Mat Hames
- Director
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Producer
Mat Hames is a director, writer and executive producer, known for his two Independent Lens documentaries What Was Ours (2017) and When I Rise (2010) and for documentary series Power Trip: the Story of Energy (2020-2024). His films have screened at SXSW, HotDocs, IDFA, AFI, the Santa Barbara Film Festival, LA Shorts Fest, Big Sky Documentary Festival, and SundanceTV. When I Rise (2010) was nominated for an IDA Award in the category of Best Music Documentary. Fossil Country (2024) was nominated for a National News and Documentary Emmy. He was Knighted by King Albert II of Belgium for directing the WW2 documentary Last Best Hope which traces an American Pilot who evaded the Germans with the help of the Belgian Resistance. He is a co-founder of Austin, Texas based production company Alpheus Media.
