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David M. Matthews

Alias:
David Matthews

Birthplace:
Ohio, USA

Biography from TheMovieDB

American David M. Matthews served as musical director for 3 years on the CBS soap The Young and the Restless, for which he won an Emmy for Outstanding Musical Direction & Composition, and has continued to write music for TV and film, composing the underscore and main title music for Valhalla, The Last Frontier, Western Avenue, and Wave Babes, among others. He also penned scripts for sitcoms The Nanny and Living Single, as well as staff writing and producing gigs on For Your Love, Half & Half, and The Soul Man. In film, he teamed with Michael Bayouth, on the screenplays for A Howl In One and Kidnight, and helped produce the documentary A Musical Journey To Freedom. On his own, he wrote and produced an episodic mockumentary, When Actors Need Money, for Strike TV, directed the indie thriller N-Secure, and wrote and directed the uplifting comedy Ernesto's Manifesto.

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Film Production

Director:
2010  N-Secure
2019  Ernesto's Manifesto

Original Music Composer:
1978  Stony Island
1992  Valhalla
2010  N-Secure
2019  Ernesto's Manifesto

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TV Production

Writer:
1998  For Your Love
2002  Half & Half

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