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Matthew Greenfield is a Story and Producer American born on 14 september 1968

Matthew Greenfield

Matthew Greenfield
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Nationality USA
Birth 14 september 1968 (56 years)

Matthew Greenfield, né le 14 septembre 1968, est un producteur et scénariste de cinéma américain.

Biography

Greenfield est diplômé en 1990 de l'université Wesleyenne, où il connut son futur collaborateur, le réalisateur Miguel Arteta. Ensemble, ils travaillent sur le film Star Maps, qui fut projeté au festival Sundance de 1997 et y reçut cinq nominations, dont la catégorie Meilleur premier film de long métrage. En 2000, leur film indépendant Chuck & Buck fut un succès, et remporta le John Cassavetes Award du meilleur film à petit budget. En 2002, ils travaillent à nouveau ensemble sur The Good Girl.

Usually with

Miguel Arteta
Miguel Arteta
(4 films)
Mike White
Mike White
(3 films)
Zak Penn
Zak Penn
(2 films)
Mark Beltzman
Mark Beltzman
(1 films)
Ron Nyswaner
Ron Nyswaner
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Matthew Greenfield (4 films)

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Scriptwriter

Star Maps
Star Maps (1997)
, 1h26
Directed by Miguel Arteta
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Films about prostitution, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Douglas Spain, Martha Veléz, Robin Thomas, Zak Penn, Mike White, Michael Peña
Roles Story
Rating56% 2.8035152.8035152.8035152.8035152.803515
This allegorical tale concerns the gap that exists between East and West Los Angeles as Latino kids try to pursue the American Dream. After five years of living in Mexico, an 18-year-old youth returns to Los Angeles with aspirations of becoming a movie star. At the urging of his father, a pimp who sells maps to stars' homes as a cover, the young man turns to hustling as a way to meet Hollywood insiders. Things start to look up when he hooks up with the producer of the popular daytime soap opera Carmel County. However his overbearing father and his mentally unstable mother threaten to get in the way of his dreams.

Producer

The Motel
The Motel (2005)
, 1h16
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Sung Kang, Samantha Futerman, Samantha Futerman
Roles Producer
Rating65% 3.29683.29683.29683.29683.2968
Thirteen-year-old Ernest Chin's life is devoted to working at his family's hourly-rate motel, where a steady stream of prostitutes, johns, and various other shady characters come and go. Abandoned by his father, he lives with his mother, grandfather, and younger sister Katie. The film is a loosely assembled series of vignettes examining the difficulty of adolescence. Recurring themes include painful encounters with a bully named Roy and Ernest's persistent feelings of being misunderstood by his family. Ernest also blindly explores his incipient sexuality, which includes nursing a crush on Christine, an older girl who works at a Chinese restaurant nearby. Ernest's life changes after he meets the newest guest at the motel: a self-destructive yet charming Korean-American man named Sam Kim (Sung Kang), who is caught in a downward spiral after estrangement from his wife.
The Good Girl, 1h30
Directed by Miguel Arteta
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about suicide, Children's films
Actors Jennifer Aniston, Jake Gyllenhaal, John C. Reilly, Tim Blake Nelson, Mike White, Zooey Deschanel
Roles Producer
Rating63% 3.1986753.1986753.1986753.1986753.198675
Justine Last (Jennifer Aniston) is a depressed and unmotivated thirty-year-old woman living in a small town in Texas with her husband Phil (John C. Reilly), a house painter who spends most of his free time smoking marijuana with his best friend, Bubba (Tim Blake Nelson). Justine works at Retail Rodeo, the local big-box store, along with Cheryl (Zooey Deschanel), a cynical, plain-spoken teenager, Gwen (Deborah Rush), a ditzy older woman who manages the cosmetics counter, and Corny (Mike White), a highly religious security guard.
Chuck & Buck, 1h36
Directed by Miguel Arteta
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Chris Weitz, Lupe Ontiveros, Mike White, Paul Weitz, Maya Rudolph, Paul Sand
Roles Producer
Rating65% 3.296053.296053.296053.296053.29605
Buck O'Brien (Mike White) is a 27-year-old amateur playwright with the maturity level of an adolescent. When Buck's mother dies unexpectedly, he invites his close childhood friend Chuck (Chris Weitz) to the funeral. Chuck (who is now calling himself "Charlie") is a successful music industry exec with a fiancée, Carlyn (Beth Colt). He and Buck experimented sexually with each other when they were 11, but Charlie has repressed these memories and acts as if they had not occurred. Chuck had moved away while they were still children, and Buck has pined after him ever since. During their awkward reunion, Buck makes a sexual advance on Charlie in the bathroom. Charlie rebuffs him, and returns to Los Angeles with Carlyn, but not before extending an obligatory invitation for Buck to visit him there. Buck then withdraws $10,000 from his bank account, packs up his car, and takes up residence in a motel in Los Angeles. He also begins scripting a play on a yellow legal pad: titled "Hank and Frank and the Witch", it is an obvious plea for Charlie's love.
Star Maps
Star Maps (1997)
, 1h26
Directed by Miguel Arteta
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Films about prostitution, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Douglas Spain, Martha Veléz, Robin Thomas, Zak Penn, Mike White, Michael Peña
Roles Producer
Rating56% 2.8035152.8035152.8035152.8035152.803515
This allegorical tale concerns the gap that exists between East and West Los Angeles as Latino kids try to pursue the American Dream. After five years of living in Mexico, an 18-year-old youth returns to Los Angeles with aspirations of becoming a movie star. At the urging of his father, a pimp who sells maps to stars' homes as a cover, the young man turns to hustling as a way to meet Hollywood insiders. Things start to look up when he hooks up with the producer of the popular daytime soap opera Carmel County. However his overbearing father and his mentally unstable mother threaten to get in the way of his dreams.