Matt Johnson

Jon Matthew Johnson born October 5 1985 is a Canadian director screenwriter producer and actor He directed cowrote and starred in the films The Dirties 2013 Operation Avalanche2016 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 20072009 and its television adaptation Nirvanna the Band the Show 20172018 Johnson subsequently directed Tony a 2026 biopic about chef Anthony Bourdain Johnson began his career working in lowbudget 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 Johnsons work includes elements of pseudodocumentary 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia