Matthew Scott Krentz (born August 5, 1976), also known as Matt Krentz, is an American director, producer and actor. Krentz was born in

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. He graduated from

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also spending several summers volunteering at

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's Sundance Summer Filmmakers' Lab. His debut film directing was the short 15-minute ''The Call'' in 2002. He continued to produce '' Ponteuse'' in 2004. But his biggest success has been '' Streetballers'', a film that tells the story of a friendship between two junior college

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players, one African-American, one Irish-American, both trying to use streetball as their escape. Krentz plays the lead role, John Hogan, the white player befriending a black player named Jacob Whitmore played by Jimmy McKinney. He shot the film entirely in

with an entirely local cast and crew. Krentz is from

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, one of the city's inner-ring suburbs.

Filmography

Director

* 2002: ''The Call'' * 2009: '' Streetballers''

Actor

* 2002: ''The Call'' as best friend * 2009: ''Streetballers'' (2009) as John Hogan

Producer

* 2004: '' Ponteuse'' * 2009: ''Streetballers''

Writer

* 2009: ''Streetballers''

Editor

* 2004: ''Ponteuse''

Awards

* Won Jury Award – Honorable Mention for Best Feature Film at the

Hollywood Black Film Festival The Hollywood Black Film Festival (HBFF), dubbed the "Black Sundance," is an annual six-day film festival held in Los Angeles, California dedicated to enhancing the careers of new and established black filmmaking professionals by bringing their w ...

for his film ''Streetballers''(2008) * Won Audience Choice Award Best Feature Film at the

St. Louis International Film Festival The St. Louis International Film Festival (also known as SLIFF or Cinema St. Louis) is an annual film festival in St. Louis, Missouri, which has been running since 1992. The coordinating organization changed its name to "Cinema St. Louis" in 2003 ...

for his ''Streetballers''(2008) ** Also won Best Dramatic Feature prize at the same festival

References

External links

*
Streeballers official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Krentz, Matthew Scott American film directors Film producers from Missouri American male film actors Living people 1976 births Male actors from St. Louis