Matt Wolf (born May 11, 1982) is an American filmmaker, documentarian, and producer. His notable films include Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell, Teenage, Bayard & Me,[1] Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project, and Spaceship Earth. In 2010, he was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship.[2] His subjects include youth culture, artists, archives, music, and queer history.[3]
Matt Wolf | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Matt Wolf at the premiere of Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project during the Montclair Film Festival 2019 | |
| Born | May 11, 1982 San Jose, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Documentarian, producer, film director |
| Years active | 2008–present |
Life
editWolf 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
editWolf's films have played widely in festivals and have been distributed internationally in theaters and on television. His first feature documentary, Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell, 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 Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project,[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
editFeature films
edit- Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell (2008)
- Teenage (2014)
- Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project (2019)
- Spaceship Earth (2020)[11]
Short films
edit- I Remember: A Film About Joe Brainard (documentary short, 2012)
- The Face of AIDS (documentary short, 2016)
- The Town I Live In (documentary short, 2017)
- Bayard & Me (documentary short, 2017)
- Another Hayride (documentary short, 2021)
References
edit- ^ a b Dawson, Nick (September 26, 2008). "Matt Wolf, Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell". Filmmaker. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
- ^ "Matt Wolf". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
- ^ "Dreaming Documentary: Matt Wolf"". Mousse Magazine, October–November 2013
- ^ The Criterion Channel's November 2023 Lineup|Current|The Criterion Collection
- ^ "Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project [program note]". Tribeca Film Festival. 2019. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
- ^ "Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project | | Independent Lens | PBS". Independent Lens. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
- ^ Kay, Jeremy (August 6, 2019). "Zeitgeist Films, Kino Lorber team up on 'Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project' (exclusive)". Screen. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
- ^ Lang, Brent (February 13, 2020). "Neon Buys Hot Sundance Doc 'Spaceship Earth' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
- ^ It's Me, Hilary: The Man Who Drew Eloise (2015) - IMDb
- ^ "Review: ‘It’s Me, Hilary’ Documentary Spotlights Eloise’s Illustrator"". New York Times, March 22, 2015
- ^ "Spaceship Earth". Sundance Institute. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
