Matchstick Productions
American film production company
Matchstick Productions, also known as MSP Films, is a film production company based in Crested Butte, Colorado that specializes in content creation and expert cinematography. Steve Winter and Murray Wais founded the company in 1992. According to MSP’s website, “Matchstick aims to create entertaining films that not only are stunning visually but on the cutting edge of action sports.”
MSP has released a feature-length ski movie every year since 1992 with several gaining critical acclaim: their breakthrough film “Ski Movie”, featuring many of the world’s best skiers at the time, was released in 2000 and won “Movie of the Year” from both Powder Magazine and Freeze Magazine. MSP is the most award-winning ski film company in history, with eight “Movie of the Year” honors and “Best Documentary” prize at the Powder Video Awards, three Emmy nominations for outstanding camerawork, and “Viewers’ Choice” runner-up at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival.
Filmography
Soul Sessions - 1993
The Hedonist - 1994
The Tribe - 1995
The Fetish - 1996
Pura Vida - 1997
Sick Sense - 1998
Global Storming - 1999
Ski Movie - 2000
Ski Movie 2 : High Society - 2001
Ski Movie III: The Front Line - 2002
Immersion - 2002
Seth Morrison Chronicles - 2003
Focused - 2003
Yearbook - 2004
The Hit List- 2005
Push/Pull - 2006
Seven Sunny Days: Short Stories From A Long Winter - 2007
Claim - 2008
In Deep - 2009
The Way I See It - 2010
Attack of La Nina - 2011
Superheroes of Stoke - 2012
McConkey - 2013
Days of My Youth - 2014
Fade to Winter - 2015
Ruin and Rose - 2016
Drop Everything - 2017
All In - 2018
Hoji - 2018
Return to Send'er - 2019
HUCK YEAH! - 2020
A Biker's Ballad - 2021
McConkey
Shane McConkey began working with Matchstick in 1995 while filming their movie “The Tribe”. Shane became close with the MSP crew, and starred in almost all of the MSP films from 1998 through 2008.
On March 26, 2009, while filming with MSP in the Dolomite Mountains of Italy, Shane was attempting a ski-BASE jump when one of his skis did not release causing a catastrophic failure and ultimately his death. In 2013, MSP and Red Bull Media House released McConkey a documentary film about Shane's life and untimely death. The world premiere was held in Shane's hometown of Squaw Valley, California before a crowd of 4,500 viewers.
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