Matthew Bright
Matthew Bright (born June 8, 1952) is an American film director, writer and actor.
Matthew Bright | |
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Born | United States | June 8, 1952
Other names | Toshiro Boloney |
Occupation | Producer, film director, writer, actor |
Years active | 1978–present |
His first credits were as writer and actor in Richard Elfman's 1980 film Forbidden Zone, portraying the twins Squeezit and René Henderson.[1] The film includes his two 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 childhood best friend, composer Danny Elfman).[2]
Bright is notable for writing and directing the 1996 exploitation film Freeway and its 1999 direct-to-video sequel.[3][4]
Filmography
- Forbidden Zone , writer/actor (1980)
- Wildfire, writer (1988)
- Guncrazy, writer (1992)
- Dark Angel: The Ascent, writer (1994)
- Shrunken Heads, writer (1994)
- Freeway, writer/director (1996)
- Modern Vampires, writer (1998)
- Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby, writer/director (1999)
- Ted Bundy, writer/director (2002)
- Schwaz, writer/director (2002)
- Tiptoes , writer/director (2003)
References
- "Matthew Bright". IMDb. Retrieved November 27, 2008.
- Grow, Kory (November 6, 2015). "Danny and Richard Elfman on Cult Classic 'Forbidden Zone'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
- staff. "Anton Sirius interviews Matthew Bright, director of Freeway & Freeway II: Confessions of a Trick..." Aint It Cool News. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
- "MATTHEW BRIGHT". www.punkglobe.com. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
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