Matt Shakman

Director

Birthday August 8, 1975

Birth Sign Leo

Birthplace Ventura, CA

Age 49 years old

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About

American film, television, and theatre director, and former child actor. He produced and directed WandaVision and is the artistic director of the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles, California.

Before Fame

He started out as a child actor. But after years of commercials and as a series regular on Just the Ten of Us, he stepped away to attend The Thacher School in Ojai, California. He then went to Yale University, where he graduated with an art history and theatre double major. It was at Yale where he became interested in theatre, going on to direct a number of stage productions.

Trivia

He is the founder and artistic director of the Black Dahlia Theatre in Los Angeles, which was named one of "a dozen young American companies you need to know" by American Theatre Magazine.

Family Life

He was born and raised in Ventura, California. His Jewish father and Catholic mother maintained a "relatively secular household," their interfaith marriage being a source of conflict with his Jewish paternal grandmother. He married Maggie Malone in 2012. In 2016, they had a daughter.

Associated With

He has directed an episode It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, which stars Rob McElhenney and Charlie Day.