Matthew Exton Reeve (born 20 December 1979) is a British-American producer, director, screenwriter, and activist. Born in London, he is the elder son of actor

Christopher Reeve Christopher D'Olier Reeve (September 25, 1952 – October 10, 2004) was an American actor, activist, director, and author. He amassed Christopher Reeve on stage and screen, several stage and screen credits in his 34-year career, including playin ...

. His mother was Reeve's long-term partner Gae Exton. Reeve has a sister, Alexandra Reeve Givens, and a half-brother, television reporter and anchor Will Reeve.

Career

After graduating from

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in 2002, Reeve produced and directed the documentary ''Christopher Reeve: Hope in Motion'', which won the Communicator Award for Excellence in documentary filmmaking and was nominated for an

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. The film first aired on

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on September 18, 2002 (as ''Christopher Reeve: Courageous Steps'') and then later on

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on 9 February 2003 and in numerous other countries. In 2007, ''Hope in Motion'' and its follow-up film, ''Choosing Hope'', were released on DVD. In 2009, Reeve released ''Over The Water'', a documentary about World Champion kiteboarder Aaron Hadlow, which Reeve filmed, produced and directed over a period of three years. Also in 2009, Reeve was admitted into the

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MBA/MFA dual degree program, a joint Master's program at the

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and NYU Tisch School of the Arts, from which he graduated in 2012.

Activism

In June 2006, Reeve joined the board of directors of the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. He also serves on their Quality of Life committee and Executive Committee, and in 2014 became Vice-Chair of International Development. In 2009 he ran the

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to raise money for spinal cord injury research, and in 2014 he sponsored a study of epidural stimulation. In 2010, Reeve and his sister, Alexandra Reeve Givens, were the recipients of the National Leadership Award at the Castle Connolly Awards. In 2010, Reeve gave the keynote commencement address to the graduating class of the

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School of Health Technology. In 2012, he was a keynote speaker at the Spinal Cord Injury Network's Connections 2012 convention in

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. He also ran the annual City2Surf event on their behalf.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Reeve, Matthew 1979 births 20th-century British writers 21st-century British writers British people of American descent British activists British directors British film producers Brown University alumni Living people New York University Stern School of Business alumni Tisch School of the Arts alumni Place of birth missing (living people)