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 who is best known for IT AIN’T OVER (Sony Pictures Classics), WEREWOLVES WITHIN (Ubisoft/IFC), SXSW Grand Jury Award winner THUNDER ROAD, Sundance darling GREENER GRASS, MGM/Orion’s THE WOLF OF SNOW HOLLOW (Fantastic Fest), IFC’s erotic thriller THE BETA TEST (Berlinale), and Shudder Original SPOONFUL OF SUGAR (Fantastic Fest). She is also known for producing shorts, most notably POOF (Cannes), DRESS A COW (SXSW), THE ROBBERY (Sundance), and Alden Ehrenreich’s SHADOW BROTHER SUNDAY (Tribeca). Metzger is also an award-winning writer/director whose work is visually rich and thoughtful. Her directing credits include feature documentary ALONE IN THE GAME (AFI Docs, Outfest), horror short SLEEP STUDY (Best Horror - Indy Shorts, Hulu’s Bite Size Halloween), sci-fi short IMMORTAL (Best Narrative Short - Eastern Oregon Film Festival), and feature documentary SPECIAL BLOOD (Dolores Huerta Award for Best Director). She also directs PSAs and commercials which have been featured in the Washington Post, Huffington Post, and Vice, as well as won several Telly Awards and Aurora Awards including Platinum Best of Show. Metzger holds an MFA from CalArts and is a Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Emory University, where she received 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.