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  • Aba hands me off for the day to Mohammad who will show me around the village.

    Living With Islam: Malaysia Homestay Program - page 2

    Aba hands me off for the day to Mohammad who will show me around the village. Published 1:44 a.m. February 6, 2011 - Comments

     
  • I am not a Muslim. I am however in the Islamic country of Malaysia

    Living with Islam: Malaysia Homestay Program - page 3

    I am not a Muslim. I am however in the Islamic country of Malaysia Published 1:28 a.m. February 6, 2011 - Comments

     
  • Matt struggles with language on thanksgiving at a small cafe in Malaysia.

    A struggle to say thank you: Thanksgiving in Malaysia

    Matt struggles with language on thanksgiving at a small cafe in Malaysia. Published 8:38 p.m. November 25, 2010 - Comments

     
  • Continuing his year with the Beatles, Matt Payne covers a performance by Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon guesting Lady Gaga, the John Lennon exhibit at LA Live, and the Lennon biopic

    John Lennon: One birthday, three events

    Continuing his year with the Beatles, Matt Payne covers a performance by Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon guesting Lady Gaga, the John Lennon exhibit at LA Live, and the Lennon biopic "Nowhere Boy." Published 8:37 p.m. October 21, 2010 - Comments

     
  • More than 1,500 superhero-costume-clad Los Angelinos set out to break a world record.

    Superheroes, world records and Will Ferrell

    More than 1,500 superhero-costume-clad Los Angelinos set out to break a world record. Published 10:26 p.m. October 6, 2010 - Comments

     
  • Matt continues his year with the Beatles, spending an evening with Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles.

    My year with the Beatles: Ringo at the Greek Theater

    Matt continues his year with the Beatles, spending an evening with Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles. Published 1:41 p.m. September 29, 2010 - Comments

     
  • Nothing says relaxation like a bed in your hot tub room, some great food, boats and epic mountain views. Join Matt for two days in Big Bear, Calif.

    Hikes and hot tubs: Two days in Big Bear, Calif.

    Nothing says relaxation like a bed in your hot tub room, some great food, boats and epic mountain views. Join Matt for two days in Big Bear, Calif. Published 8:58 p.m. September 14, 2010 - Comments

     
  • What happens when you are in the middle of the woods and you think you get attacked? Reach for your iPhone.

    iPhone vs. the invisible monster

    What happens when you are in the middle of the woods and you think you get attacked? Reach for your iPhone. Published 6:04 p.m. August 12, 2010 - Comments

     
  • On the six month anniversary of the January 12th quake, Matt joins a small film crew as he takes a journey through the wreckage of Port-Au-Prince to the Haitian countryside where a small village gets a first look at hope.

    Hell to Hope: 72 hours in Haiti, page 3

    On the six month anniversary of the January 12th quake, Matt joins a small film crew as he takes a journey through the wreckage of Port-Au-Prince to the Haitian countryside where a small village gets a first look at hope. Published 1:01 p.m. July 30, 2010 - Comments

     
  • On the six month anniversary of the January 12th quake, Matt joins a small film crew as he takes a journey through the wreckage of Port-Au-Prince to the Haitian countryside where a small village gets a first look at hope.

    From Hell to Hope: 72 Hours in Haiti, page two

    On the six month anniversary of the January 12th quake, Matt joins a small film crew as he takes a journey through the wreckage of Port-Au-Prince to the Haitian countryside where a small village gets a first look at hope. Published 11:06 p.m. July 29, 2010 - Comments

     
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Matt Payne

Matt Payne has lived and worked as both a television writer and producer in Los Angeles for nearly ten years.  Matt grew up in Oklahoma City and began his career with a degree in Film and Video Studies from the ...

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Matt Payne has lived and worked as both a television writer and producer in Los Angeles for nearly ten years.  Matt grew up in Oklahoma City and began his career with a degree in Film and Video Studies from the University of Oklahoma.  Since then, he has worked as part of writing staffs for such hits as 24 andWithout A Trace. Most recently Matt wrote and produced episodes of CBS’s The Defenders starring Jim Belushi and Jerry O’Connell and Memphis Beat, starring Jason Lee, which is set to air on TNT in August of 2011.

In addition to a successful television-writing career, Matt has developed features with major production companies and continues to work as a freelance script analyst for Relativity Media, the production company behind such hits as The Fighter, Zombieland, and Catfish where he has provided script feed back on nearly a thousand features.

When he is not writing and producing television, Matt works as contributor to the Washington Times Communities Travel section, where he has writing skills have taken him from the top of the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpar to the jungles of the Philippine Islands.  New York City’s finest restaurants to the earthquake ravaged Port au Prince Haiti. 

Matt was the winner of the 2004 Comedy writing award for Scriptapolooza, a finalist for the Warner Brothers Television Writer’s workshop, and is an active participant in Los Angeles’s Young Storytellers Program.  

Early in his career, Matt spent two years working as an assistant the Endeavor, which is now part of WME, the second largest talent agency in the world, working closely with such talent as Christian Bale and Michael Douglass.

Matt  is a member of  the Writer’s Guild of America and the Screen Actor’s Guild.

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