Matt Reeves
Matthew George "Matt" Reeves (born April 27, 1966 in Rockville Center, New York, USA) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. He began making movies at age eight, directing friends and using a wind-up camera. Reeves befriended filmmaker J.J. Abrams when both were 13 years old and they were making short films together. When Reeves and Abrams were 15 or 16 years old, Steven Spielberg hired them to transfer some of his own Super 8 films to videotape. Reeves began his career as a screen
Defining films
In their own words
I loved something like The Battle of Algiers, just the way that that film felt... the idea of getting into their point of view... those were the biggest influences for us, for sure.
We talked a lot about Conquest of the Planet of the Apes. That film is quite hardcore, and it actually ends with him executing humans, and it's very dark. We wanted to make sure that we were taking the story to that place.
We also talked a lot about Conquest of the Planet of the Apes. That film is quite hardcore...it actually ends with him executing humans, and it's very dark. We wanted to make sure that we were taking the story to that place.
That film is quite hardcore. The original cut, which I finally saw, is amazing, because it actually ends with him executing humans, and it's very dark. We wanted to make sure that we were taking the story to that place.