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Matt Johnson

マット・ジョンソン　/　まっと・じょんそん

Film director from Canada

October 5, 1985 (age 40)　・　Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Ontario
film director
screenwriter
film actor

My Take

I think of Matt Johnson as a do-it-yourself filmmaker in the best sense. The Toronto native and York University alum broke through with the scrappy indie The Dirties, then pushed his luck brilliantly with the faux-documentary Operation Avalanche. His sharpest work yet is BlackBerry, which turns the rise and fall of Canada's smartphone empire into something propulsive, funny, and faintly mournful. He directs, writes, and acts, and I love that he fights with ideas rather than budgets, betting on invention over polish. Talent this restless and singular is exactly the kind I want to keep following wherever it goes next.

Overview

Jon Matthew Johnson (born October 5, 1985) is a Canadian director, writer, producer, and actor. He first attracted accolades for his low-budget independent feature films, including The Dirties (2013), which won Best Narrative Feature at the Slamdance Film Festival, and Operation Avalanche (2016).

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Matt Johnson
Name (Japanese): マット・ジョンソン
Reading: まっと・じょんそん
Born: October 5, 1985 (age 40)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Libra / Ox
Origin: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: film director / screenwriter / film actor / television actor

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: York University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role
Notable work	The Dirties	—
Notable work	Operation Avalanche	—
Notable work	Nirvanna the Band the Show	—
Notable work	BlackBerry	—

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt%20Johnson%20(director)

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