My name is Matt Lauterbach.
I work to promote ACCESS TO CINEMA for audiences and filmmakers with disabilities. I also enjoy TEACHING filmmakers and have crafted a number of engaging social issue DOCUMENTARIES.
I’m eager to work with you. Please CONTACT me!
Current Projects
While We Are Here
Through a tapestry of letters, journals, and art, Chicago-based artist Reveca Torres engages in a dialogue with iconic disabled artists Frida Kahlo, Vincent Van Gogh, and Henri Matisse who have inspired a new generation of artists. Bridging time and space, she intertwines the lives and works of Kahlo, Van Gogh, and Matisse with the works of contemporary artists with disabilities.
Recent Highlights
For the Left Hand
At age 10, aspiring pianist Norman Malone is paralyzed on his right side after being attacked by his father. Over the next several decades he masters the left-hand repertoire in secret, before a chance discovery of his talent leads him towards making his concert debut. Aged 78, he will perform the greatest work in the canon: Ravel’s Piano Concerto for the Left Hand.
Oldies But Goodies
Hearing Images
Through brief portraits of three women—a blind theater goer, a tactile tour guide, and an audio describer—Hearing Images illustrates how the performing arts can be made verbal and tactile for those in an audience who cannot see. This was my first film.