Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 05, 1985
Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Credits
35 titles
Matt Johnson
Biography
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. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Matt Johnson (director), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Stavros Halkias: Uncle Stav
Director
Uncle Stav: Mission Impossible Teaser
Guy in Basement
Tony
Director
The Two Year Rule
Executive Producer
Mile End Kicks
Executive Producer
Crash Land
Executive Producer
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
Matt
Hell of a Summer
Thanks
Matt and Mara
Matt
The Heirloom
Belligerent Vet (Voice)
BlackBerry: The Limited Series
Therapy Dogs
Executive Producer
BlackBerry
Doug
Matt & Bird Break Loose
Matt (Voice)
Anne at 13,000 Ft.
Matt
Chatterboxing
Brody (voice)
Spice It Up
Passport Photographer
Nirvanna the Band the Show
Matt
Operation Avalanche
Matt Johnson
Operation Avalanche
Boy
How Heavy This Hammer
Hardware Store Employee
Diamond Tongues
John Matheson
My Mother's Pearls
Older Steve Hamelin
The Dirties
Matt
The Fantastic Corpse
Matt Johnson: Live At Comic-Con
Matt Johnson
The Revenge Plot
Oversized Kid
Shubadak
Blanks
Nirvana the Band the Show: Live @ the Rivoli
Matt
Nirvana the Band the Show the Adventures
Matt
Nirvana the Band the Show
Matt
Honolulu Blue
Director
Journalism 101
Director
Kill Hitler
Director
Magic: The Gathering
Director