# Matt D'Avella

> Matt D'Avella is an American documentary filmmaker and YouTube creator based in Sydney. He directed Design Disruptors and two films about The Minimalists, then built a channel of roughly four million subscribers with cinematic videos about intentional living and personal experiments. He now teaches creators through Master YouTube, writes Snail Mail, and hosts the Slow Creator Podcast.

- **Role:** Independent filmmaker and founder of Master YouTube
- **Organizations:** Master YouTube, Slow Creator Podcast, The Minimalists, InVision
- **Nationality:** American
- **Known for:** Built a YouTube channel to approximately four million subscribers., Directed the Emmy-nominated documentary The Minimalists: Less Is Now., Directed Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things and InVision's Design Disruptors.

## Career timeline

- **High school** — Began filming with a Sony Handycam.
- **After college** — Worked as a freelance filmmaker, including projects for Red Bull and Reebok.
- **2016** — Directed InVision's documentary Design Disruptors and The Minimalists' first feature, Minimalism.
- **2017** — Started his personal YouTube channel.
- **2018** — A minimalist apartment tour passed one million views; he moved into YouTube full time.
- **2019** — Reached one million YouTube subscribers.
- **2021** — Directed The Minimalists: Less Is Now for Netflix.
- **2025** — Showed his new creative studio in Sydney in a YouTube video.
- **2026** — Promoted Master YouTube and the Slow Creator Podcast on his site; published a July video revisiting minimalism.

## Achievements

- Built a YouTube channel to approximately four million subscribers.
- Directed the Emmy-nominated documentary The Minimalists: Less Is Now.
- Directed Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things and InVision's Design Disruptors.
- Grew his channel by 50,000 subscribers in two months after My Minimalist Apartment broke out, according to his own account.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Published 'Where did all the minimalists go?' on YouTube, revisiting the movement associated with his early films.
- **2026-02** — His Master YouTube educator profile joined Circle's creator directory.
- **2025-01** — Published a tour of his Sydney creative studio on YouTube.

## Links

- Website: https://www.mattdavella.com/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/mattdavella
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@mattdavella
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattdavella/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mdavella

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Last updated: 2026-09-29