Complete Works
TELEVISION
Director/Producer
Oklahoma’s Own Originals: The Storm Chasers Griffin Communications
MOSAIC OKLAHOMA: Pawhuska OETA Foundation/PBS
MOSAIC OKLAHOMA: Paseo OETA Foundation/PBS
MOSAIC OKLAOMA: Thunder OETA Foundation/PBS
Wild Icons (Ten episodes)
Writer
Vegas: Scoundrels:CBS 2013
Defenders: Noland Verses Galloway Pharmaceuticals: CBS 2011
Memphis Beat: Deep Water TNT 2011
RADIO
Rudy Maxa’s World With the Careys
PODCAST: 3/26/16 Topic: Philippines
PUBLICATIONS
National Geographic Traveler
PHOTO June/July 2019
UPROXX/Travel Writers and Influencers Tell Us (contributor)
Best Destinations of 2019
Favorite Winter Destinations
Explorer Magazine/Travel Age West
What to do in Southern New South Wales
Hotel Review: Kichakani Serengeti Camp
Hotel Review: Lemala Wildwaters Uganda
The Case for a Winter Getaway in the Canadian Rockies
WeSaidGoTravel.com
Do You Want Your Travel to Australia to be Easy and Delicious?
The Real Power of a Photo: VIDEO AND PHOTO ESSAY
TheManual.com
FEATURE: KENYA AND TANZANIA
Part One: Sanctuary Retreats and Abercrombie and Kent Luxury Safaris
Part Two (PHOTO ESSAY) : A Visit to a Maasai Village
Part Three (PHOTO ESSAY): On Safari with Sanctuary Retreats
FEATURE: The Essential Guide to the Galapagos Islands
PHOTO FEATURE: A Visit with The Guna Yala, Panama
Roadies Wants to Put Together Epic Road Trips
Spring Training in Florida
The Galapagos Islands with International Expeditions
A Culinary and Cultural Excursion through Jackson Hole
The Half Day Tour: World’s Best Layover Cities
Japan’s Newest Luxury Train
The Best Places to Play Sleep and Eat in Carmel, CA
Extreme Tornado Tours
Three Days in The Philippines
Vagabondish.com
Foraging for Morels with Wild Food Adventures: Asheville, North Carolina
Turtle Island, Fiji
A Deeper Look at Jackson Hole
Four Real life Wildlife Encounters in the Galapagos Islands
405 Magazine
Features and Cover Stories
An Interview on Travel with OK Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell
Leave Only Footprints
An Alternative Travel Planner
Newcomers Guide to OKC
Downtown Revival: A Look at Oklahoma’s Main Street Resurgence
Getting Out in Nature OK: State Parks, Preserves and everything outdoors
Fitness in the 405
Spring Break Mastery
Four In Five: Four destinations five hours or less from OKC
Destination Dining OKC: Out of the way restaurants worth visiting (Cover)
Destination Elsewhere: Last Minute Spring Break Ideas
Under Sooner Skies
Gorilla Coffee at the Oklahoma City Zoo
Spring Break Travel Planner 2019
Sublime Summer Road Trips
Stateside and International Travel
Guadalajara With Gusto
Exploring the Amazon
Amazon after the fires
Under African Skies: Safari in Kenya and Tanzania with Abercrombie and Kent
Uganda’s Vibrant Life
Gorilla Conservation Coffee to the OKC Zoo
Bounty of Beaches in New South Wales, Australia
Snowy Owls make rare appearance in OKC
Hugo’s Home for Retired Circus Elephants
A Land of Magic: The Weird and Wonderful Waterfalls of Iceland
Oaxaca, Mexico: The Spirit of Mezcal
La Fortuna, Costa Rica: Tabacon Hot Springs and Arenal Volcano
Turtle Island, Fiji
UnCruising Alaska
Rwanda In the Midst of Gorillas
Baja California
Asheville, North Carolina
Hole Lotta Love: Jackson Hole
The Big Banff Theory
Exploring the Amazon with International Expeditions
Panama’s Colorful Coast
Lost Tribe Magazine
Snorkeling in Alaska with UnCruise
Coron, Philippines, Mooscapes, Lagoons & Hidden Lakes
Communities Digital News
Louisiana Wilderness: Fontainebleau, State Park
The Abita Mystery House: Louisiana’s Strangest Roadside Attraction
Louisiana’s most famous Lump Crab Soup at the Dakota
Guanacaste, Costa Rica
YurtSki- Missoula, Montana
The Very Complicated Language of Iceland
The Fight for the Gorillas of Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park
Portland
Bohol, Philippines
Korean Street Food
