Mathew Gentile

Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York -- Matthew Gentile recently graduated from Connecticut College with a BA in Film and English, and a Certificate in Arts & Technology. His award-winning computer-animated/live-action film HEART TO HEART was screened at festivals around the U.S. During a semester abroad at FAMU in Prague, he adapted Hemingway's "Cat in the Rain." Throughout college, he interned for Scott Rudin, Charlie Rose and Jennie Livingston. Upon graduating, Gentile began working at William Morris Endeavor in New York and was promoted from the mailroom to the motion picture talent department. While at WME, Gentile wrote and directed another short, NEW PLAN A, which premiered at New Filmmakers NY and the Crown Heights Film Festival. After completing three shorts during his first year at AFI and coming from a family with four siblings, Matthew is very excited to tackle a brother’’s rivalry story set in the world of rock and roll for his thesis project as he enters his second year.