Matthew Rankin

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1980-08-05 (44 years old)

Place of Birth Winnipeg, Canada

Also Known As Мэттью Рэнкин

Matthew Rankin

Biography

Matthew Rankin (born August 5, 1980; Winnipeg) is a Canadian experimental filmmaker. He is most noted for his feature-length debut, The Twentieth Century, which premiered in 2019 and was nominated for eight Canadian Screen Awards, winning three. He has also received accolades for his 2014 film Mynarski Death Plummet, which was a shortlisted Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards and a shortlisted Jutra Award nominee for Best Short Film at the 17th Jutra Awards, and his 2017 film The Tesla World Light, which won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Animated Short at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards and received an Honourable Mention for the Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Short Film at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. He has also had occasional small acting roles in other directors' films, most recently the 2022 films This House (Cette maison) and Before I Change My Mind.

Known For

Director

2024
Universal Language

as Director

2023
2020
A Grief Observed

as Director

2019
2017
2014
2014
2012
Tabula Rasa

as Director

2010
Negativipeg

as Director

2008
2008
Barber Gull Rub

as Director

2008
Cattle Call

as Director

2008
Hydro-Lévesque

as Director

2006
Où est Maurice?

as Director

2005
Le facteur poulpe

as Director

Actor

2024
Universal Language

as Matthew (Massoud)

2023
2022
This House

as Dr. Densmore

2020
A Grief Observed

as Matthew

Writer

Editor

2019
Wilcox

as Editor

2017
2008
Barber Gull Rub

as Editor

Crew

2022
Municipal Relaxation Module

as Cinematography

2008
Barber Gull Rub

as Cinematography

Visual Effects

2019
2017

Producer

Art

1996
Soft Like Me

as Assistant Art Director

Camera

2010
Sinclair

as Director of Photography