Matthew Bright

American film director

Matthew Bright

Born|  (1952-06-08) June 8, 1952 (age 71)

United States

Other names| Toshiro Boloney
Occupation(s)| Producer, film director, writer, actor
Years active| 1978–2003

Matthew Bright (born June 8, 1952) is a former film director, writer and actor.

His first credits were as writer and actor in Richard Elfman's 1980 film Forbidden Zone, portraying the twins Squeezit and René Henderson. The film includes his two sado-masochistic characters living in a garbage can, spit on, raped and tortured in an alternate dimension's kingdom and decapitated by Satan (played by Bright's real-life friend, composer Danny Elfman).[1]

Bright wrote and directed the 1996 exploitation film Freeway and its 1999 direct-to-video sequel.[2][3]

In his last work, Tiptoes, Bright's original 150-minute cut was reduced to 90 minutes by his producers without his consent, leading to him vocally criticizing the producers on stage.[citation needed] Following this 2003 production's negative reception, he has not directed any further films.

## Filmography[edit]

* Forbidden Zone, writer/actor (1980)
* Wildfire, writer (1988)
* Guncrazy, writer (1992)
* Dark Angel: The Ascent, writer (1994)
* Shrunken Heads, writer (1994)
* Freeway, writer/director (1996)
* Modern Vampires, writer (1998)
* Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby, writer/director (1999)
* Ted Bundy, writer/director (2002)
* Schwaz, writer/director (2002)
* Tiptoes, writer/director (2003)

## References[edit]

1. ^ Grow, Kory (November 6, 2015). "Danny and Richard Elfman on Cult Classic 'Forbidden Zone'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
2. ^ staff. "Anton Sirius interviews Matthew Bright, director of Freeway & Freeway II: Confessions of a Trick..." Aint It Cool News. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
3. ^ "MATTHEW BRIGHT". www.punkglobe.com. Retrieved March 23, 2020.

## External links[edit]

* Matthew Bright at IMDb
* Matthew Bright at AllMovie

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Films directed by Matthew Bright

* Freeway (1996)
* Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby (1999)
* Ted Bundy (2002)
* Tiptoes (2003)

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