Throughout his fourteen-year career as a director, writer and producer, Mateo Guez has taken the same fearless approach to his art that he has applied to life outside his work.
Born and raised in Paris, Guez has no formal training in film, instead learning his craft by watching literally thousands of films, educating himself in the techniques of film production, and trusting completely in his ability to visualize the end result of his efforts, even in the face of seemingly overwhelming obstacles.
That ability has informed a characteristically diverse body of work and won him no small amount of critical acclaim.
His more recent efforts include his work as one of three contributing directors to the unique interactive feature, Late Fragment, an official selection at TIFF 2007 and OFF WORLD his 2009 feature film debut.
Shot on location in the vast urban slum of Manila’s Smokey Mountain in the Philippines, the film is an intimate portrait of both the place, and the people who inhabit it. By turns poetic and atmospheric, Off World is a tribute to the tenacity of human spirit and a document of the singular beauty that can be found in even the most chaotic of circumstances and amidst the most devastating suffering – If one can only manage view it from just the right angle.
Guez’ ability to capture that viewpoint, and to communicate it so vividly and fully to both his audience and to the people of Smokey Mountain who participated unreservedly in the making of the film, is as rare as it is captivating.
Off World won “Best Canadian feature film” award at the 10th ReelWolrd international film festival, was theatrically released in Canada & France and air on Super Channel and TMN.

PIKTO GALLERY EXHIBITION 2010
https://vimeo.com/10002918
STEPHEN BULGER GALLERY EXHIBITION 2009
http://vimeo.com/71260044
FIRST FEATURE FILM (writer/director/producer)
http://www.theoffworld.com

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