Mat Hames
Director
Mat Hames is a director and producer, known for his documentaries What Was Ours (2017), When I Rise (2010) and The Meme Machine (2016). His films have screened at SXSW, HotDocs, IDFA, and the Santa Barbara Film Festival, and have been broadcast on PBS' Independent Lens and SundanceTV. When I Rise (2010) was nominated for an IDA Award. In 2016, Hames began directing a documentary series for Rooster Teeth, RTDocs. He is a co-founder of Austin, Texas based non-fiction production company Alpheus Media.
Known For
Filmography
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A Life Outside: American Mountain Guides
2026 Director
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Call of the West
2026 Director
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Fossil Country
2022 Actor
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A State of Mind
2022 Director
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★ 7.5
Power Trip: the Story of Energy
2020 Director
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★ 8.6
Waiting for the Punchline
2019 Director
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The Art of Home
2019 Director
Writer
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Thirst for Power
2019 Director
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★ 7.3
Becoming Jessica Nigri
2018 Director
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★ 7.7
Common Ground
2018 Director
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★ 6.7
Why We're Here: 15 Years of Rooster Teeth
2018 Director
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★ 8.3
Haus of Pain
2017 Director
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★ 8.1
The Tattooist
2017 Director
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★ 7.6
Unconventional
2017 Director
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Unconventional
2017 Director
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Never Conquered
2017 Director
Cinematographer
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★ 7.7
What Was Ours
2016 Director
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★ 7.4
The Meme Machine: What Happens When the Internet Chooses You
2016 Director
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★ 7.4
Connected
2016 Director
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★ 7.6
World's Greatest Head Massage, Part I and II
2016 Director
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★ 8.5
When I Rise
2010 Director
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★ 8.0
Fighting Goliath: Texas Coal Wars
2008 Director
Writer
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★ 8.6
Last Best Hope
2006 Director
Writer
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★ 8.1
Independent Lens
1999 Director
Writer
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★ 5.3
The Face of Rage
1983 Actor
Singer in Band