Matt Miller is the co-founder and owner of critically-acclaimed production company Vanishing Angle and a Spirit Award nominated producer. Matt has produced over fifteen feature films and has executive produced, co-produced, or line produced over ten other features. He has also produced and executive produced over thirty short films, as well as several digital series, and numerous music videos and commercials. His films have premiered and won awards at prestigious festivals around the world including Sundance, SXSW, Tribeca, Cannes, and Berlinale. Prior to a career in producing, he worked in production for many years as an assistant director and set PA under the industry's top creatives such as Steven Spielberg, Christopher Nolan, Noah Baumbach, Gus Van Sant, Clint Eastwood, and Sean Penn. Through Vanishing Angle, Matt continues to foster emerging talent while guiding the careers of filmmakers he continues to collaborate with.

NATALIE METZGER

VP OF DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION

Natalie Metzger is a Spirit Award-nominated producer and Vice President of Production & Development at Vanishing Angle, where she champions bold, genre-defying independent films. She has brought to life an impressive variety of features and shorts that have earned acclaim across the world, premiering at Cannes, Sundance, Berlin, SXSW, Tribeca, and more. Her most notable producing credits include Queens of the Dead (Tribeca Audience Award), It Ain’t Over (WGA Award nominee), Thunder Road (SXSW Grand Jury Winner), Werewolves Within (IFC), Greener Grass (Sundance), The Wolf of Snow Hollow (MGM/Orion), The Beta Test (Berlin), Poof (Cannes), The Robbery (Sundance), and Alden Ehrenreich’s Shadow Brother Sunday. Dark comedy Kill Me (Charlie Day, Allison Williams, Giancarlo Esposito, Aya Cash) will be premiering at SXSW, and coming of age drama Under the Lights (Lake Bell, Randall Park, Mark Duplass, Nick Offerman) will be released later this year. She will also be producing Charlie Day’s next directing project later this year. She has been an Artist In Residence at Sundance, Producer in Residence at Film Independent, and an alum of CoverFly’s Endorsed Writers Program and Eastern Oregon’s Filmmaker Residency. Metzger holds an MFA from CalArts and graduated Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Emory University, where she was also honored with the Sudler Award in the Arts and the Pioneer Award.

Benjamin Wiessner is a producer and VP of Sales & Distribution at Vanishing Angle. He was named to Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Indie Film in 2012 as part of ornana films, where he began producing and distributing shorts and features with partners across the world. He has produced short films in both hand-drawn animation and live action, with awards at festivals including SxSw and Sundance. He has also worked on numerous features with premieres at Sundance, Berlinale, SXSW, Cannes, and Tribeca, including producing and self-distributing THUNDER ROAD (SxSw 2018 Grand Jury Prize). He consults, mentors, and consoles numerous early career filmmakers. Raised by educators, he frequently speaks about filmmaking, distribution, and film marketing at film schools, festivals, and conferences from Cannes to Kazakhstan. In 2018, he co-founded the Short to Feature Filmmaking Lab and in 2020 he helped launch the Vanishing Angle Post Grant for short filmmakers.

Tory started working at Vanishing Angle 2015 as a post production assistant. Since then his role has expanded to in-house editor and colorist. Favorite projects include YouTube Red's MATPAT’S GAME LAB (lead editor), as well as IMMORTAL (lead colorist). Commercial clients include Amazon, DirecTV, FedEx, Lowe's Home Improvement, Delta Airlines. Tory holds a B.S. in Digital Filmmaking & Video Production from The Art Institute of California - San Francisco. When not in the editing room, Tory enjoys cinematography, photography, and sailing.