Matt Shakman
Birthdate: August 8, 1975 (50 Years Old)
Birthplace: Ventura, California
Matt Shakman (birthname: Matthew Shakman) is a director who has worked mainly in the television space, but has also worked on the big screen, debuting as director of the thriller, Cut Bank (2014), starring the colorful cast of Liam Hemsworth, Teresa Palmer, Billy Bob Thornton, Bruce Dern, Michael Stuhlbarg, Oliver Platt and John Malkovich, with Edward Zwick as one of the producers, and released in limited pattern by A24 after premiering at the Toronto Film Festival, grossing just under $289,000 on a $5 million budget.
Shakman returned to the director’s chair of a theatrical release eleven years later for his first superhero movie and a reboot of a reboot of a Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise, The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025), produced for Marvel Studios/Disney by Kevin Feige and co-starring Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Joseph Quinn, Julia Garner, Natasha Lyonne, Paul Walter Hauser and Ralph Ineson, and marking the launch of MCU’s “Phase Six.”
Personal life
Matt Shakman was born and raised in Ventura, California, by his parents. Shakman attended The Thacher School in Ojai, California. Shakman attended and graduated with a double major in Art History and Theater from Yale University, where he was a member of Yale’s Skull and Bones society. Shakman has been married to Maggie Malone (studio development consultant, former Disney head of creative affairs) since 2012; the couple has one child.
Matt Shakman Movies
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The Fantastic Four: First Steps
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Forced to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of their family bond, the Fantastic Four must defend Earth from a ravenous space god called Galactus and his enigmatic Herald, Silver Surfer.
Facts About Matt Shakman
Child Actor: Matt Shakman was a busy child actor, landing a recurring role in the Growing Pains spinoff series, Just the Ten of Us (1988-1990); Shakman also appeared in Webster (1983-1987), Good Morning Miss Bliss (1988), Night Court (1984-1992), Diff’rent Strokes (1978-1986), Highway to Heaven (1984-1989) and The Facts of Life (1979-1988).
Theatre Man: Shakman has been an active member of the Los Angeles theater community as artistic director of both the Black Dahlia Theatre and The Geffen Playhouse.
