Matt Anderson

Matt Anderson is a Producer, Director, Editor & Director of Photography and all around multi-media creative based in Washington, DC.  He is known for his forward thinking approach to film & TV production and cutting edge use of technology. He's skilled behind the camera and sitting at the edit desk. 

He began his career at the age of 15 working as a cameraman with his father’s video production company in Oakland, CA filming projects with First Lady Nancy Reagan, The Isley Brothers, The Pointer Sisters and Congressman Ronald Dellums.  At 18, he headed to Washington, DC to major in Broadcast Production at Howard University’s School of Communications.  At Howard, he took an interest in radio and hosted a music driven show on student run WHBC-AM.  Within a few years, the legendary Donnie Simpson hired him as an on-air personality at WKYS-FM.  There he interviewed some of the music industry’s top artists including George Clinton, Tupac Shakur, and Stevie Wonder.  

In 1996, he became the production director for Radio One’s four Baltimore stations.  In 1999, he headed back to DC to serve as Program Director and afternoon drive host of upstart CBS Radio property WPGC-AM Heaven 1580.  Within two years, Matt helped establish Heaven 1580 as one of the top 5 Gospel radio station in America.  More of Matt’s pioneering efforts in Gospel radio included creating the weekend Gospel music show on Salem Communications’ WAVA-FM and serving as the first Program Director of the first FM Gospel formatted station in Washington, DC WPRS-FM Praise 104.1.   Matt went on to serve as a producer for all of the talk channels on SiriusXM Satellite Radio which included CNN, NASCAR, The Oprah Winfrey Network and Major League Baseball Network. 

Matt has been producing TV projects and short films for commercial clients and non-profits since 2001 through his company Missing Peace Productions.  Some of the projects featured Bishop TD Jakes, Yolanda Adams, Mary Mary, Boeng CEO Walter "Jim" McNerney, Jr., former Secretary of State Gen. Colin Powell and others. 

Matt says, “It’s been my steady and unique growth as a media creative that has been most rewarding.  From shooting community and political projects as a teen, to hosting radio programs, to producing TV commercials and programs, and now the endeavor to produce original family-friendly films, it’s been a long and fruitful evolution.”

Awards & Recognition

- The Most Influential Player in Gospel Radio 2001 Billboard Magazine's Gospel Industry Roundup.

- Gospel Trailblazer Award ULCA 2002.

- Judge  BET’s Sunday Best and

- Judge Verizon’s “How Sweet The Sound”