Mat Beck is the founder of Light Matters, a visual effects
company that has provided effects for such feature films as
"True Lies," "Strange Days," "The Nutty Professor," "Volcano,"
"Titanic," and "The X-Files" television series. Beck was also
the lead Visual Effects Supervisor for the feature film "The
X-Files." He began his career as a camera operator and head of
software development for Apogee, Inc. Beck's education was in
film, computer science and neurophysiology.