Matt Johnson

Acting · Directing · Production · Crew

Born October 5, 1985, 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 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.

Filmography

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