Vegas Bachelor Party ideas for thrill seekers
Nyungwe Kid’s Birdwatching Club, Rwanda
Smoky Mountain Living
Gravy Crazy in Tennessee
TOWN Magazine
Call of the Wild: Len Foote Inn
Coming soon… FOOTSTEPS IN THE PHILIPPINES (World War II Magazine)
CROSS COUNTRY SKIER MAGAZINE (photos only)
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Architects and Artisans (photos only)
Jackson Hole
COVERS
June 2020
April 2020
December 2019
July 2019
July 2018
June 2018
March 2018
AWARDS
Television 2018 Heartland Emmy Awards – RARE OETA Foundation
Winner – 2018 PBS Special Achievement Development Award – Mosaic Oklahoma– Pawhuska
Photography
Honorable Mention 2018: Bill Muster Photo competition – Landscape
Honorable Mention 2018: Bill Muster Photo competition – People
Honorable Mention 2019: Bill Muster Photo Competition – Wildlife
Honorable Mention 2019: Bill Muster Photo Competition – Wildlife
First Place 2018 – Society of Professional Journalists Magazine Photography – 405 Magazine
Third Place 2018 – Society of Professional Journalists Magazine Photography – 405 Magazine
EXPERT/CONSULTANT
Best Chicken Fried Steaks in Oklahoma – USA Today
"Consider yourself very lucky if you get the chance to study writing with Matt Payne. Matt's a great writer because he's a great person: funny, endlessly creative (ask him about One Weird Shoe), and deeply interested in...well, everything. He has a handle on how awesome it is to be alive. It shows in his work, and anyone who enters his sphere will get to revel in it. You'll come away a better writer. More observant. More tuned in. More daring. And even if you never turn that into external riches, you'll become a better person for it."
Robert HowellsNational Geographic, Men's Journal, Outside Magazine
"Matt is a great writer and collaborator. He has helped improve our script and screenwriting knowledge by leaps and bounds."
Major Skinner
"Matt Payne helped us take our writing and knowledge of the industry to the next level. Without his help we would have been lost."
Scott Girardin
"Matt Payne is a pleasure to work with. He has crafted all manner of stories and knows how to develop small ideas into concise concepts with focused direction. His industry experience and mainstream sensibility are a great combination."
Brendan ParkerSpaghetti Eddie
“'Writers' these days become so pigeon-holed and narrowly focused as journalists or novelists or screenwriters or as critics, but MATT PAYNE is one of those rare individuals who embraces the whole carnival of writing both fiction and nonfiction with his writing aimed for multiple audiences with passion, insight and always with originality!"
Andrew HortonThe Jeanne H Smith Professor of Film & Media Studies, The University of Oklahoma
"Matt and I have worked together for years and he has written for me before. He is fun, smart and musical and I can say with certainty that at least two of those are relevant to understanding how to write better stories."
Jan NashExecutive Producer - Rizzoli and Isles, Without A Trace
"Matt Payne's writing impresses on every level, from CBS period dramas to wild, woolly adventure and travel reporting. His humor, common sense, and wonderfully skewed eye and ear make for a delightful read every time. A true multi-talent."
Greg WalkerExecutive Producer, Vegas, The Defenders, Extant, Without A Trace
"Matt Payne is a unique writer who has mastered the art of storytelling in all its forms. Whether it's fiction or nonfiction, a compelling hour of television drama, or his funny, insightful travel writing, Matt has a voice full of thunder and lightning that crashes with truth, and flashes into your heart with its beauty. Strap in, hold on, and take the ride, you'll be happy you did."
Bruce RasmussenProducer, Kingdom, Dallas, The Drew Carey Show
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