Matt’s work in television includes the HBO Documentary It’s Me, Hilary about the Eloise Illustrator Hilary Knight, executive produced by Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner. He was also Executive Producer, Showrunner, and Writer on a National Geographic miniseries I Am Rebel alongside Doug Liman. The series features 1930s crime scene photographer Weegee, the 1970s police brutality activist turned hijacker Louis Moore, psychedelic chemist Alexander Shulgin, and the hacker Kevin Mitnick.
Matt's most recent short film Bayard & Me is about the civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, who adopted his younger boyfriend in the early 1980s to obtain equal rights. His other shorts include I Remember about the artist and poet Joe Brainard and The Face of AIDS for Time Magazine about a notorious 1992 Benetton advertisement. Matt has made a number of short series about the arts for organizations like The Whitney Museum and the New York Times, and commercials and content for numerous brands.
In addition to filmmaking Matt organizes film screenings and public events, and he is the Co-Curator of Film for the 2019 Whitney Biennial. He is a Guggenheim Fellow and a member of the Directors Guild and the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.
Press Profiles
The Guardian - Recorder Feature
Mousse Magazine - Dreaming Documentary by Stuart Comer
BBC World - Matt Wolf: Hidden Histories Revealed
Contacts
Email: mail@mattwolf.info
Film & TV Agent: CAA - Amanda Lebow
Commercials: C41 Media - Brendan Doyle
For Screenings of Recorder:
Zeitgeist Films - Nancy Gerstman & Emily Russo
For Screenings of Teenage or Wild Combination:
Oscilloscope Pictures - Cameron Swanagon
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