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Erik Matti is a Filipino filmmaker. He is known for directing On the Job (2013), Honor Thy Father (2015), Seklusyon (2016), BuyBust (2018), and Kuwaresma (2019). His other directing credits include Ekis (1999), Mano Po 2 (2003), Gagamboy (2004), Tiktik: The Aswang Chronicles (2012) and its sequel Kubot: The Aswang Chronicles 2 (2014), and BuyBust (2018). His crime thriller film On the Job: The Missing 8, a sequel to the 2013 Cannes Film Festival Directors' Fortnight selection On the Job, premiered at the 78th Venice International Film Festival, where it entered the Main Competition for the Golden Lion and won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor for John Arcilla. The film was later selected as the Philippine entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards. It was also adapted into a miniseries for HBO Asia called On the Job, with the re-edited version of the first film serving as the first two episodes, which was nominated at the 50th International Emmy Awards for Best TV Movie or Miniseries. Matti co-founded the production company Reality Entertainment with Dondon Monteverde, son of film producer Lily Monteverde.
Filmography
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2026
Call My Manager
TV show Director
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2025
Rekonek
Movie Executive Producer
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2025
Call My Manager!
Movie Director
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2025
Prisoner of War
Movie Executive Producer
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2024
Strange Frequencies: Taiwan Killer Hospital
Movie Executive Producer
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2024
Hosanna
Movie Creative Consultant
- 2024
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2023
Keys to the Heart
Movie Executive Producer
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2022
The Ultimate Oppa
Movie Executive Producer
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2022
On the Job: The Missing 8
Movie Music Supervisor
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2021
Happy Times
Movie Executive Producer
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2021
7 Days Of Hell
Movie Director
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2021
Rabid
Movie Director
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2021
On the Job
TV show Director
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2021
Runaway
Movie Executive Producer
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2021
A Girl and A Guy
Movie Director
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2019
Island of Dreams
Movie Director
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2019
Watch List
Movie Producer
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2019
The Entity
Movie Story
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2019
'Tol
Movie Executive Producer
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2018
Folklore
TV show Director
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2018
BuyBust
Movie Story
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2017
Ang Pagsanib kay Leah Dela Cruz
Movie Writer
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2016
Seklusyon
Movie Executive Producer
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2015
Honor Thy Father
Movie Director
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2014
Kubot: The Aswang Chronicles 2
Movie Writer
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2014
Sine, Laging Kasama
Movie Self
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2014
ABCs of Death 2
Movie Director
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2013
The Patriarch
Movie Producer
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2013
On the Job
Movie Director
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2012
Rigodon
Movie Writer
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2012
Vesuvius
Movie Director
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2012
Tiktik: The Aswang Chronicles
Movie Director
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2011
Nang Tumambad ang Hubad na Katotohanan
Movie Director
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2009
The Arrival
Movie Screenplay
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2008
Affliction
Movie Lazarus Ave
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2008
Carnivore
Movie Producer
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2007
Rounin
TV show Creator
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2006
Binibining K
Movie Story
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2005
Exodus: Tales from the Enchanted Kingdom
Movie Manwit (voice)