Matty Beckerman is making his directorial debut with ALIEN ABDUCTION, a sci-fi thriller based on the legend of the Brown Mountain Lights. It is being released by IFC Midnight in Theaters on April 4, 2014. Previously, Beckerman was the Founder and CEO of Natural Selection, a privately-held, equity-backed motion picture company based in Los Angeles. He has executive produced Paul Scheuring’s The Experiment starring Adrien Brody and Forest Whitaker. Prior to Natural Selection, Mr. Beckerman served as the General Manager of Bulletproof Recording Company Inc, a leading film soundtrack and music supervision company.
He also founded Now Or Never Records, Inc, an independent record label with distribution through Warner Bros and ADA. The label signed over 25 acts that toured worldwide and Beckerman directed several music videos all over the country for his acts. He successfully sold the company in 2003 to the leading German multi-national entertainment company, Century Media, distributed by EMI. Mr. Beckerman attended the AB Freeman School of Business at Tulane University, where he obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Management and Information Systems with a minor in Photography. He is a member of the Directors Guild of America.