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Matt Wolf (filmmaker)

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Matt Wolf
Matt Wolf at the premiere of Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project during the Montclair Film Festival 2019
Born (1982-05-11) May 11, 1982 (age 42)
Occupation(s)Documentarian, producer, film director
Years active2008–present

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]

Life

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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] Wolf is gay.[4][5][6]

Work

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Wolf'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,[7] premiered at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival.[8] The film was released by Zeitgeist Films in association with Kino Lorber and is to air on PBS Independent Lens.[9][10]

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.[11]

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.[12][13] In 2025, Wolf directed Pee-Wee as Himself revolving around the life and career of Paul Reubens for HBO.[14][15]

Filmography

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Feature films

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Short films

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  • 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

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  1. ^ a b Dawson, Nick (September 26, 2008). "Matt Wolf, Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell". Filmmaker. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
  2. ^ "Matt Wolf". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
  3. ^ "Dreaming Documentary: Matt Wolf"". Mousse Magazine, October–November 2013
  4. ^ McGarry, Kevin. "1000 Words: Matt Wolf". ArtForum. Retrieved December 21, 2024.
  5. ^ Comer, Stuart (January 10, 2013). "Dreaming Documentary: Matt Wolf". Mousse Magazine. Retrieved December 21, 2024.
  6. ^ Weston, Hilary (November 29, 2023). "Wild Combinations: A Conversation with Matt Wolf". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved December 21, 2024.
  7. ^ The Criterion Channel's November 2023 Lineup|Current|The Criterion Collection
  8. ^ "Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project [program note]". Tribeca Film Festival. 2019. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
  9. ^ "Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project | | Independent Lens | PBS". Independent Lens. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
  10. ^ Kay, Jeremy (August 6, 2019). "Zeitgeist Films, Kino Lorber team up on 'Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project' (exclusive)". Screen. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
  11. ^ Lang, Brent (February 13, 2020). "Neon Buys Hot Sundance Doc 'Spaceship Earth' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
  12. ^ It's Me, Hilary: The Man Who Drew Eloise (2015) - IMDb
  13. ^ "Review: ‘It’s Me, Hilary’ Documentary Spotlights Eloise’s Illustrator"". New York Times, March 22, 2015
  14. ^ Kroll, Justin (March 11, 2021). "HBO Planning Documentary On Actor Paul Reubens With Josh & Benny Safdie Producing". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 21, 2024.
  15. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony; Patten, Dominic (December 11, 2024). "Sundance 2025: JLo, Sly Stone, Putin, Ayo Edebiri, André Holland, & Ex-NZ PM Jacinda Ardern Films Among Park City Festival Offerings". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 21, 2024.
  16. ^ "Spaceship Earth". Sundance Institute. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
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