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Past Events...

09.27.09 - "A Christmas Carol" in theaters Nov. 6th!
The tralier is out & the buzz is building. IMD's hard work is about to be shared with the world. See for yourself a litle sneak peek of the holiday classic as it's never been told... Watch the trailer!

09.26.09 - Artists Making Wine
This weekend marks my first attempt at making wine, professionally. Partnering with Art Director Kurt Kaufman, Animator Keith Johnson, and good friend Jason Harrison, we'll be harvesting some zin & syrah grapes for some '09 winemaking adventures. "Que Syrah? Syrah!"

09.12.09 - Ward Speaks at SCAD's 2009 Orientation
I was invited back to SCAD for the 4th time to speak to the incoming students at SCAD's 2009 orientation. Pushing the theme of accomplishing creativity through hard work, I spoke of the valuable tools SCAD has to offer and how those tools are useless unless there is a drive to utilize them. Hopefully I was able to inspire at least ONE student out in the crowd of nearly 5,000.

09.08.09 - Check out IMD's innards.
Congrats to Patty Bonfiio, Doug Chiang, and the design crews involved in making IMD such a killer place to call "home." IMD wins a prestigious award from Architectural Record - Read all about it here.

09.01.09 - Ward on Vado HD Judges Panel
I've been invited to be one of the industry judges for Creative's Vado HD "Momentum" Film Contest. Check it out and enter yourself at www.vadofilmcontest.com

12.01.08 - Ward on "Mars Needs Moms!"
Based on the children's book by Berkely Breathed, directed by Simon Wells, and fully produced by the talented artists at Imagemovers Digital, Ward is taking the reigns as IMD's Director's Layout Supervisor on this Zemeckis-produced film.

06.07.08 - Ward gets hitched!
Today, Matthew married his long-time girlfriend just outside of White Plains, Georgia. Nearly 200 people attended the ceremony and the event was beyond anything the couple could have dreamed of.

11.16.07 - "BEOWULF" in theaters.
Now in theaters, "BEOWULF" is Ward's third feature working along side Robert Zemeckis and crew. UPDATE: Now on DVD! Get your copy here!

10.01.07 - Ward voices Golden Man in "BEOWULF." After doing voice work on temp ADR sessions, Ward has been asked to perform the final voice of the "Golden Man" in Robert Zemeckis's "BEOWULF."

04.06.07 - Ward begins work on "A Christmas Carol." Ward is leading the layout production and team for Robert Zemeckis's upcoming preformance capture film, "A Christmas Carol." The film stars Jim Carrey.

01.01.07 - Ice Blink Studios joins... IMD.
Robert Zemeckis's new production company, Imagemovers Digital, has hired the full staff of the former Ice Blink Studios to begin production on his future films. Ward continues with this talented team on an unrevealed project.

11.06.06 - "Natural Selection" on iTunes.
The short film, "Natural Selection" directed by Scott Leberecht, is now available for download on Apple iTunes. Ward did all the previsual animation for the "hatchlings" scenes. Click here to see a preview or buy your own copy (itunes required).

08.16.06 - "Scene Unseen"
Ward is producing the new iTunes Podcast hit, "Scene Unseen" featuring a new spin on the movie review process. Visit www.sceneunseenpodcast.com to learn more and have a listen!

08.01.06 - "Everything But You"
The music video for "Everything But You" is now available here at Studioward.com.
Click here to watch!

05.26.06 - "Everything But You" Quicktime
Now up on Glen's website, you can now view the music video, "Everything But You" in Apple's Quicktime! Click here to watch!

05.22.06 - Yahoo! Ratings:
Yahoo reports in on the numbers of views for the music video, "Everything But You."
5/11-5/14: 16,064 plays.
5/11-5/21: 23,468 plays.

05.05.06 - Yahoo! Music Video Premiere
The video for "Everything But You" will run from 12am EST Thursday, to 12am EST Friday as a Yahoo! Music Video Premiere exclusive. That's 9pm PST Wednesday to 9pm PST Thursday.

05.04.06 - EXTRA TV interviews Glen Phillips
...About his upcoming album, Mr. Lemons, featuring a few shots from the music video, "Everything But You." Click here to watch the interview.

05.02.06 - "Everything But You"
Studioward Films producing team Matthew Ward (Director/Producer) and Ryan Chan (Editor/Producer) have completed the music video for the Glen Phillips' single, "Everything But You." The track is from Phillips' latest studio album, Mr. Lemons, marking his first music video since Toad The Wet Sprocket. Read about the video here.

02.28.06 - Ward updates "Twister."
Check out the spec music video to "Weird Al" Yankovic's "Twister." Ward originally filmed the video back in 1996, but has cleaned it up for it's 10-year Anniversary premiere.

11.14.05 - Even Elroy is finishing up their new album
...And Ward is cooking up some music video love. Check out a clip of the concept music video for Even Elroy's "Another Song About Life" in the filmwork section.

07.10.05 - Ward's short film series, The Adventures of Mark and Matty, is a contributor to Mark Christiansen's latest book, "Adobe After Effects 6.5 Studio Techniques." Pick up your copy at Amazon or any major book seller.

07.02.05 - War of the Worlds is now in theaters.
Ward was a Pre visual/Concept Animator for Ice Blink Studios' pre-production work on Steven Spielberg's latest alien encounter, War of the Worlds.

01.04.05 - Robota: The Hunted has been chosen to be shown at the 2005 San Francisco International Film Festival, April 21st - May 5th, 2005.

01.02.05 - Robota: The Hunted has been included in this month's STASH Magazine DVD. You can purchase the DVD this month.

11.09.04 - The Polar Express is now in theaters! Ward attended the cast and crew pre-screening and was blown away with the final product. Ward was one of the CG Designers of the film.

11.01.04 - The book, The Art of The Polar Express, is now in stores. Ward worked with the extremely talented team of pre-production artists featured in the book!

09.18.04 - Ward records drums for the band Even Elroy's Untitled 3-song EP, produced by Michael Winger.

09.09.04 - Robota: The Hunted animated short debuts online. Ward was the Animation Supervisor and co-VFX Supervisor of the short.

08.16.04 - Ward begins pre-production on a DreamWorks feature film set for a 2005 release. More info as it can be announced.

07.13.04 - Ward wraps his work on Warner Bros. feature, Catwoman. West Coast Surf Trip planned.

07.01.04 - Studioward.com is launched, without announcement. An offspring of MAWProductions.com, Studioward.com was created to showcase the work of Matthew Ward including all of Ward's past, present and future projects.