Matt Wolf (filmmaker)
Matt Wolf | |
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Born | San Jose, California, U.S. | May 11, 1982
Occupation(s) | Documentarian, producer, film director |
Years active | 2008–present |
Matt Wolf (born May 11, 1982) is an American filmmaker,
Life
Wolf was born in San Jose, California. He attended film school at New York University in New York City, where he continues to be based.[1]
Work
Wolf's films have played widely in festivals and have been distributed internationally in theaters and on television. His first feature documentary, Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell, is about the avant-garde cellist and disco producer Arthur Russell. His second feature, Teenage, is about the birth of youth culture, based on a book by the British punk author Jon Savage.
In 2019 his documentary about
His two-hour documentary on
Wolf also directs and produces for television, including 2015's HBO Documentary It’s Me, Hilary: The Man Who Drew Eloise, which premiered at Sundance and was executive produced by Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner.[9][10]
Filmography
Feature films
- Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell (2008)
- Teenage (2014)
- Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project (2019)
- Spaceship Earth (2020)[11]
Short films
- I Remember: A Film About Joe Brainard (documentary short, 2012)
- The Face of AIDS (documentary short, 2016)
- The Town I Live In (documentary short, 2017)
- Bayard & Me (documentary short, 2017)
- Another Hayride (documentary short, 2021)
References
- ^ a b Dawson, Nick (September 26, 2008). "Matt Wolf, Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell". Filmmaker. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
- ^ "Matt Wolf". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
- ^ "Dreaming Documentary: Matt Wolf"". Mousse Magazine, October–November 2013
- ^ The Criterion Channel's November 2023 Lineup|Current|The Criterion Collection
- ^ "Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project [program note]". Tribeca Film Festival. 2019. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
- ^ "Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project | | Independent Lens | PBS". Independent Lens. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
- ^ Kay, Jeremy (August 6, 2019). "Zeitgeist Films, Kino Lorber team up on 'Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project' (exclusive)". Screen. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
- ^ Lang, Brent (February 13, 2020). "Neon Buys Hot Sundance Doc 'Spaceship Earth' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
- ^ It's Me, Hilary: The Man Who Drew Eloise (2015) - IMDb
- ^ "Review: ‘It’s Me, Hilary’ Documentary Spotlights Eloise’s Illustrator"". New York Times, March 22, 2015
- ^ "Spaceship Earth". Sundance Institute. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
External links
- Official website
- Matt Wolf on Twitter
- Matt Wolf on Instagram
- Matt Wolf at IMDb