Matt Reeves

Matt Reeves is one of those directors who quietly became indispensable without ever chasing the spotlight. He started out co-creating Felicity with J.J. Abrams — a very different vibe from where he'd eventually land — then absolutely blew people away with Cloverfield in 2008, a found-footage monster movie that genuinely felt fresh and terrifying. But his real leveling-up moment was the Planet of the Apes sequels, where he turned what could have been blockbuster noise into surprisingly emotional, beautifully shot character studies. Then The Batman in 2022 arrived and settled any remaining debates: Reeves is a craftsman who writes his own scripts, controls his own tone, and delivers a vision that feels completely his. That film earned him a Saturn Award for Best Director and, more importantly, made a nearly three-hour noir detective story starring a billionaire in a cape feel genuinely gripping. I trust filmmakers who sweat the atmosphere, and Reeves sweats it like no one else working at that scale.

Name (English)

Matt Reeves

Name (Japanese)

マット・リーヴス

Reading

まっと・りーゔす

Born

April 27, 1966 (age 60)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Horse

Origin

Rockville Centre, New York, United States

Occupation

screenwriter / film director / manufacturer / film producer / television producer

Awards & achievements

• 2022 Saturn Award for Best Director

Motto

Private

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• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B4%E3%82%B9

Tags

• New York
• screenwriter
• film director
• manufacturer

Last updated

2026-06-02

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