Matthew Rankin
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1980-08-05 (44 years old)
Place of Birth
Winnipeg, Canada
Matthew Rankin
Biography
Matthew Rankin (born August 5, 1980; Winnipeg) is a Canadian experimental filmmaker. He is most noted for his feature-length debut, The Twentieth Century, which premiered in 2019 and was nominated for eight Canadian Screen Awards, winning three.
He has also received accolades for his 2014 film Mynarski Death Plummet, which was a shortlisted Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards and a shortlisted Jutra Award nominee for Best Short Film at the 17th Jutra Awards, and his 2017 film The Tesla World Light, which won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Animated Short at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards and received an Honourable Mention for the Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Short Film at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.
He has also had occasional small acting roles in other directors' films, most recently the 2022 films This House (Cette maison) and Before I Change My Mind.
Known For
Acting
(2024)
Before I Change My Mind
as Daniel
(2024)
Universal Language
as Matthew (Massoud)
(2023)
Mademoiselle Kenopsia
as (voice)
(2022)
This House
as Dr. Densmore
(2020)
A Grief Observed
as Matthew
(2018)
(2015)
This Is an Official Message
as Himself
(2011)
(2008)
The Phantom of the Cinematheque
as Narrator
(2008)
Crew
(2024)
Universal Language
Writer, Director
(2023)
Federal Owl Commission
Director
(2022)
Municipal Relaxation Module
Director, Producer, Editor, Writer, Cinematography
(2022)
You Are in Bear Country 1
Director, Producer, Screenplay, Editor
(2022)
You Are in Bear Country 5
Director, Producer, Editor, Screenplay
(2020)
A Grief Observed
Director
(2019)
The Twentieth Century
Director, Screenplay, Animation, Casting
(2019)
Wilcox
Editor
(2017)
The Tesla World Light
Animation, Director, Editor
(2015)
This Is an Official Message
Director
(2015)
The Radical Expeditions of Walter Boudreau
Writer, Director
(2014)
Discount Everything
Director
(2014)
Mynarski Death Plummet
Writer, Director
(2012)
Tabula Rasa
Director, Writer
(2010)
Negativipeg
Director
(2010)
Sinclair
Director of Photography
(2008)
I Dream of Driftwood
Director
(2008)
Barber Gull Rub
Cinematography, Director, Editor
(2008)
Sharhé-Halé Shakhsi: M. Rankin
Director, Writer, Editor
(2008)
Cattle Call
Director
(2008)
Hydro-Lévesque
Writer, Director
(2006)
(2006)
Où est Maurice?
Director
(2005)
Le facteur poulpe
Director
(2005)
(1996)
Soft Like Me
Assistant Art Director