Matt Lambert

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Matt Lambert is an American, Berlin-based filmmaker, creative director and photographer working across film, television, fashion, advertising, music and performance. He is known for LGBT-themed works.

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Biography

Matt Lambert was born and raised in Los Angeles. [1] Most of Lambert photography and cinematic work explores youth and intimacy, especially in queer related social groups. [2]

Film

In 2020 he founded the experimental queer art/film project, VITIUM, and has curated screenings and events around the theme. [3] [4]

In 2014, Lambert's work was screened at the Tribeca Film Festival. [5]

Filmography

Year

TitleFeatureNotes
2008Carbon Footprint [6] ShortDebut, Director, Writer
2010We Who Are Young Are Old [7] ShortDirector, producer
2010Fuck Machines [8] ShortDirector, writer, producer
2013Heile Gänsje [9] ShortDirector, writer, producer
2015MeatShortDirector
2016Cellar Door [10] ShortDirector, writer
2016His sweat [11] Short documentaryDirector
2017Flower [12] X-rated ShortDirector
2017i-D: Out of this World [13] Short DocumentaryDirector
2017Nipples [14] Short DocumentaryDirector
2020Pleasure ParkX-rated ShortWriter/Director

Music videos

Lambert's music videos have included:

YearTitleArtistNotes
2013The LibertinePatrick WolfDirector
2014My OffenceHercules & Love AffairDirector
2014HabitatAustraDirector
2016High School Never EndsMykki BlancoDirector, writer
2016WorshipYears & YearsDirector
2017ParacetamolDeclan McKennaDirector
2017Butt MuscleChristeeneDirector
2017'Paracetamol'Declan McKenna
2018Hunted [15] LoticDirector
2018Release Me [16] EvvolCo-Director
2018As a ManAnna CalviDirector
2019Ode To A Love Lost [17] Finn RonsdorfDirector
2020Blue [18] Finn RonsdorfDirector

Fashion

Lambert's collaborations include Rick Owens, Comme Des Garçons, Gucci, Calvin Klein, Givenchy, Charles Jeffrey, Yves Saint Laurent, Hugo, Diesel, Ludovic de Saint Sernin, Palomo Spain. His work is being published by Dazed, i-D, GQ, Vogue, Documental Journal, Butt.[ citation needed ]

Publications

References

  1. "Bodies On Film: Director Matt Lambert Liberates The Music Video". mtv.com. Archived from the original on 25 May 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  2. "the beautiful queer youth of berlin - read - i-D". vice.com. 18 November 2015. Archived from the original on 27 November 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  3. "Grindr publishes first book, Home, by photographer Matt Lambert (NSFW)". itsnicethat.com. 20 December 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  4. music, Guardian (11 May 2016). "Declan McKenna – the story behind Paracetamol". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  5. Dollar, Steve (24 April 2014). "Tribeca Film Festival Is Showing Online-Only Productions for First Time". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  6. "Matt Lambert and Jellyfish Pictures: "Carbon Footprint"". motionographer.com. 3 December 2007. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  7. "Matt Lambert: We Who Are Young - Young Director Award". youngdirectoraward.com. 12 January 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  8. Dazed (3 October 2016). "Erect penises feature in new safe sex ads". dazeddigital.com. Archived from the original on 6 January 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  9. Dazed (13 June 2013). "Matt Lambert's Heile Gänsje". dazeddigital.com. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  10. "Random Acts - Matt Lambert - Cellar Door American filmmaker Matt Lambert offers a voyeuristic insight into the violent and sexually-charged events happening behind closed doors at the Stadler family home. Fuelled by adolescent competitiveness and the dark depths of the web, a group of young men become pawns in a protagonist, Lydia's dark fantasies. - Matt Lambert - Cellar Door American filmmaker Matt..." channel4.com. Archived from the original on 6 January 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
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  12. "FLOWER - A Matt Lambert Film - Helix Studios". www.helixstudios.net. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  13. "out of this world: i-D meets mykki blanco". I-d. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  14. Dazed (17 November 2017). "Adwoa Aboah narrates new film about nipple censorship". Dazed. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  15. Dazed (21 May 2018). "Lotic is seeking power in an unpredictable world". Dazed. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  16. Dazed (31 May 2018). "Berlin duo Evvol chat to Peaches about their joyously queer new video". Dazed. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  17. "Finn Ronsdorf: Ode to a Love Lost". Nowness. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  18. "Finn Ronsdorf's 'Blue' is an Anthem for Solitude". 7 April 2020.
  19. "F Word Magazine". fwordmag.com. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  20. "VITIUM - NARCISSUS MAGAZINE". narcissusmagazine.com. Archived from the original on 6 January 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  21. "matt lambert explores safe spaces for grindr's first photo book - read - i-D". vice.com. 21 December 2016. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2017.