Joddy Eric Matthews is an Emmy Award Winning Director, Writer, VFX Artist and Social Activist with a wide range of credits, including directing music videos and commercials for Hon...view moreJoddy Eric Matthews is an Emmy Award Winning Director, Writer, VFX Artist and Social Activist with a wide range of credits, including directing music videos and commercials for Honda, Tag Heuer, 2012 Olympics, USVision, Altria, Adult Swim, JC Penney Optical, BET, General Motors and Sherwin Williams. His films, The Bubble (BET, BBC), Black SciFi (Best of 2014, IndieWire must see list) webisode, Seeing Tomorrow and 2015’s No.3 box urban dramatic office hit film (Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival Best Picture), #50Fathers are audience favorites. Currently he is serving as Senior Editor on the Caribbean TV comedy drama, Caribbean Girls NYC.
Joddy’s anti-bullying documentary, Dance With Me (ICE Fest Jury Prize, Short, Sweet Fest), social justice short ReversAll, along with the upcoming criminal justice doc, One In The Chamber set focus to his commitment to social activism. His next film, The Heart of The Poet (2018) stars Tony Sirico (The Sopranos) and his Science Fiction Fantasy novel, LionsReign: The Bliss of Shadow and Fire hits the shelves soon.
As an Adjunct Professor, guest lecturer and member of the Motion Capture and VFX Societies, Joddy regularly mentors African and Hispanic Americans on employment opportunities in the visual effects and motion picture industries.view less