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Reeves at the 2010 Comic-Con International |
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Born | Matthew George Reeves April 27, 1966 Rockville Centre, New York, U.S. |
Occupation | film director, screenwriter, producer |
Matthew George "Matt" Reeves (born April 27, 1966) is an American film writer, director and producer.
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Early life
Reeves was born in Rockville Centre, New York, and raised in Los Angeles, California. He began making movies at eight years old, directing friends with a wind-up camera. Reeves met and became friends with J.J. Abrams when both were 13 years old, and both were having their short films aired on a Public-access television cable TV channel.
Reeves attended the University of Southern California. There, he produced an award-winning student film titled "Mr. Petrified Forest", which helped him acquire an agent, and also co-wrote a script that eventually became Under Siege 2: Dark Territory. After graduating, he co-wrote The Pallbearer, which also became his professional directorial debut.
Career
Reeves and Abrams co-created the TV series Felicity, and Reeves directed several of that series episodes, including the pilot, Reeves has helmed the occasional episode of other TV series, including Homicide: Life on the Street and Relativity.[1]
Reeves directed the 2008 monster movie, Cloverfield, which Abrams produced,[2] and will produce the sequel of the film.[3]
He also wrote and directed Let Me In, a remake of the Swedish film Let the Right One In,[4] which was released on October 1, 2010 by Overture Films.[5] He was a special guest at the 2010 San Diego Comic Con.[6]
Filmography
- Future Shock (1993) ("Mr. Petrified Forest" Segment) (Director/Writer)
- Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (with Richard Hatem) (1995) (Co-Writer Only)
- The Pallbearer (1996) (also Co-Writer, with Jason Katims)
- Relativity (1997) (TV)
- Homicide: Life on the Streets (1997) (TV)
- Gideon's Crossing (2000) (TV)
- Felicity (1998–2002) (Co-Creator, with J.J. Abrams) (TV)
- The Yards (with James Gray) (2000) (Co-Writer Only)
- Miracles (2006) (TV)
- Conviction (2006) (TV)
- Cloverfield (2008) (Director Only)
- Let Me In (2010)
References
- ^ Felicity.com
- ^ "00's Retrospect: Horror Softens Up in 2008". Bloody-disgusting.com. http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/18534. Retrieved 2010-10-13.
- ^ "Matt Reeves Talks Cloverfield 2". Dreadcentral.com. 2010-03-13. http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/36395/matt-reeves-talks-cloverfield-2. Retrieved 2010-10-13.
- ^ "Matt Reeves Talks DayCation - Promises a Darker Experience". Dreadcentral.com. http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/35427/matt-reeves-talks-let-me-in-promises-a-darker-experience. Retrieved 2010-10-13.
- ^ "'DayCation' Dark and More Thrilling Than 'Twilight'". Bloody-disgusting.com. http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/18770. Retrieved 2010-10-13.
- ^ "SD Comic-Com 2010: Let Me In Party for Clever Code Crackers". Dreadcentral.com. 2010-07-16. http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/38588/sd-comic-com-2010-let-me-in-party-clever-code-crackers. Retrieved 2010-10-13.
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