Matthew Bright

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Matthew Bright
Born (1952-06-08) June 8, 1952 (age 73)
United States
Other namesToshiro Boloney
Occupation(s) Film director, producer, writer, actor
Years active1978–2003

Matthew Bright (born June 8, 1952) is a film director, producer, writer and actor.

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His first credits were as writer and actor in Richard Elfman's 1980 film Forbidden Zone , portraying the twins Squeezit and René Henderson. The film includes his two sado-masochistic characters living in a garbage can, spit on, raped and tortured in an alternate dimension's kingdom and decapitated by Satan (played by Bright's real-life friend, composer Danny Elfman). [1]

Bright wrote and directed the 1996 exploitation film Freeway and its 1999 direct-to-video sequel, Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby with Natasha Lyonne in the lead. [2] [3]

Bright collaborated with Richard Elfman again, twice in the 1990's, writing the screenplays for Elfman's 1994 Charles Band produced film Shrunken Heads, and his 1998 dark-comedy horror film Modern Vampires. [4]

Bright's next film Tiptoes debuted in a 150-minute director's cut at Harry Knowles' Butt-Numb-A-Thon film festival. [5] [6] At the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, where the 90-minute version screened, Bright criticized the film and lambasted the producers for re-editing his film, leading them to drag him off stage. [7] Subsequently, Bright would later say the film's failure hurt his career. [7] The film went on to receive negative reviews, with some calling it one of the worst movies ever made. [7] [6]

Filmography

YearTitleDirectorWriter
1980 Forbidden Zone NoYes
1988 Wildfire NoYes
1992 Guncrazy NoYes
1994 Dark Angel: The Ascent NoYes
Shrunken Heads NoYes
1996 Freeway YesYes
1998 Modern Vampires NoYes
1999 Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby YesYes
2002 Ted Bundy YesYes
SchwazYesYes
2003 Tiptoes YesYes

References

  1. ↑ Grow, Kory (November 6, 2015). "Danny and Richard Elfman on Cult Classic 'Forbidden Zone'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  2. ↑ staff. "Anton Sirius interviews Matthew Bright, director of Freeway & Freeway II: Confessions of a Trick..." Aint It Cool News. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  3. ↑ "MATTHEW BRIGHT". punkglobe.com. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Matthew Bright | Writer, Director, Actor". IMDb. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
  5. ↑ Kois, Dan (March 29, 2012). "Peter Dinklage Was Smart to Say No". The New York Times .
  6. 1 2 Rabin, Nathan (January 20, 2010). "It's Only The Size Of Your Heart That Counts Case File #154: Tiptoes". The A.V. Club . Retrieved September 10, 2010.
  7. 1 2 3 "The Insane Story Behind Tiptoes – A Comedy Starring Gary Oldman As A Dwarf". Yahoo!. March 14, 2016."..yet it’s been called one of the worst and most tasteless movies ever made."


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