Matt Johnson (director)
Matt Johnson is a Canadian actor and filmmaker, known for his independent feature films, including The Dirties (2013),[1] which won Best Narrative Feature at the Slamdance Film Festival,[2] and Operation Avalanche (2016), which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.[3][4]
Career
Johnson is also known for creating, writing and starring in the low-budget web series Nirvanna the Band the Show from 2007 to 2009,[5] which is slated to be re-mastered and re-launched at the Toronto International Film Festival and subsequently on Viceland in fall 2016.[6][7]
In addition to his own productions, he has had acting roles in the films Diamond Tongues and How Heavy This Hammer. He was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Editing at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards in 2014 for The Dirties.
References
- ↑ Godfrey, Alex (June 2, 2014). "The Dirties director Matt Johnson on fame and high-school shootings". The Guardian. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
- ↑ "The Dirties: A bravura debut for an up-and-coming Canadian filmmaker". The Globe and Mail. October 4, 2013. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
- ↑ "Why Matt Johnson is taking Operation Avalanche to Sundance instead of TIFF". Now. January 21, 2016. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
- ↑ "How Operation Avalanche director Matt Johnson boldly infiltrated NASA". The Globe and Mail. December 31, 2015. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
- ↑ "Toronto through the eyes of Nirvana The Band The Show's Jay McCarrol and Matt Johnson". blogTO. April 6, 2010. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
- ↑ "Nirvanna the Band the Show is back – but this time it's bigger and on proper TV". Now. June 6, 2016. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
- ↑ "TIFF 2016 announces its Canadian lineup, including films from Xavier Dolan, Deepa Mehta, Bruce McDonald". National Post. August 3, 2016. Retrieved August 12, 2016.