Matt Wolf (filmmaker)

American film director

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 41)

San Jose, California, U.S.

Occupation(s)| Documentarian, producer, film director
Years active| 2008–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[edit]

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]

## Work[edit]

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,[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[edit]

### Feature 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]

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. ^ The Criterion Channel's November 2023 Lineup|Current|The Criterion Collection
5. ^ "Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project [program note]". Tribeca Film Festival. 2019. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
6. ^ "Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project | | Independent Lens | PBS". Independent Lens. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
7. ^ Kay, Jeremy (August 6, 2019). "Zeitgeist Films, Kino Lorber team up on 'Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project' (exclusive)". Screen. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
8. ^ Lang, Brent (February 13, 2020). "Neon Buys Hot Sundance Doc 'Spaceship Earth' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
9. ^ It's Me, Hilary: The Man Who Drew Eloise (2015) - IMDb
10. ^ "Review: ‘It’s Me, Hilary’ Documentary Spotlights Eloise’s Illustrator"". New York Times, March 22, 2015
11. ^ "Spaceship Earth". Sundance Institute. Retrieved January 23, 2020.

## External links[edit]

* Official website
* Matt Wolf on Twitter
* Matt Wolf on Instagram
* Matt Wolf at IMDb

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF

National|

* Germany
* United States