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Matt Johnson
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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 A…
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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. 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.
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2026
Stavros Halkias: Uncle Stav
Movie Director
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2026
Uncle Stav: Mission Impossible Teaser
Movie Guy in Basement
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2026
Tony
Movie Director
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2026
The Two Year Rule
Movie Executive Producer
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2026
Mile End Kicks
Movie Executive Producer
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2026
Crash Land
Movie Executive Producer
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2026
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
Movie Matt
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2025
Hell of a Summer
Movie Thanks
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2024
Matt and Mara
Movie Matt
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2024
The Heirloom
Movie Belligerent Vet (Voice)
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2023
BlackBerry: The Limited Series
TV show
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2023
Therapy Dogs
Movie Executive Producer
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2023
BlackBerry
Movie Doug
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2021
Matt & Bird Break Loose
TV show Matt (Voice)
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2021
Anne at 13,000 Ft.
Movie Matt
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2020
Chatterboxing
Movie Brody (voice)
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2019
Spice It Up
Movie Passport Photographer
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2017
Nirvanna the Band the Show
TV show Matt
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2016
Operation Avalanche
Movie Matt Johnson
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2016
Operation Avalanche
Movie Boy
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2015
How Heavy This Hammer
Movie Hardware Store Employee
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2015
Diamond Tongues
Movie John Matheson
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2014
My Mother's Pearls
Movie Older Steve Hamelin
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2013
The Dirties
Movie Matt
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2013
The Fantastic Corpse
Movie
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2013
Matt Johnson: Live At Comic-Con
Movie Matt Johnson
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2011
The Revenge Plot
Movie Oversized Kid
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2010
Nirvana the Band the Show the Adventures
Movie Matt
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2009
Shubadak
Movie Blanks
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2009
Nirvana the Band the Show: Live @ the Rivoli
Movie Matt
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2007
Nirvana the Band the Show
TV show Matt
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2004
Honolulu Blue
Movie Director
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Journalism 101
Movie Director
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Kill Hitler
Movie Director
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Magic: The Gathering
Movie Director
