Matthew Libatique - Details

Biography

Matthew Libatique (Director of photography) collaborated with independent filmmaker Darren Aronofsky on four shorts and two feature films. Their most recent effort is the provocative drama "Requiem for a Dream (2000)," based on the novel by Hubert Selby Jr. Their award-winning feature debut, "Pi (1998)," was noted for, among other things, Libatique's
severe black-and-white imagery. Libatique also shot Rob Schmidt's dark, elegiac drama "Saturn (1999)," as well as numerous music videos for artists such as Incubus, Snoop Dog, Moby and Barenaked Ladies. He currently is working on "Josie and the Pussycats (2001)" for Universal Studios and directors Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan.