After he went bankrupt in 1911, Matzene moved to Los Angeles, California, where he became a photographer for Hollywood actors and actresses.

With David Hartford, he co-directed It Happened in Paris, a 1919 film starring Madame Yorska.

[2] Matzene traveled internationally to take portrait photographs of the British Royal Family, as well Japanese and Chinese politicians like President Li Yuanhong.

[4] Matzene moved to Ponca City, Oklahoma in the 1920s, and he became an art dealer and patron.

[1] Between October 1926 and February 1927, Matzene was the resident photographer at the newly opened Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, branch of the Steffens-Colmer Studio, which was based in Vancouver, British Columbia.