
Matthew Smitley
Directing
Biography
Matthew Smitley is a filmmaker and actor originally from Kentucky. Smitley's films have played at many domestic and international film festivals. He can also be seen as 'Hartman' in FX's "English Teacher" on FX Network/Hulu. He also has a role in the upcoming film "Carolina Caroline" starring Samara Weaving, Kyle Gallner, and Kyra Sedgwick.
Known For

A high school teacher in Austin tries to balance the competing demands of the students and their parents in a world where the rules seem to change every day.
English Teacher

A young woman skips her small town — in search of her estranged mother — alongside a charismatic con man on the run from the law. The duo leave a wave of crime and passion behind them as they hustle their way through the Southeast.
Carolina Caroline

Two distant friends in a state of malaise. One unknown frequency permeating from a walkie talkie that connects them. It's the Fourth of July. The ghosts watch over.
Chasing Ghosts

After the recent unexplainable death of an employee, local technician Carlton Binal looks into the circumstances surrounding the death of his colleague. Slowly untangling a dark web surrounding the southern mountains.
Autophobia

The last bus ride of the school year.
The Arbors

Two Cowboys; Millsy, brilliant but mute, and Otis, rambling and stupid, set off to rob a bank. On the way, they stop to see their boss, only to discover he has been murdered by another Cowboy, who claims to be a ghost.
Unto the Apparition of Phantoms
After the billion-dollar smash 'Elephant Boy', the boy himself goes on a 30s noir-styled mystery for the lost film rights to his new franchise.
One Elephant Boy Too Many

A power outage sparks an eventful day.
That Groovy Rotten Smell
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In The Band

An avoidant twenty-something is haunted by a heart-covered ghost in her apartment.
Haunted by It
Elephant Boy is geekin' man. Elephant Boy is in maaad love with Squirrel Gal - LOL seems like Elephant Boy should read more Erwin Schrodinger, amirite?
Elephant Boy

Two old friends meet for one last hangout.
Old Friends

A student teacher experiences a chaotic kindergarten class on her first day.
Walk! We're All Going to the Same Place
After an unsuccessful bank robbery, two lovers kidnap an innocent pedestrian during an escape and imprison him in their trunk. Then, their car breaks down on the highway.
Monterrey Bound
A woman barricades herself in her bedroom. A dark figure demands she let it in. This is Mara. And she is afraid.
Mara Let It In
A lonely night-crawler ruminates about his lost love on a midnight car odyssey.
Sid
A short documentary about The Kentucky Theater, the state of independent cinema, theatrical exhibition, and the theaters long time manager: Fred Mills.
The Kentucky

A gentleman gets a knock at the door in the middle of the night from a police officer, responding to a noise complaint. A simple procedure becomes a night of entrapment and never-ending chaos as the officers' intentions are made clear.