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Matt Kutcher

Director, Producer, Special Effects

 

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Director/Producer/Special Effects of commercials, music videos, documentaries, episodic television, reality TV, cable (HBO, Disney Channel, Discovery, etc.), independent features and large studio films. (see next slide)

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Supervises multiple effects crews at once, all under his Spectrum Effects banner. He reviews all scripts, strategies with respective producers and directors, then oversees the fabrication and execution of each effect.

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Designer of award winning stunts and effects, Matt is adept at designing entire action sequences and has the ear and confidence of major Hollywood directors and stunt coordinators. Second Unit Director in addition to being an underwater specialist.

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Member of the Directors Guild of America (DGA).

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Reality TV career started with NBC's _"Dog Eat Dog" (2002/I). He not only conceived and designed all the game play, but each stunt was fabricated by his Spectrum Effects crew, as was the 40x70 indoor tank built on L.A. Center Studio's Stage 1. He oversaw all effects, stunts and rigging and also designed an apparatus that allowed a cameraman to capture a helicopter-type aerial shot on an interior stage.

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His grasp of what's needed to successfully produce compelling reality television quickly led to additional offers and to his involvement with shows such as: Wipeout, Culture Shock, The Next Action Hero and Winner Take All. Matt co-created and co-executive produced Winner Take All, a pilot for ABC, which is being classified as a reality stunt show.

Selected Credits

21 - ( Special Effects Coordinator / 2008 / Released / )
Wipeout ( 2008 / Released ): Producer
An American Carol - ( Special Effects Supervisor / 2008 / Released / )
Soul Men - ( Special Effects Coordinator((Los Angeles)) / 2008 / Released / )
Righteous Kill - ( Special Effects Coordinator / 2008 / Released / )
Because I Said So - ( Special Effects Supervisor / 2007 / Released / )
The Midnight Meat Train - ( Special Effects Coordinator / 2008 / Released / )
Blades of Glory - ( Special Effects Coordinator / 2007 / Released / )
Accepted - ( Special Effects Supervisor / 2006 / Released / )
Crank - ( Special Effects Supervisor / 2006 / Released / )
Snakes on a Plane - ( Special Effects Supervisor / 2006 / Released / )
Into the Blue - ( Special Effects Coordinator / 2005 / Released / )
Monster-in-Law - ( Special Effects Coordinator / 2005 / Released / )
Suspect Zero - ( Special Effects Supervisor / 2004 / Released / Paramount Home Entertainment )
Win a Date With Tad Hamilton! - ( Special Effects Coordinator / 2004 / Released / )
Just Married - ( Special Effects Supervisor / 2003 / Released / )
Family Under Siege - ( Special Effects / 2002 / Released / )
High Crimes - ( Consultant(- special effects consultant) / 2002 / Released / )
Impostor - ( Special Effects Supervisor(- Mechanical Prop Supervisor) / 2002 / Released / )
Joy Ride - ( Special Effects Supervisor / 2001 / Released / )
The Mexican - ( Special Effects Coordinator / 2001 / Released / )
The Quantum Project - ( Special Effects Coordinator / 2000 / Released / )
Anna and the King - ( Special Effects Supervisor(- Mechanical Supervisor) / 1999 / Released / )
In Dreams - ( Special Effects(- special effects technician) / 1999 / Released / )
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory - ( Other(- Sat/Com VTR) / 1995 / Released / )
Interview With the Vampire - ( Special Effects / 1994 / Released / )
Tombstone - ( Special Effects / 1993 / Released / )
Universal Soldier - ( Other(- mechanics) / 1992 / Released / Interama Inc )
Bullrun ( 2007 / Released ): Segment Producer
Bobby Z - ( Special Effects Coordinator / / Released / )