Matt Amato is an American film writer and director. His major works include music videos for artists such as Barbra Streisand, Beach House, Bon Iver, Dido, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Soko, and Wild Nothing. He also co-founded with Heath Ledger the Los Angeles based visual arts collective, The Masses. Amato is now documenting the efforts of historic preservationist Larry Giles at the National Building Arts Center. Amato directed the "pastoral" music video for legendary country-folk musicians and gay activists, Lavender Country, filming in Olympic National Park. Amato directed his third video for Barbra Streisand released by Columbia Records and received a Gold Telly Award in 2023.
Amato filming Red House Painters music video in San Francisco, CA.
Masses logo designed by Daniel Auber
Ledger behind-the-scenes of his music video for Ben Harper's Morning Yearning
Sheryl Lee + Jay R. Ferguson in Never My Love
Live at the Bon Soir is the tenth live album by American singer Barbra Streisand. Originally intended as her debut album, the material was recorded over three nights in November 1962 shortly after Streisand was signed by Columbia Records. Retrieved from Streisand's archives and remastered, the live recordings were released November 4, 2022, to coincide with the sixtieth anniversary of the original tapings.
Live at the Bon Soir