Directing
Matt Barse
Born 1979-03-02 · Watertown, South Dakota, USA
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.
Acting credits
Behind the camera
NRLane hasn't spoken to Beth in several years, until she asks him to come to her hotel room after a terrible incident. Lane now has to make a choice to help out his old flame and confront a former friend, or turn his back on them both and get on with his life.
Broken Love
2009
NRLane hasn't spoken to Beth in several years, until she asks him to come to her hotel room after a terrible incident. Lane now has to make a choice to help out his old flame and confront a former friend, or turn his back on them both and get on with his life.
Broken Love
2009
NRA ragtag group of friends find their daily routines and romantic lives upended when a voodoo curse unleashes Dawn, a zombie-harvesting succubus that feeds on emotion and desire.
Dawn of the Bed
2008
NRA ragtag group of friends find their daily routines and romantic lives upended when a voodoo curse unleashes Dawn, a zombie-harvesting succubus that feeds on emotion and desire.
Dawn of the Bed
2008
NRLloyd and Diane reflect on their relationship as the world falls apart.
Lovely Day
2012
NRLloyd and Diane reflect on their relationship as the world falls apart.
Lovely Day
2012
NRA young woman with a troubled past is visited by an unusual specter.
Epilogue
2020
NRA young woman with a troubled past is visited by an unusual specter.
Epilogue
2020
NRWhile a global pandemic of apocalyptic proportions affects society, Ace and Tyler reach a crossroads in their relationship.
Distance.
2023
NRWhile a global pandemic of apocalyptic proportions affects society, Ace and Tyler reach a crossroads in their relationship.
Distance.
2023
NRAn offbeat, dark comedy about what we discover about ourselves through the relationships we forge and the drinks we consume.
Liquor, Beer & Wine
2008
NRAn offbeat, dark comedy about what we discover about ourselves through the relationships we forge and the drinks we consume.
Liquor, Beer & Wine
2008
9.0A documentary that tells the story of five American Indian artists, the Urban Indian 5 (UI5), and their unique partnership.
I Said I Would Never Paint This Way Again
2013