About

Known credits:
19
Birthday:
1979-03-02
Place of birth:
Watertown, South Dakota, USA
Website:
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Matt Barse

Overview

Matt Barse (Wichita and Affiliated Tribes) is an alumnus of the University of Oklahoma with a major in Integrative Studies and minor in Film Media Studies. He also received a Professional Certificate in Screenwriting from UCLA and a Certificate of Mastery in Digital Cinema Production from Oklahoma City Community College. His work encompasses both narrative fiction and documentary with recent projects centering on horror and sci-fi.

Barse is an award-winning filmmaker, primarily writer, director and editor. Fiction short films include Lovely Day (2012), a drama about an estranged couple, Epilogue (2020), a horror/thriller featuring a young woman haunted by her troubled past, and Distance (2023), a pandemic drama with an emphasis on the undead. Non-fiction work is based on Indigenous stories with I Said I Would Never Paint This Way Again (2013), focusing on established artists from various tribes and backgrounds, and Shan Goshorn: Reclaiming Our Power (and More) (2019).

He has also been cast on the sets of major motion pictures and television series as background, stand-in, and non-speaking roles, notably Reservation Dogs (2022) for FX on Hulu, Tulsa King (2022) for Paramount+, indie feature Fancy Dance (2023), and Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) for Apple+. Projects in development include Indigenous sci-fi drama Nebula Unfolding with Sunrise Tippeconnie, the A.I. sci-fi drama Saavie with Elizabeth Drew, zombie horror/romantic comedy feature Dawn of the Bed, and The Boy from Enemy Swim, the story of a young Dakota man growing up on the Lake Traverse Reservation in the early twentieth century.

Known for

Acting
Horsewater Actor Alleyway buddy N/A
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Directing
2023 Distance. Directing Director N/A
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2020 Epilogue Directing Director N/A
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2013 I Said I Would Never Paint This Way Again Directing Director N/A
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2012 Lovely Day Directing Director N/A
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2009 Broken Love Directing Director N/A
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2008 Dawn of the Bed Directing Director N/A
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2008 Liquor, Beer & Wine Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2023 Distance. Writing Screenplay N/A
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2020 Epilogue Writing Screenplay N/A
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2012 Lovely Day Writing Screenplay N/A
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2009 Broken Love Writing Screenplay N/A
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2008 Dawn of the Bed Writing Screenplay N/A
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2008 Liquor, Beer & Wine Writing Screenplay N/A
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Production
Horsewater Production Associate Producer N/A
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Horsewater Production Location Manager N/A
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Camera
2020 Epilogue Camera Director of Photography N/A
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Crew
2008 Dawn of the Bed Crew Cinematography N/A
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Editing
2025 Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds: Family - An Oral History Project Editing Editor N/A
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