Matt Makar

Matthew Makar is an award-winning filmmaker from New York and founder of Elementary Films. Makar has recently finished Producing and Co-Directing “Nursery University”, which premiered at the Hamptons International Film Festival and will air in April of 2009 on the Showtime Network. Makar also Co-Directed and Produced the Award winning film “Yellow Brick Road”, which has aired on HBO Family and Cinemax. Makar has taught sports and other activities to disabled children and adults for the last 10 years. He is currently working a TV Show “Imagine My Life” that chronicles the story of a man with cerebral palsy on his quest to record a rap song with his hero. Makar worked in production for Miramax Films, Greene Street Films, MTV and VH1 before deciding to direct his own films. Makar is a consultant for documentaries, including Living in Emergency (Doctors without Borders), which will premiere at this years Venice International Film Festival and NBC's Meeting David Wilson.