{"id":1845,"date":"2024-08-17T15:20:14","date_gmt":"2024-08-17T20:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/?page_id=1845"},"modified":"2024-08-17T15:28:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T20:28:00","slug":"matt-rifley","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/matt-rifley\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Rifley"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p>Matt Rifley is appearing at ArmadilloCon 2024! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Matt is a cinematographer, television show creator, and visual story lover who currently lives in Austin, Texas, but grew up in the shadows of the&nbsp;<strong>Sierra Nevada Mountains.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After spending 20 years in the military, Matt (<strong>a Disabled Veteran<\/strong>&nbsp;from his time in service) immediately returned to his childhood dream of creating stories for people to enjoy by pursuing degrees in Radio\/Film\/Television and Digital Media Production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since becoming a filmmaker, Matt has become a 1st generation Amazon Studios filmmaker, created several award-winning independent films, launched an annual film festival in Austin and co-created a weekly television show called<a href=\"https:\/\/texasagriculture.gov\/News-Events\/Texas-Agriculture-Matters-TV-Show\"> TEXAS AGRICULTURE MATTERS<\/a> (on RFDtv &amp; The Cowboy Channel) that spotlights the world of Texas agriculture &amp; Texas artists and makers that are part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gotexan.org\/\">Go Texan Program<\/a> (that show is now in Season 11). An avid Texas historian,&nbsp;<strong>few people know Texas the way he does.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-7ed2819f wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-none\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/DRAFT-Rifley-Matt-Face-Card-V2-1024x1024.png ,https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/DRAFT-Rifley-Matt-Face-Card-V2.png 780w, https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/DRAFT-Rifley-Matt-Face-Card-V2.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 150px\" src=\"https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/DRAFT-Rifley-Matt-Face-Card-V2-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-1846\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" title=\"DRAFT-Rifley-Matt-Face Card-V2\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matt Rifley is appearing at ArmadilloCon 2024! Matt is a cinematographer, television show creator, and visual story lover who currently lives in Austin, Texas, but grew up in the shadows of the&nbsp;Sierra Nevada Mountains. After spending 20 years in the military, Matt (a Disabled Veteran&nbsp;from his time in service) immediately returned to his childhood dream [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1846,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1845","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/DRAFT-Rifley-Matt-Face-Card-V2.png",1200,1200,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/DRAFT-Rifley-Matt-Face-Card-V2-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/DRAFT-Rifley-Matt-Face-Card-V2-300x300.png",300,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/DRAFT-Rifley-Matt-Face-Card-V2-768x768.png",768,768,true],"large":["https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/DRAFT-Rifley-Matt-Face-Card-V2-1024x1024.png",1024,1024,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/DRAFT-Rifley-Matt-Face-Card-V2.png",1200,1200,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/DRAFT-Rifley-Matt-Face-Card-V2.png",1200,1200,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Jennifer Juday","author_link":"https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/author\/jjudaygmail-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Matt Rifley is appearing at ArmadilloCon 2024! 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