 | In the early 90's, Matt Busch began his career in Hollywood, working in every aspect of the movie business, from previz and concept design on movies like The Matrix and Con-Air. Simultaneously, he began illustrating books, magazines, posters, comics, trading cards and toys for notable pop culture properties, including Lord of the Rings, Indiana Jones, G.I. Joe, Night of the Living Dead, The Hulk, Peanuts and Star Trek.
Mostly known for his work with the Star Wars universe, Busch has illustrated hundreds of Star Wars posters, books, magazines, trading cards, T-shirts, CDs and more. Early in his career, he illustrated the cover of Tales from the Empire, which became a New York Times Bestseller.
Busch also provided nearly 400 drawings and paintings for the critically acclaimed You Can Draw Star Wars book from DK Publishing. Busch has also extended his own unique drawing and painting tutorials to video, with episodes that have gone viral Online and later collected on to limited edition DVDs.
A closet musician himself, Busch has also enjoyed producing art for major musical artists like Alice Cooper, Beastie Boys, Beck, Black Sabbath, Cinderella, Foo Fighters, Garbage, Kid Rock, L.L. Cool J, Billy Joel, Megadeth, Motley Crue, Ted Nugent, Ozzy Osbourne, Poison, and Jessica Simpson.
The first hardcover collection of his work, Fantastic Visions: The Art of Matt Busch was Published by Avatar Press, which included an Introduction by Poison's Rikki Rockett. SQP Publishing later released a follow-up hardcover collection titled Pucker: The Seductive Art of Matt Busch which featured an Introduction by System of a Downâs John Dolmayan. In 2009, Hermes Press published the quintessential collection, titled The Worlds of Matt Busch.
In 2006, Busch released his first independent movie, Conjure, a film he wrote, directed, starred in, and even composed music for. Financing the entire movie himself, the unique film was met with critical acclaim and shattered records- becoming "The Highest Pre-Selling Movie of All Time" according to HorrorMovies.com.
Buschâs most recent endeavor has been Hollywood is Dead, a massive project where the artist painstakingly recreates classic movie posters before giving them a zombified treatment. Classics like Star Wars (Zombie Wars), Back to the Future (Bleak is the Future) and Breakfast at Tiffanyâs (Breakfast is Tiffany) have gained the attention of such TV showâs as G4âs Attack of the Show and Late Light with Jimmy Fallon. In the past 5 years, he has amassed nearly a hundred of Hollywood's most memorable posters, and with your support, will be collected into an incredible coffee table art book.
Busch's next ambitious project is writing and directing a live-action version of Aladdin, set 1,500 years in the future, titled Aladdin 3477. The movie, two decades in the making, is expected to debut in 2018. |
