
Matt has made numerous short films about artists and queer history, including Bayard & Me on the civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, who adopted his younger boyfriend in the early 1980s to obtain equal rights, and HBO’s It’s Me, Hilary about the Eloise illustrator Hilary Knight. Other shorts include, I Remember about the artist Joe Brainard, and The Face of AIDS for Time Magazine about a notorious 1992 Benetton advertisement. His newest short Another Hayride is about the self-help guru Louise Hay, and is being released by the New York Times’ Op-Docs and PBS’ POV series. Matt has also made a number of short series about the arts for organizations like the Whitney Museum and The New York Times.
Matt directs commercials and content for brands, and he was an Executive Producer and Showrunner on the National Geographic miniseries I Am Rebel. In addition to filmmaking, Matt organizes film screenings and public events, and he was the Co-Curator of Film for the 2019 Whitney Biennial. He is a Guggenheim Fellow and a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.
Press Profiles
Vanity Fair - The Strange Tale of Biosphere 2
Aperture - Utopia Issue
Artforum - 1000 Words: Matt Wolf
NPR On The Media - A Most Radical TV Archive
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
Distribution
Spaceship Earth:
Neon - Claire Timmons
Recorder:
Zeitgeist Films - Nancy Gerstman & Emily Russo
Teenage & Wild Combination:
Oscilloscope Pictures - Cameron Swanagon
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