Matthew Bright

{{short description|American film director}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2014}}

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| name = Matthew Bright

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|6|8}}

| birth_place = United States

| other_names = Toshiro Boloney

| occupation = Film director, producer, writer, actor

| years_active = 1978–2003

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Matthew Bright (born June 8, 1952) is a film director, producer, writer and actor.

His first credits were as writer and actor in Richard Elfman's 1980 film Forbidden Zone, portraying the twins Squeezit and René Henderson. The film includes his two sado-masochistic characters living in a garbage can, spit on, raped and tortured in an alternate dimension's kingdom and decapitated by Satan (played by Bright's real-life friend, composer Danny Elfman).{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/inside-danny-elfmans-twisted-cult-film-forbidden-zone-70127/|title=Danny and Richard Elfman on Cult Classic 'Forbidden Zone'|last=Grow|first=Kory|date=2015-11-06|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-23}}

Bright wrote and directed the 1996 exploitation film Freeway and its 1999 direct-to-video sequel, Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby with Natasha Lyonne in the lead.{{cite web|url=http://legacy.aintitcool.com/node/4436|title=Anton Sirius interviews Matthew Bright, director of Freeway & Freeway II: Confessions of a Trick...|last=staff|website=Aint It Cool News|language=en|access-date=2020-03-23}}{{cite web|url=https://www.punkglobe.com/matthewbrightinterview0110.html|title=MATTHEW BRIGHT|website=punkglobe.com|access-date=2020-03-23}}

Bright's next film Tiptoes debuted in a 150-minute director's cut at Harry Knowles' Butt-Numb-A-Thon film festival.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/01/magazine/peter-dinklage-was-smart-to-say-no.html|title=Peter Dinklage Was Smart to Say No|first=Dan|last=Kois|date=March 29, 2012|work=The New York Times}} At the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, where the 90-minute version screened, Bright criticized the film and lambasted the producers for re-editing his film, leading them to drag him off stage. Subsequently, Bright would later say the film's failure hurt his career."[https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/the-incredible-story-behind-tiptoes-the-movie-in-121940150.html The Insane Story Behind Tiptoes – A Comedy Starring Gary Oldman As A Dwarf]". Yahoo!. March 14, 2016."..yet it’s been called one of the worst and most tasteless movies ever made." The film went on to receive negative reviews, with some calling it one of the worst movies ever made.{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/it-s-only-the-size-of-your-heart-that-counts-case-file-1798218880 |title=It's Only The Size Of Your Heart That Counts Case File #154: Tiptoes |access-date=September 10, 2010 |author=Rabin, Nathan |date=20 January 2010 |publisher=The A.V. Club}}