Matt Reeves

Matt Reeves

Reeves at the 2010 Comic-Con International

Born

Matthew George Reeves
(1966-04-27) April 27, 1966 (age 46)
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.

1 Early life
2 Career
3 Filmography
4 References
5 External links

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]