Matt Reeves

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' (qv) 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' (qv) 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)_ (qv). After graduating, he co-wrote _The Pallbearer (1996)_ (qv), which became his directorial debut.Reeves and 'J.J. Abrams' (qv) co-created the TV series _Felicity (1998)_ (qv), 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)_ (qv) with director 'James Gray' (qv), which he also co-produced. In 2008, Reeves directed the monster science fiction film _Cloverfield (2008)_ (qv), which Abrams produced. Reeves later served as an executive producer on _10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)_ (qv) and _The Cloverfield Paradox (2018)_ (qv). He wrote and directed the fantasy-horror film _Let Me In (2010)_ (qv), a remake of the Swedish film _Let the Right One In (2008)_ (qv). Reeves directed the science fiction films _Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)_ (qv) and later the sequel, _War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)_ (qv). He served as an executive producer on the Amazon original series _Tales from the Loop (2020)_ (qv).::Caleb Folck