I am a director/screenwriter living in Hollywood, CA USA. I moved there in late 2003 and don't regret it - yet. I've got numerous projects in various stages of development - I believe that my scripts will actually be bought and made one day and that I'll soon be directing blockbusters.
(Some say I'm hopelessly naive.)

I directed, co-wrote, and produced "Burn on the Bayou," a documentary about a group of people who spent 7 months in Mississippi doing relief work after Hurricane Katrina. (IMDB page) It got a good review on CNET.

I wrote and directed a short film, "It's On!" (view on YouTube), which was an official selection in the Talent Circle Super Shorts Film Festival in London and at the Los Angeles International Short Film Festival. (If you watch it, his legs are hairy and that's a bank at the end - small and lo-res ain't the best way to watch it.)

I'm "Matt Leonard (IV)" on the IMDB.

I directed a few short one-act plays (sketch comedy, really) at ACME Theatre Company for the Day Players program - the plays are written, randomly assigned directors and actors, rehearsed and performed in a 24-hour period. Fun stuff.

Erin Lee Adamson performed my monologue "Beauty" in a monologue contest in LA and won her round of competition and the audience prize in the finals! Cool!

I was on the official documentary team at Burning Man for three years.

I used to be a computer programmer and you can see my computer resume in the "old site" section of this site. I almost never do that kind of thing for money anymore - only for friends (or LOTS AND LOTS of money.)

This simple site was launched June, 2004. It was mostly developed on "free" software (Vim, The Gimp) running on Linux.

It uses CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) for layout and presentation - no tables. If it looks all wonky, you're most likely running an old or standards-noncompliant browser (like, maybe, IE - Internet Explorer.)

I recommend the Firefox web browser for browsing the web. It's an excellent, free cross-platform browser.

Since you're still reading, here's a picture of me in France as a reward for your commitment: