David Matthew Johnson

Directing

David Matthew Johnson

Born

1990-01-30 (36)

Known for

Directing

Credits

36 titles

David Matthew Johnson is the Octopus King

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 6 titles

When Wisdom Speaks; Another Withering Spinal Cord & The Necessity of Purgation poster
NR

A meditation on Purgatory. "A figure pushes through the amniotic fluid of whispers of centuries of faith without ever surfacing in When Wisdom Speaks; Another Withering Spinal Cord & The Necessity of Purgation, starkly minimal piece from David Matthew Johnson, a 2024 CineSalon Artist in Focus." - CineSalon

When Wisdom Speaks; Another Withering Spinal Cord & The Necessity of Purgation

2025

The Sublime Hubris poster
NR

A man aimlessly wanders around town and silently judges the people he sees. The thoughts and judgments slowly becomes more aggressive and hateful as he continues to watch the those around him. This film covers the dangers of extremism and getting carried away with illogical hate. The people stirring the pot generally not carrying out the action but getting the poor and the working class to battle with each other.

The Sublime Hubris

2024

The Sixth Film of The Octopus; Filth poster
NR

A trial of temptations.

The Sixth Film of The Octopus; Filth

2025

Sisyphus and The Abraham poster
NR

An ethical rationalization in contrasting Sisyphus and The Binding of Isaac, from the point of view of an ethical man. A meditation on the Absurd.

Sisyphus and The Abraham

2025

Twin City Sympathies poster
NR

A love letter to Minneapolis, Minnesota Nice, and Myself. Twin City Sympathies is represented through repeating visuals of Hennepin Ave Bridge, heading towards the heart of downtown on a foggy day. The narration representing half of the Twin Cities, Minneapolis, voicing the ironically surface level kindness of Minnesota Nice. Passive aggressive, but friendly - warmly welcoming, but coldly distant. David Matthew Johnson relates these defining Minnesota traits to his own personal expression of self.

Twin City Sympathies

2025

Fire & Outer Darkness poster
NR

A film on silence, life, and stillness. A man is asleep through everyday tasks. Waking up, taking a shower, eating, going to work, taking a break, relaxing at the end of the day, and going back to sleep. Eternally asleep, never waking up.

Fire & Outer Darkness

2025

Behind the camera

Quinn poster
NR

Quinn receives a poem on why things ended.

Quinn

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When Wisdom Speaks; Another Withering Spinal Cord & The Necessity of Purgation poster
NR

A meditation on Purgatory. "A figure pushes through the amniotic fluid of whispers of centuries of faith without ever surfacing in When Wisdom Speaks; Another Withering Spinal Cord & The Necessity of Purgation, starkly minimal piece from David Matthew Johnson, a 2024 CineSalon Artist in Focus." - CineSalon

When Wisdom Speaks; Another Withering Spinal Cord & The Necessity of Purgation

2025

An Evaluation of Life & Death poster
NR

The beauty and boredom of the mundane day to day of life.

An Evaluation of Life & Death

2025

Unified Field of Being poster
NR

A Tribute to David Lynch

Unified Field of Being

2025

Unified Field of Being poster
NR

A Tribute to David Lynch

Unified Field of Being

2025

The Sublime Hubris poster
NR

A man aimlessly wanders around town and silently judges the people he sees. The thoughts and judgments slowly becomes more aggressive and hateful as he continues to watch the those around him. This film covers the dangers of extremism and getting carried away with illogical hate. The people stirring the pot generally not carrying out the action but getting the poor and the working class to battle with each other.

The Sublime Hubris

2024

The Sublime Hubris poster
NR

A man aimlessly wanders around town and silently judges the people he sees. The thoughts and judgments slowly becomes more aggressive and hateful as he continues to watch the those around him. This film covers the dangers of extremism and getting carried away with illogical hate. The people stirring the pot generally not carrying out the action but getting the poor and the working class to battle with each other.

The Sublime Hubris

2024

The Sublime Hubris poster
NR

A man aimlessly wanders around town and silently judges the people he sees. The thoughts and judgments slowly becomes more aggressive and hateful as he continues to watch the those around him. This film covers the dangers of extremism and getting carried away with illogical hate. The people stirring the pot generally not carrying out the action but getting the poor and the working class to battle with each other.

The Sublime Hubris

2024

The Sixth Film of The Octopus; Filth poster
NR

A trial of temptations.

The Sixth Film of The Octopus; Filth

2025

Ode to the Whale of Christ poster
NR

She carries He, a forever sleeping man.

