Matthew Bright
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Matthew Bright | |
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| Born | June 8, 1952 United States |
| Other names | Toshiro Boloney |
| Occupation | Producer, film director, writer, actor |
| Years active | 1978–2003 |
Matthew Bright (born June 8, 1952) is an American film director, writer and actor.
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 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 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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