Matthew Victor Pastor
Directing
Matthew Victor Pastor is a Filipino Australian film director. His feature films explore Asian Australian identity, and tell Filipino Australian stories. An alumnus of the Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne Faculty of VCA and MCM, his feature film Melodrama/Random/Melbourne had its Australian premiere at the 2018 Adelaide Film Festival, and was named Top Five Films for the week in The Age. The film was also nominated for the 67th edition of the FAMAS Award (Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Award) in the music category for his composer Fergus Cronkite (Andrew Tran). Film critic Adrian Martin has called Pastor "an energetic and prolific filmmaker worth keeping tabs on."
Known for
Directing13
movieA Long Drive
2025
Director
movieUntitled / Unfinished
2024
Director
movieA Pencil to the Jugular
2021
Director
movieFun Times
2020
Director
movieRepent or Perish!
2019
Director
movieButterfly Flower
2017
Director
movieDown Under
2015
Director
movieMADE IN AUSTRALIA
2013
Director
movieA Bigger Jail
Director
Writing10
movieA Pencil to the Jugular
2021
Screenplay
movieA Bigger Jail
Writer
Acting7
Editing4
Camera2
movieA Pencil to the Jugular
2021
Director of Photography
movieFun Times
2020
Director of Photography
Production2
movieAnak
2022
Producer
movieMADE IN AUSTRALIA
2013
Producer
Crew1
movieA Bigger Jail
Cinematography