Office: CST 931
e-mail: mirvine@cti.depaul.edu
phone: 773-325-2969, x 25050
Courses Taught
Teaching focus: Directing, Non-Linear Editing, Project Bluelight
Matthew Irvine is an award-winning writer/director of feature films, television
commercials and music videos. He is one of the principal founders of the Digital
Cinema program, and currently serves as the program committee chair.
An avid supporter of technology in the motion picture industry, Matt’s
award-winning film ”Still Water” was the first movie in the Midwest
to be edited on a non-linear editing system. Matt’s passion for the integration
of computer technology and cinema was one of the driving forces behind the creation
of the Digital Cinema program. Matt has been teaching at DePaul since 1997 and
is currently the director of DePaul’s Digital Media Centers.
Matt has over fifteen years of experience in the motion picture industry ranging
from directing and editing to screenwriting. He has written over ten feature-length
screenplays including ”The Hazing”, winner of the Producer's Access
Program, ”Dark Water”, and ”Vincent ‘52”
His most recent script “Scott’s Dead”, a co-authored adaptation
of Matt’s stage play of the same name, is scheduled to go into production
during the summer of ’06 with Matt slated as director. Matt was one of
the main people involved with the restoration of the cult classic film, ”Carnival
of Souls” (Criterion Collection) and is currently writing the script for
its re-make. Matt’s feature motion picture (writer/director), “Bludgeoned”
(aka ”No Tomorrow”) was recently released by Spectrum Entertainment,
and is currently available on DVD and VHS.