Matthew Arnold (born April 8, 1974) is an American film and television writer, director and producer. He made his feature film directorial debut in 2013 with ''Shadow People''. The film was purchased at the 2012

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by Anchor Bay. He is the creator, director, and an executive producer for the 2014 primetime

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TV series ''

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''. Siberia is notable for being the first completely independently financed series to air on major network. The show was well rated, getting 91% viewer approval on

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. A possible second season is currently in the works. Arnold is also the creator and executive producer of the NBC series ''

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'', a dark re-imagining of '' The Wizard Of Oz''.NBC Buys ‘Wizard Of Oz’ Drama From Matt Arnold As Frank Baum’s Classic Becomes The Hottest TV Property This Season
by Nellie Andreeva, August 23, 2013. In 2020, during the pandemic, Arnold wrote the graphic novel, "Eden," published by Comixology and Dark Horse Comics, to be released in print July 12, 2022. In 2021, Netflix purchased Arnold's original series idea, Revenge Inc., currently in development. Arnold will write, executive produce and showrun. Arnold is a graduate of

Centre College Centre College is a private liberal arts college in Danville, Kentucky. It is an undergraduate college with an enrollment of approximately 1,400 students. Centre was officially chartered by the Kentucky General Assembly in 1819. The college is a ...

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where he majored in

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and Philosophical Metaphysics. He also has an MFA in film production from

The University of Southern California , mottoeng = "Let whoever earns the palm bear it" , religious_affiliation = Nonsectarian—historically Methodist , established = , accreditation = WSCUC , type = Private research university , academic_affiliations = , endowment = $8.1 ...

USC School of Cinematic Arts The University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts (SCA) houses seven academic divisions: Film & Television Production; Cinema & Media Studies; John C. Hench Division of Animation + Digital Arts; John Wells Division of Writing for Sc ...

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* Living people American film directors American television directors American television producers Centre College alumni USC School of Cinematic Arts alumni Place of birth missing (living people) 1974 births {{US-tv-producer-stub