Ode to the Whale of Christ

2020

Ode to the Whale of Christ poster
NR

She carries He, a forever sleeping man.

Ode to the Whale of Christ

2020

A Dispensation for Lunacy poster
NR

A man wakes up, wanders, and wonders.

A Dispensation for Lunacy

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Acid Threnody poster
NR

A collaboration between Tristan Turner and David Matthew Johnson

Acid Threnody

2025

Cicada, I Love You - Cicada's Too Late; The Wind & Other Things poster
NR

Cicada is loved and reached towards with warmth and affection. He ignores repeatedly. By the time Cicada realizes his true feelings, it is too late.

Cicada, I Love You - Cicada's Too Late; The Wind & Other Things

2024

Cicada, I Love You - Cicada's Too Late; The Wind & Other Things poster
NR

Cicada is loved and reached towards with warmth and affection. He ignores repeatedly. By the time Cicada realizes his true feelings, it is too late.

Cicada, I Love You - Cicada's Too Late; The Wind & Other Things

2024

Cicada, I Love You - Cicada's Too Late; The Wind & Other Things poster
NR

Cicada is loved and reached towards with warmth and affection. He ignores repeatedly. By the time Cicada realizes his true feelings, it is too late.

Cicada, I Love You - Cicada's Too Late; The Wind & Other Things

2024

The Thirteenth Film of The Octopus; Grace poster
NR

Meditations on the Hail Mary. A film dedicated to my mother, staring the mother of my child, about the mother of God.

The Thirteenth Film of The Octopus; Grace

2025

Be Ye Therefore Merciful and They Will Throw Them into the Furnace of Fire - In That Place There Will be Weeping and Gnashing of Teeth; The Execution of Moan & Sunset poster
NR

A meditation on the thieves on the Cross.

Be Ye Therefore Merciful and They Will Throw Them into the Furnace of Fire - In That Place There Will be Weeping and Gnashing of Teeth; The Execution of Moan & Sunset

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Sisyphus and The Abraham poster
NR

An ethical rationalization in contrasting Sisyphus and The Binding of Isaac, from the point of view of an ethical man. A meditation on the Absurd.

Sisyphus and The Abraham

2025

Sisyphus and The Abraham poster
NR

An ethical rationalization in contrasting Sisyphus and The Binding of Isaac, from the point of view of an ethical man. A meditation on the Absurd.

Sisyphus and The Abraham

2025

The Ballad of Cheap Burgundy poster
NR

The pain of loss will lead you to push away those who love you. The comfort of wine and self pity is enough solace for a broken man.

The Ballad of Cheap Burgundy

2024

Twin City Sympathies poster
NR

A love letter to Minneapolis, Minnesota Nice, and Myself. Twin City Sympathies is represented through repeating visuals of Hennepin Ave Bridge, heading towards the heart of downtown on a foggy day. The narration representing half of the Twin Cities, Minneapolis, voicing the ironically surface level kindness of Minnesota Nice. Passive aggressive, but friendly - warmly welcoming, but coldly distant. David Matthew Johnson relates these defining Minnesota traits to his own personal expression of self.

Twin City Sympathies

2025

Twin City Sympathies poster
NR

A love letter to Minneapolis, Minnesota Nice, and Myself. Twin City Sympathies is represented through repeating visuals of Hennepin Ave Bridge, heading towards the heart of downtown on a foggy day. The narration representing half of the Twin Cities, Minneapolis, voicing the ironically surface level kindness of Minnesota Nice. Passive aggressive, but friendly - warmly welcoming, but coldly distant. David Matthew Johnson relates these defining Minnesota traits to his own personal expression of self.

Twin City Sympathies

2025

Fire & Outer Darkness poster
NR

A film on silence, life, and stillness. A man is asleep through everyday tasks. Waking up, taking a shower, eating, going to work, taking a break, relaxing at the end of the day, and going back to sleep. Eternally asleep, never waking up.

Fire & Outer Darkness

2025

Fire & Outer Darkness poster
NR

A film on silence, life, and stillness. A man is asleep through everyday tasks. Waking up, taking a shower, eating, going to work, taking a break, relaxing at the end of the day, and going back to sleep. Eternally asleep, never waking up.

Fire & Outer Darkness

2025

The Prosaic Effigy poster
NR

A day in the life of an individual who is fading into the everyday reality of everyday reality.

The Prosaic Effigy

2025

The Prosaic Effigy poster
NR

A day in the life of an individual who is fading into the everyday reality of everyday reality.

The Prosaic Effigy

2025

I Fed it Napalm poster
NR

A man desires to be a painter.

I Fed it Napalm

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