Matteo is a Northeast-based freelance documentary and commercial cinematographer with a passion for capturing compelling place-based stories that delve into the intersection of people, culture and the environment.
About
Matteo is a Northeast-based freelance documentary and commercial cinematographer with a passion for capturing compelling place-based stories that delve into the intersection of people, culture and the environment. Matteo has told stories of mountain communities in Japan, salmon fishers in remote areas of Alaska and founders of Hip Hop in the heart of the Bronx. He is a 2023 newportFILM: Documentary Cinematographer Lab Fellow and his films have been selected to Oscar-qualifying festivals, recognized by Sundance and Adobe and created in collaboration with brands such as The North Face, Orvis and Nike.
Matteos senior thesis film, Just Being Here ran the festival circuit with several selections/awards and his newest short documentary, Cicada, details a story about his grandfathers changed sense of belonging set in a Greek mountain-village.
You can most often find him drenching his morning oatmeal in a pool of maple syrup or probably adventuring in crocs with a camera in hand.
Indigenous people and salmon have been intertwined for thousands of years in Bristol Bay, Alaska. The knowledge of harvesting, preserving and sharing fish is as important here as any lesson in a book. Today, kids must not only learn from their elders how to fish, but also how to fight. For the last century, corporations have sought to extract the wealth of this rich region. Now Pebble Mine threatens to pollute the pristine headwaters of Bristol Bay.
“School of Fish” offers an intimate portrait inside one family's seasonal salmon rituals and their connection to the Bristol Bay Fly Fishing and Guide Academy, where local youth are empowered through fly fishing to serve as guides and conservationists. Can the next generation step up to defend the most prolific salmon run left on earth?
https://www.orvis.com/save-bristol-ba...
CREDITS
Director - Colin Arisman & Oliver Sutro
Funders - Presented by Orvis with support from Trout Unlimited
Starring - Triston Chaney, Robin Samuelsen, Robyn Chaney & Cameron Andrew
Cinematography - Oliver Sutro, Colin Arisman & Matteo Moretti
Wildlife footage - Jason Ching
Editor - Oliver Sutro
Additional editing - Elsa Sebastian, Colin Arisman & Matteo Moretti
Original score - Aled Roberts
Post audio - Ridgeline Sound
Colorist - Brian De Herrera-Schenring
Produced in association with Wild Confluence Media
PW: stone
In this short documentary, we journey into the enigmatic world of Rex, a self-made sculptor who engages in philosophical musings about mortality — verbalizing his abandonment of fear to his headstones. Despite his eccentricities, Rex is forced to continually reconnect with the outside world to scrap together a living by delivering his meticulously crafted commissions.
