Matthew Wade
Directing
Biography
Matthew Wade is a classically-trained animator, filmmaker, and electronic composer based in Boise, ID. He has worked on content for high-profile brands including Vans, Whole Foods, MTV, Target, Patagonia, Apple, and more. All of his short films have premiered in Oscar-qualifying competition. He co-founded Sky Melt with his wife and creative partner, Sara Lynch in 2012 as they began work on their first feature, How the Sky Will Melt.
Known For

A stranger passing through town sparks a teenage girl's desire to distinguish herself from her identical twin sister. As one sister struggles to break free, the other insists on preserving their distinctive bond.
Superior

Upon discovering a coded message in the self help book "6 Dynamic Laws for Success (In Life, Love & Money)" which purportedly reveals the location of $2.4 million missing from a bank robbery gone bad, a demoralized ex-used car salesman sets out on a quest to find the money and remake himself in the process. However, he soon discovers he’s not the only one after the cash, and that the road to riches and self-improvement is littered with irate ex-wives, litigious fiancés, household calamities, accidental murders, and love at first sight.
6 Dynamic Laws for Success (in Life, Love & Money)

A consciousness reflects upon the collected memories of the sentient cosmic explorers it has harvested experiences from.
Eyes at the Specter Glass

Two women work on a mysterious project that distorts their memories of time, place, and identity.
A Black Rift Begins to Yawn

Persecuted and hunted by Christianizing forces, young Deirdre and her clan eke out an itinerant existence in the forest. When the threat grows more imminent, Deidre's mother, Brigid, is led by a ritualistic vision to make a transformative choice: she offers herself as holy sacrifice. Many years later, Deirdre and her father, Orson, are all that remain of the clan. Deirdre and Orson embark upon a harrowing and hallucinatory journey to find Brigid, one that will lead them across the threshold of death and far beyond.
When the Moon Returns

Gwen, a musician with a growing paranoia disorder, returns to her hometown after a traumatic event. Diverting their emotional issues with a strange and unholy discovery, she and her friends begin to deteriorate the fabric of the universe.
How the Sky Will Melt

Flowers come to life in a house of death.
Maniac Landscapes

Neon ghosts dreaming in dead landscapes.
Plena Stellarum
Searching the hills on the frontier of some unnamed disaster, the Groom finds a new form of sadness and desolation while searching for his lost Bride.