Directing
Mat Hames
Biography
Mat Hames is a director and producer, known for his documentaries What Was Ours (2017), When I Rise (2010), both of which were included in the TV series Independent Lens. His films have screened at SXSW, HotDocs, IDFA, and the Santa Barbara Film Festival. When I Rise (2010) was nominated for an IDA Award. Hames is the show runner for Rooster Teeth's documentary series RTDocs, the PBS/ Prime series 'Power Trip: the Story of Energy', and the PBS series 'A State of Mind'. He is a co-founder of Austin, Texas based non-fiction production company Alpheus Media.
Known for
6.5 TMDB
Haus of Pain
Director
8.6 TMDB
Why We’re Here: 15 Years of Rooster Teeth
Director, Additional Camera
6.7 TMDB
The World's Greatest Head Massage: An ASMR Journey
Director, Additional Camera
7.5 TMDB
Connected
Additional Photography, Director
6.0 TMDB
The Meme Machine
Director
6.5 TMDB
Becoming Jessica Nigri
Director, Additional Camera
10.0 TMDB
When I Rise
Director
10.0 TMDB
Making More
Writer, Director
10.0 TMDB
Fossil Country
Director, Writer
6.0 TMDB
The Tattooist
Director
8.0 TMDB
Unconventional
Director, Additional Camera
8.0 TMDB
Waiting for the Punchline
Director
7.7
Common Ground
Director
10.0 TMDB
Last Best Hope
Director
10.0 TMDB
A Life Outside: American Mountain Guides
Director
5.0 TMDB
RT Docs
Additional Camera, Director, Creator
7.6
What Was Ours
Producer, Editor, Director
Thirst for Power
Director
Home from the Vietnam War
Director, Writer
The Art of Home: A Wind River Story
Director
Filmography
- 2026Home from the Vietnam WarDirector, WriterMovie
- 2026A Life Outside: American Mountain GuidesDirectorMovie
- 2022Fossil CountryDirector, WriterMovie
- 2020Power Trip: The Story of EnergyDirector, CreatorSeries
- 2020The Art of Home: A Wind River StoryDirectorMovie
- 2019Thirst for PowerDirectorMovie
- 2019Waiting for the PunchlineDirectorMovie
- 2018Common GroundDirectorMovie
- 2018Why We’re Here: 15 Years of Rooster TeethDirector, Additional CameraMovie
- 2018Becoming Jessica NigriDirector, Additional CameraMovie
- 2017UnconventionalDirector, Additional CameraMovie
- 2017Haus of PainDirectorMovie
- 2017The TattooistDirectorMovie
- 2016The Meme MachineDirectorMovie
- 2016The World's Greatest Head Massage: An ASMR JourneyDirector, Additional CameraMovie
- 2016ConnectedAdditional Photography, DirectorMovie
- 2016What Was OursProducer, Editor, DirectorMovie
- 2015RT DocsAdditional Camera, Director, CreatorSeries
- 2010When I RiseDirectorMovie
- 2006Last Best HopeDirectorMovie
- 2004Making MoreWriter, DirectorMovie