Matthew Robbins is an American screenwriter, film producer and director. He is good friends with Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Guillermo Del Toro and Walter Murch and has had cameo appearances in THX 1138 and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Robbins frequently worked with Hal Barwood. He wrote the screenplay for the Bollywood thriller 7 Khoon Maaf, along with Vishal Bhardwaj.

Filmography

• 2026Ray Gunn — Screenplay
• 2024Megalopolis — Thanks
• 2022Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio — Screenstory
• 2018Incredibles 2 — Thanks
• 2017Madame — Screenplay
• 2017Rangoon — Screenplay
• 2015Chatô, The King of Brazil — Writer
• 2015Crimson Peak — Writer
• 2013Vijay and I — Writer, Script, Idea, Story, Screenplay
• 20117 Khoon Maaf — Screenplay
• 2010Don't Be Afraid of the Dark — Screenplay
• 2009The Concert — Screenplay
• 2007Blood Brothers — Story
• 2007Ratatouille — Thanks
• 2004The Incredibles — Thanks
• 2001Mimic 2 — Characters
• 1997Mimic — Screenplay, Screenstory
• 1991Bingo — Director
• 1989Mothers, Daughters and Lovers — Director
• 1987*batteries not included — Director, Screenplay
• Amazing Stories — Director
• 1985The Legend of Billie Jean — Director
• 1985Warning Sign — Writer, Executive Producer
• 1981Dragonslayer — Director, Screenplay
• 1978Corvette Summer — Director, Writer
• 1977Close Encounters of the Third Kind — Returnee #3 Flt. 19
• 1977MacArthur — Writer
• 1976The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings — Screenplay
• 1974The Sugarland Express — Story, Screenplay
• 1967Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB — Story

Appearances as themselves (6)

• 2024Jaws, a Monstrous Success — Self
• 2023A Disturbance in the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened — Self
• 2007Fog City Mavericks — Self
• 2004A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope — Self
• 2004Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138' — Self
• 1971Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138' — Self