Matthew McManus is an American television writer and filmmaker. He is known for writing and directing the 2012 '' South By Southwest'' official selection '' Funeral Kings'', as well as the 2021 film ''

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''. He is also known for writing and producing episodes of the ''

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''. For his work on ''American Vandal'', McManus was nominated for an '' Emmy Award'' for Outstanding Writing in a Limited Series or TV Movie and won a Peabody Award.

Career

McManus's first feature film, '' Funeral Kings'' premiered in March 2012 at the '' South By Southwest'' Film Festival. He then went on to produce the horror feature film ''

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'' which earned a ''

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'' Critic's Pick. Most recently, McManus wrote, produced and directed the film ''

'' which was released on ''

'' in March 2021 where it hit the Top Ten films within its first week on the platform.

''American Vandal''

McManus was a writer and producer on both Season 1 and Season 2 of ''

''. The series was Netflix's most binge-watched show of 2017. On April 19, 2018, ''American Vandal'' won a 2017 Peabody Award for Entertainment. In July 2018, it was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.

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