Matthew Heineman
Born November 30, 1983 in Washington, D.C., USA (age 42)
Matthew Heineman (born June 6, 1983) 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.
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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 travelling 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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Directed 8
Wrote 1
Produced 10
Other credits 7
LearningAmerican Symphony2023 · Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer
LearningRetrograde2022 · Director, Director of Photography, Producer, Editor
LearningThe First Wave2021 · Director, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography
LearningThe Boy from Medellín2020 · Producer, Director, Editor, Director of Photography
LearningCity of Ghosts2017 · Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
Cartel Land2015 · Director, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography
LearningOur Time2009 · Director of Photography, Editor, Producer, Writer, Director