Biography

Matt Dickson is a writer, actor, and producer known for Placebo (2009), All for Love (2008), and The Dealer (2007).

Matt was born in Corsicana, Texas on March 31, 1979. His family soon moved to the college town of Denton, Texas where Matt grew up. Matt played football in high school for both the Denton Broncos and Ryan Raiders before discovering a love for theater, appearing as Fred Gregory in the play Meet Me in St. Louis. Over the next few years, Matt would appear in several school and community theater productions, including The King and I, It's a Wonderful Life, and Neal Simon's comedy God's Favorite in which he played the lead role of Joe Benjamin. He also acted in two short films made for the local TV station in Denton, "A Father's Love," and "A Father's Heart."

After graduating from Billy Ryan High School in 1997, Matt enrolled in the University of North Texas where he majored in Theater Arts. While at UNT he performed in David Mamet's American Buffalo, and Howard Korder's Boy's Life. He also gained valuable experience working on the tech, costume, and stage crews for various productions.

In 2004 Matt began pursuing independent filmmaking, forming Trailer House Films with partners Phil Vandermeer and Brad Thames. Matt co-produced and starred in their first short film, "Something in the Closet," a faith-based haunted house comedy. For their next project Matt wrote, produced, and starred in the drug comedy The Dealer (2007), playing Sean, a down-on-his-luck young man trying to make a one time drug deal to score some quick cash. He followed this with supporting roles in more short films including Daniel Piatt's psychological thriller Placebo (2009) and Jared Johnson's award winning All for Love (2008).

As a writer, Matt has worked on a variety of scripts across multiple genres for both stage and screen. In 2005 he sold his short play The Giver to the Ground Zero Theater Company in Dallas, where it was produced as part of the "Christmas at Ground Zero" play festival. He also wrote and directed two children's plays with his church. Recently, Matt has started working on a project to bring the true story of Horatio Spafford, author of the hymn, "It Is Well With My Soul," to the big screen.
- IMDb mini biography by: Matt Dickson

My passion is story telling. Whether as a writer, actor, director, or just sitting around a campfire. Telling an engaging story that makes people laugh, cry, or think is what drives me creatively.

If I ever become known for my art, that's great. If I am known as a good husband and father, a faithful friend, and a hard worker, that's even better. Most of all, I want to be known as a follower of Jesus. If that's all people remember about me when I'm gone, I will have had a successful run at life.