Authentic Films
Documentary films about the creative process of today’s most inspiring creatives.
ABOUT
I’m Matt Reed, a freelance photographer and filmmaker for 30 years. Authentic Films is where I make documentaries about other freelancers.
Photographers are now filmmakers, DOPs, directors and podcasters. Many make a living online with their own channels and audiences, building their businesses around what interests them.
I find that fascinating. In the final chapter of my career, I want to make films about the most inspiring of my fellow freelancers, so we can all see what they do and how they do it.
Films
Some of the photographers I’ve filmed so far. Each film follows them at work and lets them explain it in their own words.
“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.”
Method
Authentic Films is owned and operated by me Matt Reed. I’ve been a filmmaker and photographer for my whole career. And as such Authentic Films started as an excuse to meet other creatives whose work I found interesting.
The films are unscripted and collaborate, I work with very light gear by myself You give me access and openness, and I give you a film that looks the way you feel on your best day. That’s a fair trade.
What to expect
If you’re in the film: it should feel like spending time with someone interesting, not like work. I only choose to film people I’d like to have a drink with. There are no ambushes, and the story comes out of the connection. You’re invited into the process, not just filmed by it.