Matthew Newton
Matthew Newton is a critically acclaimed, award-winning director, writer and actor. After graduating from the National Institute Of Dramatic Art in Sydney he worked extensively as an actor in his native Australia, playing lead roles in the theater, on television and in films. His roles on television include starring as kingpin Terry Clark in the drama series UNDERBELLY: A TALE OF TWO CITIES (which is the most successful Australian crime drama of all time) and playing Ka Jothee in the sci-fi TV series FARSCAPE. Matthew worked regularly in major roles for both the Sydney Theatre Company and the Melbourne Theatre Company, and played lead roles in over ten Australian films. Matthew’s debut feature film as writer/director, THREE BLIND MICE, in which he also starred, premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. 

Director's statement
“The story deals with characters living through a problem facing people all over the United States. I wanted the film to feel like you were looking through a window at real teenagers, at a real school, dealing with their real family and friends. It was important to me that the audience see these kids and recognize their son, their daughter, their sister, their next door neighbor; I didn’t want them to see undocumented immigrants, I wanted them to see teenagers. This is specifically about undocumented characters who came to the US when they were very young; people who know this country much better than the one in which they happened to be born; people who consider themselves “American”. To these teenagers, the US is the only place they’ve ever known as home. The film catches them right at the crucial moment, between childhood and adulthood, when they are finding their voices and discovering what kind of people they are going to be”.