About HM
"Love Your Work, Work Your Love"

David Brown was born in Queens, New York and graduated with an honors BA in Sociology from Ithaca College. In 1998, he moved to Southern California and quickly founded the creative agency, Holiday Matinee. Combining the tenets of artistic integrity and indie attitude with business savvy, Holiday Matinee was quickly able to carve out a lucrative niche in a variety of media forms including film, television, web, music, fashion and technology.

In 2001, Fast Company named Brown one of their Fast 50 Trendsetters ("marketers and designers whose sense of style and power of persuasion change what our world looks like"). In 2005, he was commissioned by MTV and NBC to develop new television series.

Today, Holiday Matinee remains at the forefront of the shifting digital and cultural landscape by offering consumer marketing and consulting services for a number of leading entertainment lifestyle brands. In addition, Holiday Matinee produces cutting edge, original content for mobile and web applications, as well as developing feature films in conjunction with Academy Award-winning producers. Brown also owns the record company, Better Looking Records as well as Callinblue Music Publishing.

Sample Client List:

  • MTV
  • Apple
  • Death Cab For Cutie
  • Urban Outfitters
  • House Of Blues
  • DreamWorks
  • Jimmy Eat World
  • San Diego Padres
  • The Album Leaf
  • Warner Brothers
  • Dakine Clothing and Gear
  • Museum of Contemporary Art
  • Bright Eyes
  • The Super Bowl
  • Fox Television
  • Sigur Ros
  • Good Magazine
  • VMIX

Results

  • Late Night w/ Conan O'Brian
  • The New York Times
  • Rolling Stone
  • MTV, MTV2, MTVU, FUSE, FUEL TV
  • The Washington Post
  • Paul Frank Clothing
  • iTunes, MySpace, YouTube, Revver, Tag World
  • Variety, Nylon, Entertainment Weekly
  • Sony PlayStation
  • The OC, Grey's Anatomy, CSI, Nip/Tuck
  • Starbucks
  • Hummer, Cadillac
  • Los Angeles Times
  • Flaunt Magazine, Tokion, RES, CMJ, Magnet
  • Filmmaker Magazine
  • Wired, Fast Company, Newsweek
  • National Public Radio

We Like

  • Roots Rock Reggae
  • Curb Your Enthusiasm
  • Basquiat
  • Hoegaarden
  • HDTV, MediaFLO, Web 2.0
  • Wes & PT Anderson
  • Keep It Like A Secret
  • Sociology
  • Office Space Humor
  • Comedians of Comedy
  • Chicken Teriyaki
  • Soccer in Balboa Park
  • Converse
  • Josh Rouse
  • Sarcasm
  • The '86 METS
  • San Diego

Photos
GOOD
Albert Gore chats it up @ Holiday Matinee Launch Party for GOOD Magazine.
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Iceland
On the way to Blue Lagoon
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Goldrush
The fine looking rock-n-rollers from Oxford, England.
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