Press
Matthew VanDyke is an experienced media personality and commentator who has been interviewed frequently since 2011, including several appearances on major television networks like CNN, MNSBC, Al Jazeera English, Sky News, CTV, CBC, and many others. He is available for press interviews about Point and Shoot as well. To arrange an interview, please email him directly at matthew@matthewvandyke.com
Press Quotes
"...it has a hell of a story, focusing on OCD-sufferer Matthew VanDyke, who left grad school searching for adventure, worked as an embedded journalist in Iraq, taking up arms and actually fighting to depose Colonel Gadaffi, and spending over six months in enemy hands in solitary confinement. It's the stuff of which hugely compelling documentaries are made, and should be made even more compelling through the presence of footage actually shot by VanDyke himself. Definitely one we're likely to be hearing about for some time to come." One of the Most Anticipated Films of the Tribeca Film Festival. Read Article
- Indiewire
"...the story of Matthew van Dyke, a young, OCD adrenaline junkie and photographer who decided to travel the Middle East on a motorcycle and found himself joining the Libyan resistance. Along the way, the story turns from one man’s unlikely journey into a look at an entire generation’s pop-culture-fueled idea of manhood and heroism. An odd bird — reserved but articulate, self-aware yet profoundly impressionable — Van Dyke makes a fascinating guide to his own adventures.." One of Seven of the Best Films at Tribeca. Read Article
- Bilge Ebiri, Vulture.com
“Director Marshall Curry has an eye for mavericks (Street Fight, If a Tree Falls), but he’s really landed one here: Matthew VanDyke, an American who struck out to see the world on his motorcycle, and ended up joining the Libyan rebel army. I’m hoping for action as well as an honest depiction of humanity. Hands down, this is the documentary I want to see most in 2014.” Read Article
- Tom Roston, DocSoup
"If you haven’t heard of documentarian Marshall Curry yet, you need to get acquainted with his filmography... His latest doc is Point and Shoot, and tells the real-life story of Matthew VanDyke, a Baltimore native who, after graduating college, found himself at the front lines of the 2011 Libyan revolution embedded in the rebel army against Qaddafi—a post that lands him in solitary confinement for six horrifying months." Read Article
- Marlow Stern, Daily Beast
"Expert documentarian Marshall Curry (Street Fight, Racing Dreams) helms this gripping portrait of Matt VanDyke... filled with remarkable images and introspective questions." One of ten "Must See" films at Tribeca. Read Article
- Jason Bailey, Flavorwire
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Matthew VanDyke holding his gun in Libya in a scene from the film Point and Shoot
Matthew VanDyke in his prison cell in Libya
Matthew VanDyke shooting at a sniper in Libya in a scene from the film Point and Shoot
Matthew VanDyke and Nuri Funas in Libya in a scene from the film Point and Shoot
Nuri Funas in Libya in a scene from the film Point and Shoot
