Matthew Cassel

Directing · Born March 23, 1982 · Lebanon

“If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn’t need to lug around a camera.” — Lewis Wickes Hine Matthew Cassel is an independent visual journalist and documentary filmmaker based in the Mediterranean region. For more than two decades, his reporting has focused on people affected by conflict, displacement, and political upheaval across the Middle East and beyond. […] Since 2023, he has reported extensively from Israel/Palestine for The Guardian, The New York Times, Channel 4 News, BBC, and others. He created and reported The Guardian series Along the Green Line, which won an Emmy in 2026. […] Previously, Cassel spent four years as an on-air correspondent for VICE News, reporting from more than 20 countries in the network’s signature news-documentary style. […] In addition to his native English, Cassel is fluent in Arabic. His work has appeared in VICE News, The New Yorker, BBC, The Guardian, Al Jazeera English, AJ+, The New York Times, Arte, NBC News, and many other outlets. (Source: matthewcassel.com/about)