About
Matthew Victor Pastor is a Filipino Australian film director. His feature films explore Asian Australian identity, and tell Filipino Australian stories. An alumnus of the Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne Faculty of VCA and MCM, his feature film Melodrama/Random/Melbourne had its Australian premiere at the 2018 Adelaide Film Festival, and was named Top Five Films for the week in The Age. The film was also nominated for the 67th edition of the FAMAS Award (Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Award) in the music category for his composer Fergus Cronkite (Andrew Tran). Film critic Adrian Martin has called Pastor "an energetic and prolific filmmaker worth keeping tabs on."
Filmography
A Long Drive2025 · Director
Untitled / Unfinished2024 · Director, Writer
Anak2022 · Producer
A Pencil to the Jugular2021 · Screenplay, Director, Director of Photography, Editor
The Neon Across The Ocean2020 · Writer, Director
Fun Times2020 · Director of Photography, Editor
Repent or Perish!2019 · Director, Writer
MAGANDA! Pinoy Boy vs Milkman2018 · Writer, Director
Melodrama/Random/Melbourne!2018 · Director, Writer
Butterfly Flower2017 · Writer, Director
I Am JUPITER I Am THE BIGGEST PLANET2016 · Editor, Writer, Director
Down Under2015 · Director
MADE IN AUSTRALIA2013 · Director, Writer, Producer, Editor