Matchstick Productions
{{Short description|American film production company}}
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| founder = Steve Winter, Murray Wais
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| location_city = Crested Butte, CO
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| key_people = Scott Gaffney, Eben Wight, Ben Sanford, Mike Curran, Beau Larson
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Matchstick Productions, also known as MSP Films, is a film production company based in Crested Butte, Colorado that specializes in content creation and expert cinematography. Steve Winter and Murray Wais founded the company in 1992. According to MSP’s website, “Matchstick aims to create entertaining films that not only are stunning visually but on the cutting edge of action sports.”{{citation needed|date=March 2015}}
MSP has released a feature-length ski movie every year since 1992 with several gaining critical acclaim: their breakthrough film “Ski Movie”, featuring many of the world’s best skiers at the time, was released in 2000 and won “Movie of the Year” from both Powder Magazine and Freeze Magazine.{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/artists/matchstick-productions/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403055530/http://www.mtv.com/artists/matchstick-productions/ |archive-date=2015-04-03 |title=Matchstick Productions {{!}} New Music And Songs {{!}} MTV|website=MTV }} MSP is the most award-winning ski film company in history,{{cite web |url=http://www.powder.com/stories/msp-superheroes-stoke-trailer/ |title = MSP's "Superheroes of Stoke"|date = 31 July 2012}} with eight “Movie of the Year” honors and “Best Documentary” prize at the Powder Video Awards,{{cite web |url=http://www.powder.com/powder-awards/2014-best-documentary/ |title = 14th Annual Powder Awards Best Documentary {{!}} POWDER Magazine|date = 10 December 2013}} three Emmy nominations for outstanding camerawork,{{cite web |url=http://freeskier.com/stories/msps-focused-nominated-2-emmy-awards |title = MSP's FOCUSED nominated for 2 Emmy Awards - FREESKIER|date = 21 March 2008}} and “Viewers’ Choice” runner-up at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://tribecafilm.com/filmguide/archive/513238271c7d76a6bb000135-mcconkey |title = McConkey {{!}} 2013 Tribeca Festival {{!}} Tribeca}}
Filmography
- Soul Sessions - 1993
- The Hedonist - 1994
- The Tribe - 1995
- The Fetish - 1996
- Pura Vida - 1997
- Sick Sense - 1998
- Global Storming - 1999
- Ski Movie - 2000
- Ski Movie 2 : High Society - 2001
- Ski Movie III: The Front Line - 2002
- Immersion - 2002
- Seth Morrison Chronicles - 2003
- Focused - 2003
- Yearbook - 2004
- The Hit List- 2005
- Push/Pull - 2006
- Seven Sunny Days: Short Stories From A Long Winter - 2007
- Claim - 2008
- In Deep - 2009
- The Way I See It - 2010
- Attack of La Nina - 2011
- Superheroes of Stoke - 2012
- McConkey - 2013
- Days of My Youth - 2014
- Fade to Winter - 2015
- Ruin and Rose - 2016
- [https://skimovie.com/portfolio-item/drop-everything-2017/ Drop Everything] - 2017
- All In - 2018
- Hoji - 2018
- [https://matchstickpro.com/return-to-sender-official-trailer-2/ Return to Send'er] - 2019
- [https://matchstickpro.com/huck-yeah/ HUCK YEAH!] - 2020
- [https://matchstickpro.com/a-bikers-ballad-official-trailer/ A Biker's Ballad] - 2021
[[McConkey (film)|McConkey]]
Shane McConkey began working with Matchstick in 1995 while filming their movie “The Tribe”. Shane became close with the MSP crew,{{cite web |url=http://www.powder.com/powder-awards/influences-msp-films-scott-gaffney/ |title = Influences: MSP Films' Scott Gaffney {{!}} POWDER Magazine|date = 3 December 2014}} and starred in almost all of the MSP films from 1998 through 2008.
On March 26, 2009, while filming with MSP in the Dolomite Mountains of Italy, Shane was attempting a ski-BASE jump when one of his skis did not release causing a catastrophic failure and ultimately his death. In 2013, MSP and Red Bull Media House released McConkey a documentary film about Shane's life and untimely death. The world premiere was held in Shane's hometown of Squaw Valley, California before a crowd of 4,500 viewers.{{cite web |url=http://www.powder.com/stories/shanes-night/ |title = 'McConkey' Premieres at Squaw Valley|date = 7 October 2013}}
Cineflex Elite
In 2013 MSP purchased a Cineflex Elite{{cite web |url=http://skyfilmelite.com/ |title = 辽源塑料制品总公司}} gyro-stabilized camera system built by General Dynamics. Primarily used for aerial film work from a helicopter, MSP has developed unique mounts to attach the Cineflex system to a pickup truck (CineTruck) and side-by-side ATV (CineRanger).{{cite web |url=http://mspfilms.com/services-capabilities-2/ |title = Services & Capabilities {{!}} Matchstick Productions}} This camera system has since been utilized to film aerial shots for the motion picture “KickAss 2”, the 2014 Baja 500 off-road race, and commercial projects for Anheuser-Busch and American Express in addition to MSP’s 2014 ski film “Days of My Youth.”.{{Cite web |url=http://www.thewatchmedia.com/matchstick-productions-brings-unparalleled-cinematic-experience-to-opera-house-2/ |title=Matchstick Productions Brings 'Unparalleled Cinematic Experience' to Opera House : The Watch |access-date=2015-03-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214030749/http://www.thewatchmedia.com/matchstick-productions-brings-unparalleled-cinematic-experience-to-opera-house-2/ |archive-date=2015-02-14 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url=http://bendticket.strangertickets.com/events/17776489/days-of-my-youth-by-msp-films-and-red-bull-media|title="Days of My Youth" by MSP Films and Red Bull Media Tickets | Volcanic Theatre Pub | Bend, OR | Sat, Nov 1, 2014 at 7pm}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927214139/http://www.hookedonwinter.com/wiki/index.php?title=Matchstick_Productions Article on HookedOnWinter.com - WikiWinter]