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Student Film "God of Love" Wins Award

By Staff
posted Oct 18, 2010, 17:27

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