Daria Matza
2021With a great passion for documentary film, her directorial debut, A Capital Beat, chronicled the vibrant history and culture of Go-Go music and its social impact on the community. Since then she’s been a part of more than a dozen documentaries including Keep on Moving, Starved, and An Inaugural Ride to Freedom, which won an Emmy Award.
Years ago she produced Styria, a gothic feature film starring Stephen Rea and Eleanor Tomlinson that was shot outside of Budapest. She has a B.S in Broadcast Journalism, Graduate Certificate in Documentary Filmmaking and Masters in Film, Television and New Media. Daria lives in Portland with her daughters and filmmaking partner/husband and teaches cinema classes while pursuing various storytelling projects.
Starved
Daria Matza
Starved is a short documentary that delves into the dysfunctional relationship most women face with food and their bodies. The film follows five women with varying degrees of disordered eating (anorexia, bulimia, yo-yo dieting, obesity, overall body dissatisfaction), their paths to recovery, and beyond. Experts like Anita Johnston, Mary Taylor and Geneen Roth examine the historic, social, familial and psychological factors of disordered eating and speak about their experiences in the recovery field. Most importantly, Starved reveals the inner landscapes of women's suffering. It provides a mental, emotional, and spiritual lens into this pervasive and devastating issue.
Starved
Rise of the Giants
Daria Matza, Mark Devendorf
Jordan Rogers
Rise of the Giants follows a group of dedicated and eccentric farmers' race to grow the world's largest pumpkin (2032 pounds!) Along the way the film reveals how the plant changed the course of U.S. history, how farming helps incarcerated addicts with their recovery, and how a community of young growers have rediscovered their farming roots.
Rise of the Giants
