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Matt Johnson
Matt Johnson’s screen credits include director work on Tony and director work on Stavros Halkias: Uncle Stav.
Born October 5, 1985 Toronto, Ontario, Canada2 movies on MoviHero
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Jon Matthew Johnson (born October 5, 1985) is a Canadian director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He directed, co-wrote and starred in the films The Dirties (2013), Operation Avalanche(2016), BlackBerry (2023) and Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie (2025); the latter film is based on his docufiction sitcom web series Nirvana the Band the Show (2007–2009) and its television adaptation Nirvanna the Band the Show (2017–2018). Johnson subsequently directed Tony, a 2026 biopic about chef Anthony Bourdain. Johnson began his career working in low-budget independent docufiction productions. First, he attracted accolades for The Dirties, which won Best Feature Narrative at the Slamdance Film Festival. He achieved critical and commercial success with the biopic BlackBerry, winning directing awards at the Canadian Screen Awards and Vancouver Film Critics Circle. He won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Performance in a Comedy Film for Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie. …
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Johnson's work includes elements of pseudo-documentary filmmaking and improvisation, often using hidden camera techniques and location filming without permits. He has frequently played fictionalised versions of himself in both his own productions and those of other filmmakers.
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- 2026Uncle Stav: Mission Impossible TeaserDirector · Guy in Basement
- 2026The Two Year RuleProducer
- 2026Mile End KicksProducer
- 2026Crash LandProducer
- 2026Nirvanna the Band the Show the MovieDirector · Writer · Matt
- 2024Matt and MaraProducer · Matt
- 2024The HeirloomBelligerent Vet (Voice)
- 2023Therapy DogsProducer
- 2023BlackBerryDirector · Writer · Doug
- 2021Anne at 13,000 Ft.Matt
- 2020ChatterboxingBrody (voice)
- 2019Spice It UpPassport Photographer
- 2016Operation AvalancheDirector · Writer · Producer · Matt Johnson
- 2016Operation AvalancheDirector · Writer · Boy
- 2015How Heavy This HammerHardware Store Employee
- 2015Diamond TonguesJohn Matheson
- 2014My Mother's PearlsDirector · Older Steve Hamelin
- 2013The DirtiesDirector · Writer · Producer · Matt
- 2013The Fantastic CorpseActor · Director
- 2011The Revenge PlotWriter · Oversized Kid
- 2009ShubadakBlanks
- 2009Nirvana the Band the Show: Live @ the RivoliDirector · Matt
- 2004Honolulu BlueDirector · Writer
- Magic: The GatheringDirector
- The Vice GuideDirector · Writer
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Stavros Halkias
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