Cambria Matlow

Cambria Matlow is a film director, writer and editor based in Portland, OR. In moody storyworlds that disrupt and discomfort, Matlow uses the mirror of nature to illuminate fractured identities, broken systems and complicated relationships. An IFP Documentary Lab Fellow, Southern Circuit Tour Fellow and winner of Oregon Film + Playa's Screenwriting Award, her Jury and Audience award-winning documentaries No More Dope Parties (2019), Woodsrider (2017) and Burning In the Sun (2010) have been selected for IFP's Independent Film Week, broadcast on Al Jazeera and PBS, released through distributors Cinema Libre, Bullfrog Films and Uncorked Entertainment, and screened in festivals and cinemas worldwide including New York's Lincoln Center and Santa Barbara Int'l Film Festival. Her films have been described as "hauntingly beautiful" by Willamette Week and "relaxing and contemplative" by the Los Angeles Times. Why Dig When You Can Pluck (2024) marks her narrative debut as writer/director and premieres in competition at BAFICI.