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On Campus News
Student Film "God of Love" Wins Award
By Staff
posted Oct 18, 2010, 17:27 |
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Luke Matheny who directed the student film, "God of Love" wins the
$10,000 Patrick Peyton Excellence in Filmmaking Award. The film is about a love
struck, lounge-singing darts champion who finds his prayers answered -- literally
-- when he receives a box of passion-inducing darts.
About the Director
Luke Matheny is a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based filmmaker, writer, actor and professor.
His short film “God of Love” – a comedy about a lounge-singing
darts champion who receives a package of love-inducing darts – was winner
of the gold medal at the 2010 Student Academy Awards; special jury recognition
at Aspen ShortsFest; as well as first prize and the King Award for Screenwriting
at the NYU First Run Film Festival. “God of Love” was Matheny’s
thesis at NYU’s prestigious graduate film program. Matheny has also co-written
a feature-length coming-of-age comedy, "A Birder’s Guide to Everything,"
with Sundance-award-winning director Rob Meyer. The project is currently in
pre-production at Crossroads Films in New York. His previous short film "Earano"
-- a loose, comic retelling of the Cyrano de Bergerac tale – won the King
Award for Screenwriting at the NYU First Run Festival, an honorable mention
for the Fujifilm Audience Impact Award at the Angelus Student Film Festival,
and Best Student Short at the Dam Short Film Festival in Boulder City, Nevada.
"Earano" was also called "charming and hilarious [and] quite
romantic" by New York Magazine's website. Matheny grew up in Wilmington,
Delaware. He has a bachelor's degree from Northwestern University's Medill School
of Journalism and has worked as a reporter and copy editor in a variety of newspapers,
magazines and web sites. He has also worked as a synopsis writer for Netflix
and as a story editor for the MTV series MADE. He is currently writing a feature
comedy script called “Ron Quixote” and teaches writing and directing
at the School of Cinema and Performing Arts (SOCAPA) in Brooklyn. He enjoys
jazz, Scrabble and cleaning his desk.
Resources:
http://www.lukemathenyfilms.com
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