A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Мэттью Рэнкин
Birthplace:
Winnipeg, Canada
Born:
August 5, 1980
Matthew Rankin (born August 5, 1980; Winnipeg) is a Canadian experimental filmmaker. He is most noted for his feature-length debut, The Twentieth Century, which premiered in 2019 and was nominated for eight Canadian Screen Awards, winning three. He has also received accolades for his 2014 film Mynarski Death Plummet, which was a shortlisted Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards and a shortlisted Jutra Award nominee for Best Short Film at the 17th Jutra Awards, and his 2017 film The Tesla World Light, which won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Animated Short at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards and received an Honourable Mention for the Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Short Film at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. He has also had occasional small acting roles in other directors' films, most recently the 2022 films This House (Cette maison) and Before I Change My Mind.
Animation:
2017 The Tesla World Light
2019 The Twentieth Century
Assistant Art Director:
1996 Soft Like Me
2017 The Tesla World Light
2019 The Twentieth Century
Casting:
1996 Soft Like Me
2017 The Tesla World Light
2019 The Twentieth Century
Cinematography:
1996 Soft Like Me
2008 Barber Gull Rub
2017 The Tesla World Light
2019 The Twentieth Century
2022 Municipal Relaxation Module
Director:
1996 Soft Like Me
2005 Death by Popcorn: The Tragedy of the Winnipeg Jets
2005 Le facteur poulpe
2006 Kubasa in a Glass: The Strange World of the Winnipeg Television Commercial (1975-1993)
2006 Où est Maurice?
2008 Barber Gull Rub
2008 Cattle Call
2008 Hydro-Lévesque
2008 I Dream of Driftwood
2008 Sharhé-Halé Shakhsi: M. Rankin
2010 Negativipeg
2012 Tabula Rasa
2014 Discount Everything
2014 Mynarski Death Plummet
2015 The Radical Expeditions of Walter Boudreau
2015 This Is an Official Message
2017 The Tesla World Light
2019 The Twentieth Century
2020 A Grief Observed
2022 Municipal Relaxation Module
2023 Federal Owl Commission
2024 Universal Language
Director of Photography:
1996 Soft Like Me
2005 Death by Popcorn: The Tragedy of the Winnipeg Jets
2005 Le facteur poulpe
2006 Kubasa in a Glass: The Strange World of the Winnipeg Television Commercial (1975-1993)
2006 Où est Maurice?
2008 Barber Gull Rub
2008 Cattle Call
2008 Hydro-Lévesque
2008 I Dream of Driftwood
2008 Sharhé-Halé Shakhsi: M. Rankin
2010 Negativipeg
2010 Sinclair
2012 Tabula Rasa
2014 Discount Everything
2014 Mynarski Death Plummet
2015 The Radical Expeditions of Walter Boudreau
2015 This Is an Official Message
2017 The Tesla World Light
2019 The Twentieth Century
2020 A Grief Observed
2022 Municipal Relaxation Module
2023 Federal Owl Commission
2024 Universal Language
Editor:
1996 Soft Like Me
2005 Death by Popcorn: The Tragedy of the Winnipeg Jets
2005 Le facteur poulpe
2006 Kubasa in a Glass: The Strange World of the Winnipeg Television Commercial (1975-1993)
2006 Où est Maurice?
2008 Barber Gull Rub
2008 Cattle Call
2008 Hydro-Lévesque
2008 I Dream of Driftwood
2008 Sharhé-Halé Shakhsi: M. Rankin
2010 Negativipeg
2010 Sinclair
2012 Tabula Rasa
2014 Discount Everything
2014 Mynarski Death Plummet
2015 The Radical Expeditions of Walter Boudreau
2015 This Is an Official Message
2017 The Tesla World Light
2019 The Twentieth Century
2019 Wilcox
2020 A Grief Observed
2022 Municipal Relaxation Module
2023 Federal Owl Commission
2024 Universal Language
Producer:
1996 Soft Like Me
2005 Death by Popcorn: The Tragedy of the Winnipeg Jets
2005 Le facteur poulpe
2006 Kubasa in a Glass: The Strange World of the Winnipeg Television Commercial (1975-1993)
2006 Où est Maurice?
2008 Barber Gull Rub
2008 Cattle Call
2008 Hydro-Lévesque
2008 I Dream of Driftwood
2008 Sharhé-Halé Shakhsi: M. Rankin
2010 Negativipeg
2010 Sinclair
2012 Tabula Rasa
2014 Discount Everything
2014 Mynarski Death Plummet
2015 The Radical Expeditions of Walter Boudreau
2015 This Is an Official Message
2017 The Tesla World Light
2019 The Twentieth Century
2019 Wilcox
2020 A Grief Observed
2022 Municipal Relaxation Module
2023 Federal Owl Commission
2024 Universal Language
Screenplay:
1996 Soft Like Me
2005 Death by Popcorn: The Tragedy of the Winnipeg Jets
2005 Le facteur poulpe
2006 Kubasa in a Glass: The Strange World of the Winnipeg Television Commercial (1975-1993)
2006 Où est Maurice?
2008 Barber Gull Rub
2008 Cattle Call
2008 Hydro-Lévesque
2008 I Dream of Driftwood
2008 Sharhé-Halé Shakhsi: M. Rankin
2010 Negativipeg
2010 Sinclair
2012 Tabula Rasa
2014 Discount Everything
2014 Mynarski Death Plummet
2015 The Radical Expeditions of Walter Boudreau
2015 This Is an Official Message
2017 The Tesla World Light
2019 The Twentieth Century
2019 Wilcox
2020 A Grief Observed
2022 Municipal Relaxation Module
2023 Federal Owl Commission
2024 Universal Language
Writer:
1996 Soft Like Me
2005 Death by Popcorn: The Tragedy of the Winnipeg Jets
2005 Le facteur poulpe
2006 Kubasa in a Glass: The Strange World of the Winnipeg Television Commercial (1975-1993)
2006 Où est Maurice?
2008 Barber Gull Rub
2008 Cattle Call
2008 Hydro-Lévesque
2008 I Dream of Driftwood
2008 Sharhé-Halé Shakhsi: M. Rankin
2010 Negativipeg
2010 Sinclair
2012 Tabula Rasa
2014 Discount Everything
2014 Mynarski Death Plummet
2015 The Radical Expeditions of Walter Boudreau
2015 This Is an Official Message
2017 The Tesla World Light
2019 The Twentieth Century
2019 Wilcox
2020 A Grief Observed
2022 Municipal Relaxation Module
2023 Federal Owl Commission
2024 Universal Language
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