Erik Matti (born December 21, 1970) is a
Filipino
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* Something from or related to the Philippines
** Filipino language, standardized variety of 'Tagalog', the national language and one of the official languages of the Philippines.
** Filipinos, people who are citizens of th ...
filmmaker. He is known for directing ''
On the Job'' (2013), ''
Honor Thy Father
''Honor Thy Father'' is a 1971 book by Gay Talese, about the travails of the Bonanno crime family in the 1960s, especially Salvatore Bonanno and his father Joseph "Joe Bananas" Bonanno.
Background
In 1965, Gay Talese left his job as a repor ...
'' (2015), ''
Seklusyon
''Seklusyon'' () is a 2016 Filipino supernatural horror thriller film directed by Erik Matti. The film is under the production of Reality Entertainment. It stars Rhed Bustamante, Neil Ryan Sese, Ronnie Alonte, Lou Veloso, Phoebe Walker, Domini ...
'' (2016), ''
BuyBust
''BuyBust'' (stylized as ''BUYBUST'') is a 2018 Philippine action thriller film co-written and directed by Erik Matti. It stars an ensemble cast top-billed by Anne Curtis and Brandon Vera. The plot centers on a team summoned by the Philippine ...
'' (2018), and ''
On the Job: The Missing 8'' (2021).
Matti co-founded the production company
Reality Entertainment
Reality Entertainment is a Philippine production company founded and managed by the Filipino filmmaker Erik Matti and his producing partner Dondon Monteverde (son of the film producer Lily Monteverde
Lily Yu Monteverde, nicknamed Mother Lil ...
with Dondon Monteverde, son of film producer
Lily Monteverde
Lily Yu Monteverde, nicknamed Mother Lily (born August 19, 1938), is a Filipina film producer and businesswoman.
She is the first and many Filipina Movie producers who produced the boom of blockbuster films in different genres in the 70s and 80 ...
. Matti and Monteverde also co-founded the streaming service
Upstream
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* Upstream (bioprocess)
* ''Upstream'' (film), a 1927 film by John Ford
* Upstream (networking)
* ''Upstream'' (newspaper), a newspaper covering the oil and gas industry
* Upstream (petroleum industry)
* Upstream (software ...
.
Early life and education
Matti hails from
Bacolod
Bacolod, officially the City of Bacolod (; hil, Dakbanwa/Syudad sang Bacolod; fil, Lungsod ng Bacolod), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the region of Western Visayas, Philippines. It is the capital of the province of Negros Occidenta ...
. He is the sixth (and youngest) children of Enrique, an
atheist and custom's agent, and Julieta, a government employee raised in a family "considered to be gangsters". Of his deceased father, Matti reminisced that he was "an intellectual and never really saw work as something to devote himself into. He was a dreamer and a debater."
Matti graduated from elementary and high school at
Colegio San Agustin-Bacolod. He studied college at the
University of St. La Salle initially as a biology major but eventually shifted his focus to mass communication. Despite his six years in college, he did not graduate.
Personal life
Matti is married to screenwriter
Michiko Yamamoto.
Politically he is an outspoken critic of
Rodrigo Duterte, in part due to the Filipino president's proclamation of
martial law
Martial law is the imposition of direct military control of normal civil functions or suspension of civil law by a government, especially in response to an emergency where civil forces are overwhelmed, or in an occupied territory.
Use
Marti ...
during the
Marawi crisis
The siege of Marawi ( fil, Pagkubkob sa Marawi), also known as the Marawi crisis (), and the Battle of Marawi (), was a five-month-long armed conflict in Marawi, Philippines, that started on May 23, 2017, between Philippine government securit ...
. As such, Matti sparked criticism for cursing at Duterte's supporters in social media.
Filmography
Film
Television
Awards
References
External links
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1970 births
Living people
Filipino film directors
Filipino screenwriters
Filipino film producers
People from Bacolod