Matt Reeves

Matt Reeves
Reeves at the 2013 Comic-Con International
Born	Matthew George Reeves (1966-04-27) April 27, 1966 (age 58) Rockville Centre, New York, United States
Alma mater	University of Southern California
Occupations	Film director screenwriter producer
Years active	1994-present
Spouse	Melinda Wang (present)
Children	1

Matthew George "Matt" Reeves (born April 27, 1966) is an American screenwriter, director and producer.

Career

Reeves began his career as a screenwriter for the movies Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995) and The Pallbearer (1996). He then worked into television as a director and co-creator of the drama series Felicity (1998–2002) alongside J.J. Abrams. Reeves has since directed the found-footage horror movie Cloverfield (2008), the romantic horror movie Let Me In (2010), and the science fiction sequels Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) and War for the Planet of the Apes (2017).

In February 2017, Warner Bros. announced that Reeves would direct The Batman, released in 2022 and starring Robert Pattinson as the titular character.^[1][2]

Movies

Year	Title	Credited as			Notes
		Director	Writer	Producer
1993	Future Shock	Yes	Yes	No	Segment: "Mr. Petrified Forest"
1995	Under Siege 2: Dark Territory	No	Yes	No	Co-written with Richard Hatem
1996	The Pallbearer	Yes	Yes	No	Co-written with Jason Katims
2000	The Yards	No	Yes	No	Co-written with James Gray
2008	Cloverfield	Yes	No	No
2010	Let Me In	Yes	Yes	No
2014	Dawn of the Planet of the Apes	Yes	No	No
2017	War for the Planet of the Apes	Yes	Yes	No	Co-written with Mark Bomback
2022	The Batman	Yes	Yes	Yes

References

1. Lesnick, Silas (10 February 2017). "Matt Reeves is The Batman Director!". Comingsoon.net. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
2. "It's Official! Matt Reeves will Direct The Batman". Comingsoon.net. February 23, 2017. Retrieved February 23, 2017.

Other websites

Media related to Matt Reeves at Wikimedia Commons

• Matt Reeves on IMDb
• LAist.com Interview with Matt Reeves Archived 2011-10-01 at the Wayback Machine