Matthew Dougherty is an award-winning filmmaker, editor, and IDA-nominated composer based in New York's Catskill Mountains. His composition work includes the IDA-nominated score for the 2025 SXSW Grand Jury Prize-winner Shuffle; the HBO documentary Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero; and Sundance premieres Kim's Video, Mardi Gras: Made in China, and Girl Model. After more than a decade of development, The Natural State is his directorial debut.
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The Natural State is a fiscally sponsored project of the Center for Independent Documentary, a 501(c)(3) non-profit. Donations made through CID are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law and go toward the film's completion and release.