Matt Wolf (filmmaker) explained

Matt Wolf
Birth Date:11 May 1982
Birth Place:San Jose, California, U.S.
Occupation:Documentarian, producer, film director
Years Active:2008–present

Matt Wolf (born May 11, 1982) is an American filmmaker, documentarian, and producer. His notable films include , Teenage, Bayard & Me,[1] , and Spaceship Earth. In 2010, he was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship.[2] His subjects include youth culture, artists, archives, music, and queer history.[3]

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, , 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 Marion Stokes titled ,[4] premiered at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival.[5] The film was released by Zeitgeist Films in association with Kino Lorber and is to air on PBS Independent Lens.[6] [7]

His two-hour documentary on Biosphere 2 titled Spaceship Earth premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and was released by Neon in May 2020.[8]

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

Short films

Notes and References

  1. Nick . Dawson . September 26, 2008 . Matt Wolf, Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell . . June 23, 2015.
  2. Web site: Matt Wolf . . June 23, 2015.
  3. http://moussemagazine.it/matt-wolf-stuart-comer-2013/ "Dreaming Documentary: Matt Wolf""
  4. https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/8291-the-criterion-channels-november-2023-lineup The Criterion Channel's November 2023 Lineup|Current|The Criterion Collection
  5. Web site: Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project [program note] ]. Tribeca Film Festival . 2019 . March 20, 2019.
  6. Web site: Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project Independent Lens PBS. Independent Lens. en-US. February 21, 2020.
  7. Web site: Zeitgeist Films, Kino Lorber team up on 'Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project' (exclusive). Kay. 2019-08-06. Jeremy. Screen. en. February 21, 2020.
  8. Web site: Neon Buys Hot Sundance Doc 'Spaceship Earth' (EXCLUSIVE). Lang. Brent. February 13, 2020. Variety. en. February 21, 2020.
  9. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4322280/ It's Me, Hilary: The Man Who Drew Eloise (2015) - IMDb
  10. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/23/arts/television/review-its-me-hilary-documentary-spotlights-eloises-illustrator.html?_r=0 "Review: ‘It’s Me, Hilary’ Documentary Spotlights Eloise’s Illustrator""
  11. Web site: Spaceship Earth . Sundance Institute . . January 23, 2020.

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