USAF
Connor “The Controller” Matthews
To highlight the partnership between the U.S. Air Force and UFC, we created a series of films and commercials about Connor Matthews, a UFC fighter and former Air Force Combat Controller. Matthews has always been a fighter, beginning with his love of martial arts as a kid and evolving into his time in the Air Force. As a Combat Controller, Matthews went through special forces training and embedded with special forces teams, functioning as a liaison between the ground units and the Air Force overhead. That training prepared him for anything and everything he might now face in the octagon. This :60 was created to tease a longer short film that dives deeper into Matthews’ story.
Credits:
Client: United States Air Force
Agency: GSD & M
Production Co.: Sweet Rickey
Director: Max Esposito
Senior Producer: Angela Minuty
Director of Photography: Patrick Ruth
Production Manager: Lauren Natale
Camera Operator: Patrick Kelly
1st AC: Talia Krohmal
Gaffer: Ruben Alves
Sound: Matt Glover
Editor (Director’s Cut): Max Esposito