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Matthew George "Matt" Reeves was born April 27, 1966 in Rockville Center, New York, USA and is a writer, director and producer. Reeves began making movies at age eight, directing friends and using a wind-up camera. He befriended filmmaker J.J. Abrams when both were 13 years old and a public-access television cable channel, Z Channel, aired their short films. When Reeves and Abrams were 15 or 16 years old, Steven Spielberg hired them to transfer some of his own Super 8 films to videotape. Reeves attended the University of Southern California and there, between 1991 and 1992, he produced an award-winning student film, Mr. Petrified Forest, which helped him acquire an agent. He also co-wrote a script that eventually became Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995). After graduating, he co-wrote The Pallbearer (1996), which became his directorial debut.
Reeves and J.J. Abrams co-created the TV series Felicity (1998), for which Reeves directed several episodes, including the pilot. He has also helmed occasional episodes of other television series. He co-wrote The Yards (2000) w
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Matt Reeves
American filmmaker (born 1966)
Not to be confused with Matthew Reeve, Matthew Reeves, or Matt Reeves (politician).
Matt Reeves (born April 27, 1966) is an American filmmaker who first gained recognition for the WB drama series Felicity (1998–2002), which he co-created with J. J. Abrams. Reeves came to widespread attention for directing the hit monster-film Cloverfield (2008). He also directed the vampire drama Let Me In (2010), and the critically acclaimed science-fiction sequels Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) and War for the Planet of the Apes (2017). He directed the superhero film The Batman (2022), which stars Robert Pattinson as the titlular character.
Early life
Reeves was born on April 27, 1966,[1] in Rockville Centre, New York,[2] on Long Island. He moved with his family to Los Angeles when he was five. He made his first film at the age of eight, directing friends and using a wind-up camera.[2] Reeves met and befriended J. J. Abrams, who also became a filmmaker, when both were 13 years old.[ After graduating from USC film school, Matt’s career launched as a screenwriter and director, soon leading him into the world of television where he would co-create the now-classic series, Felicity. With his feature film Cloverfield, Matt subverted everything we knew about monster movies, replacing film cameras with a camcorder, and breaking not only New York City, but new ground, rewriting the rules of the genre and redefining the modern blockbuster – proving the size of a film’s budget does not need to determine its success at the box office. Stepping into the commercial world, Matt would unleash his playful imagination directing an innovative campaign for Nissan, featuring a team of 4x4’s folding – and flying – a giant paper airplane launched from an airport t
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Matt Reeves
In the era of blockbusters, Matt has distinguished himself with a unique kind of genre film, featuring aliens, apes and vampires, but also deeply personal and human stories. Matt’s own narrative began at eight years old, directing his first movies with a wind-up camera featuring his neighborhood friends.
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