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David M. Matthews

Writer, Producer, Director, Actor, Additional Credits
American David M. Matthews served as musical director for 3 years on the CBS soap The Young and the Restless, for which he won an Emmy for Outstanding Musical Direction & Composition, and has continued to write music for TV and film, composing the underscore and main title music for Valhalla, The Last Frontier, Western Avenue, and Wave Babes, among others. He also penned scripts for sitcoms The Nanny and Living Single, as well as staff writing and producing gigs on For Your Love, Half & Half, and The Soul Man. In film, he teamed with Michael Bayouth, on the screenplays for A Howl In One and Kidnight, and helped produce the documentary A Musical Journey To Freedom. On his own, he wrote and produced an episodic mockumentary, When Actors Need Money, for Strike TV, directed the indie thriller N-Secure, and wrote and directed the uplifting comedy Ernesto's Manifesto.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Stony Island

Known For

  • N-Secure
  • Half & Half
  • Living Single
  • Ernesto's Manifesto
  • For Your Love

David M. Matthews Filmography

2002
Half & Half (TV Series)
1998
For Your Love (TV Series)
1993
Living Single (TV Series)

2019
2012
The Soul Man (TV Series) · as Consulting Producer
1998
For Your Love (TV Series) · as Co-Producer

2019

2019
Ernesto's Manifesto · as Composer
2019
Ernesto's Manifesto · as Written By
2012
The Soul Man (TV Series) · as Written By
2010
N-Secure · as Composer
2002
Half & Half (TV Series) · as Supervising Producer
1996
The Last Frontier (TV Series) · as Composer
1993
The Nanny (TV Series) · as Story By
1992
Valhalla · as Original Music Composer
1978
Stony Island · as Original Music Composer
1973
Ali the Fighter · as Composer
1973
The Young and the Restless (TV Series) · as Composer

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