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Matthew Heineman (b. 1983)

Alias:
Мэттью Хайнеман

Birthplace:
Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Born:
November 30, 1983

Biography from TheMovieDB

Matthew Heineman (born November 30, 1983; Washington) is an American documentary filmmaker, director, and producer. His inspiration and fascination with American history led him to early success with the documentary film Cartel Land, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film, a BAFTA Award for Best Documentary, and won three Primetime Emmy Awards.  In 2009, Heineman founded his New York–based production company Our Time Projects, Inc., which would later release Our Time, his first documentary film about what it's like to be young in America, which he shot in the lower 48 states while traveling in an RV with three of his friends after graduating from college. His 2021 film The First Wave received the Pare Lorentz Award from the International Documentary Association, was shortlisted for an Academy Award, and was nominated for seven Emmy Awards, winning Best Documentary, Best Cinematography, and Best Editing. The 2022 film Retrograde was nominated for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing at the Producers Guild of America Awards and won Outstanding Editing at the News and Documentary Emmy Awards.

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Film Production

Director:
2006  Overcoming the Storm
2009  Our Time
2012  Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare
2015  Cartel Land
2016  The Third Man
2017  City of Ghosts
2018  A Private War
2020  The Boy from Medellín
2021  The First Wave
2022  Retrograde
2023  American Symphony
????  Untitled Maria Felix Biopic
????  Untitled Paradise Camp Fire Project

Director of Photography:
2006  Overcoming the Storm
2009  Our Time
2012  Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare
2015  Cartel Land
2016  The Third Man
2017  City of Ghosts
2018  A Private War
2020  The Boy from Medellín
2021  The First Wave
2022  Retrograde
2023  American Symphony
????  Untitled Maria Felix Biopic
????  Untitled Paradise Camp Fire Project

Editor:
2006  Overcoming the Storm
2009  Our Time
2012  Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare
2015  Cartel Land
2016  The Third Man
2017  City of Ghosts
2018  A Private War
2020  The Boy from Medellín
2021  The First Wave
2022  Retrograde
2023  American Symphony
????  Untitled Maria Felix Biopic
????  Untitled Paradise Camp Fire Project

Executive Producer:
2006  Overcoming the Storm
2009  Our Time
2012  Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare
2015  Cartel Land
2016  The Third Man
2017  City of Ghosts
2018  A Private War
2018  When Lambs Become Lions
2020  The Boy from Medellín
2021  The First Wave
2022  Retrograde
2023  American Symphony
2023  Transition
????  Untitled Maria Felix Biopic
????  Untitled Paradise Camp Fire Project

Producer:
2006  Overcoming the Storm
2009  Our Time
2012  Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare
2015  Cartel Land
2016  The Third Man
2017  City of Ghosts
2018  A Private War
2018  When Lambs Become Lions
2020  The Boy from Medellín
2021  The First Wave
2022  Retrograde
2023  American Symphony
2023  Transition
????  Untitled Maria Felix Biopic
????  Untitled Paradise Camp Fire Project

Writer:
2006  Overcoming the Storm
2009  Our Time
2012  Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare
2015  Cartel Land
2016  The Third Man
2017  City of Ghosts
2018  A Private War
2018  When Lambs Become Lions
2020  The Boy from Medellín
2021  The First Wave
2022  Retrograde
2023  American Symphony
2023  Transition
????  Untitled Maria Felix Biopic
????  Untitled Paradise Camp Fire Project

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TV Production

Director:
2018  The Trade
2021  Tiger
????  The Savant

Executive Producer:
2018  The Trade
2021  Tiger
????  The Savant

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