Kurt Mattila

Kurt Mattila is an awardwinning filmmaker He began his professional career by creating the haunting Precog dream sequences for Steven Spielbergs Minority Report He went on to direct several commercial campaigns for brands like Ford Gap and Red Bull He made his directorial debut Lies and Alibis for Sony Pictures Entertainment The film written by Noah Hawley is a witty sting comedy about a man who creates alibis for cheating spouses When circumstances force him to confront his own criminal past to get a client out from under a murder charge he finds himself in over his head The allstar cast includes Steve Coogan Sam Elliot James Marsden Selma Blair James Brolin and John Leguizamo Mattila is the director of the awardwinning documentary Stuntman Executive produced by Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia Stuntman won the Audience Award at the Los Angeles Film Festival is now streaming on Disney The gripping documentary details the journey of famed stuntman Eddie Braun as he embarks on his quest to recreate the famous Snake River Canyon jump originally attempted by daredevil Evel Knievel Through Kurts singular vision we meet Eddie Braun who has worked with scores of famous actors suffering the physical brunt of Hollywoods action blockbusters keeping the movie stars safe We watch aghast as Eddies car careens countless times over a cliff Kurts camera capturing the relentless abuse Eddies body endures In another scene we meet Eddies loving wife and kids and Kurts lens lets us in as Eddie decides he has one more goal to achieve complete what the famed Evel Knievel could not be shot across Snake River Canyon in a deathdefying rocket