montgomery’s very first appearance on any big screen was at the World Premiere of Michael Akers' and Sandon Berg’s Gone, But Not Forgotten at PIGLFF 2003, a film which played in over thirty film festivals around the world and has become an all-time "Top Ten Best Seller" on the TLAgay.com website. Matthew began his career in independent film starring as Marx in Daniel Lee's "Journeyman," a resolute Iraq war veteran who drifts in and out of the main character Anna’s life by way of rescue. Following “Journeyman” Matthew formed a producing partnership with Rob Williams, Guest House Films, and they made Long-Term Relationship, which Matthew also starred in. The film is the quirky tale of Glenn’s love for a conservative gay Republican southern boy.
Directly after, Matthew again co-produced and starred in Rob Williams’ second feature for Guest House Films' Back Soon as Guillermo 'Gil' Ramirez, a former drug dealer faced with the reality of his mortality. Matthew then appeared in the shockingly erotic thriller Socket about a man who’s addicted to electricity and sex. 2009 was a big year for Matthew at QFest. He was here as a co-producer of the hit comic romance, Make the Yuletide Gay and as a star of both the romance, Redwoods and the very controversial Pornography: A Thriller. At QFest 2010
Matthew is the star of our closing night thriller Flight of the Cardinals and and the very sexy Role/Play with his real-life partner Steve Callahan — and you guys still can’t get enough of him! Always very popular here; Matthew should have a Philly fan club. What’s next on Matthew’s agenda? Well he’s got this amazing screenplay we read a year ago Sticke Figures that’s just itching to get made and his latest film, Finding Mr. Right is in post-production. We’re very honored to give Matthew Montgomery the QFest 2010 Artistic Achievement Award for Acting. -- Scott Cranin