Matt Johnson

Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie

When their plan to book a show at the Rivoli goes horribly wrong, Matt and Jay accidentally travel back to the year 2008.

Release Date2026-02-13

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Matt

Vote Count27

Nirvanna the Band the Show

Two lifelong best friends and roommates are planning the greatest musical act in the history of the modern world.

Release Date2017-02-02

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Matt

Episode Count16

Vote Count28

BlackBerry

Two mismatched entrepreneurs – egghead innovator Mike Lazaridis and cut-throat businessman Jim Balsillie – joined forces in an endeavour that was to become a worldwide hit in little more than a decade. The story of the meteoric rise and catastrophic demise of the world's first smartphone.

Release Date2023-02-13

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Doug

Vote Count837

Operation Avalanche

In 1967, four undercover CIA agents were sent to NASA posing as a documentary film crew. What they discovered led to one of the biggest conspiracies in American history.

Release Date2016-09-16

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Matt Johnson

Vote Count217

Nirvana the Band the Show

Musicians Matt and Jay attempt to achieve their dream of playing at a small Toronto venue, the Rivoli, through a series of various schemes and publicity stunts.

Release Date2007-12-11

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Charactersd Matt

Episode Count11

Vote Count5

The Dirties

The line between reality and fiction starts to blur when two best friends start making a movie about getting revenge on bullies.

Release Date2013-10-04

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd Matt

Vote Count144

Matt and Mara

Mara is a young creative writing professor struggling with problems in her marriage to an experimental musician. One day, she runs into Matt, a charismatic, free-spirited author from her past, when he wanders onto her university campus. Bonded by their shared interests, the two gradually become closer. When Mara’s husband unexpectedly cancels plans to drive her to an out-of-town conference, Matt accompanies Mara on the trip instead. Along the way, the tension surrounding their undefined relationship slowly grows.

Release Date2024-09-13

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Charactersd Matt

Vote Count36

The Heirloom

Facing a long winter of lockdown and a stubborn bout of writer’s block, filmmaker Eric reluctantly agrees to get a dog with his girlfriend, Allie. After plenty of research and negotiation, Milly arrives—a traumatized rescue from the Dominican Republic.

Release Date2024-01-25

Charactersd Belligerent Vet

Vote Count1

The Fantastic Corpse

The Fantastic Corpse is a short film project based on the exquisite corpse collaborative method. Dell Precision and AMD are working with creative content company Arts+Labor to bring five Fantastic Fest filmmakers together to create one short film, each filming an equal part, and continuing each others segment.

Release Date2013-09-26

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd

Shubadak

Two American soldiers hunting for buried treasure in Iraq meet a stranger in the dunes.

Release Date2009-12-11

DepartmentEditing

JobEditor

Charactersd Blanks

Spice It Up

A film student at Ryerson University struggles to complete her thesis project.

Release Date2019-08-15

Charactersd Passport Photographer

Vote Count1

Nirvanna the Band Mega64 Special

Nirvanna The Band are the official convention hall announcers for 64X 2023 (Mega64 Expo). We present this documentary as a glimpse into their mastery of the craft and a testament to the brilliance of their creative union.

Release Date2023-09-12

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Matt

Matt & Bird Break Loose

Monkey and bird best friends, Matt and Bird, have been studying humans very closely from their shared cage in the zoo. But everything they know about being human is based on what they've seen on TV. In each episode, Matt and Bird cleverly break out of the zoo in disguise in order to chase their dreams and fame...and quickly discover it's not so easy being human.

Release Date2021-09-16

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Charactersd Matt (voice)

Episode Count3

The Revenge Plot

After Matt and his friends are dissed in the schoolyard by a group of girls, they set to work on an elaborate and merciless plan for revenge.

Release Date2011-01-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd Matt

Anne at 13,000 Ft.

Anne hasn't been the same since the jump. While skydiving for her best friend Sarah's bachelorette party, the 27-year-old felt focused, free, above it all. Back on the ground, the pressures of her daily life threaten to overwhelm her.

Release Date2021-09-03

Charactersd Matt

Vote Count14

Diamond Tongues

Edith dreams of being a successful actress but just can't seem to make things happen. When she can't figure out what she's doing wrong, she begins to do everything wrong.

Release Date2015-01-25

Charactersd John Matheson

Vote Count6

Operation Avalanche

Achieving viral success after being snuck into the Sundance Film Festival, this short film features the powerful story of a young high school boy seeking revenge against the teacher that sexually assaulted him. Inspired by a series of real rapes.

Release Date2016-01-22

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Boy

Four Wild Swipes

Two unemployed musician roommates, under stress of an impending common-law marriage, fight for dominance while wielding improvised weapons.

Release Date2008-01-01

Charactersd Matt Johnson

Vote Count1

How Heavy This Hammer

Follows a middle-aged married man who finds his only outlet is online gaming.

Release Date2015-09-15

Charactersd Hardware Store Employee

Vote Count6

THE VISITOR: Performed by Matt and Owen

A concert production of The Visitor screenplay, performed by Matt Johnson and Owen Williams, with musical accompaniment by Jay McCarrol.

Release Date2014-05-01

DepartmentProduction

JobCasting

Charactersd Billy / Torturer 1 / James Lawson / Monster

Matt Johnson Live at Comic-Con

In a short sketch produced for Funny or Die, Matt Johnson reports live on the scene in the 2013 Comic-Con convention hall.

Release Date2013-07-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Himself

Chatterboxing

It's the ultimate shouting match!! Zootaker vs. Derrick, champion vs. newbie, animal facts vs. jokes...... but WHO WILL WIN?

Release Date2020-10-22

Charactersd Brody (voice)

My Mother's Pearls

Steve searches for someone to play a board game with.

Release Date2004-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Future Steve

Vote Count1

Peanuts

Best friends Matt and Jay have their relationship tested when a girl from Jay's past re-enters his life, and he has to choose between the band and his life with Matt, and the excitement of new attraction.

Release Date2008-01-01

Charactersd Matt

Nirvana the Band the Show: Live @ The Rivoli

Matt and Jay finally play The Rivoli, sharing the stage with a bunch of friends for a loose, chaotic night of music and nonsense.

Release Date2009-12-11

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Matt

Update Day

Matt and Jay attempt to spontaneously write a song using video game titles to the tune of the Wii Shop theme.

Release Date2008-09-08

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Matt

Vote Count1

Dead - The NTBTS Blooper Reel

The blooper reel for the original Web-series of Nirvanna The Band The Show

Release Date2009-12-11

Charactersd Self

Hell of a Summer

When 24-year-old Jason Hochberg arrives for counsellor weekend at his beloved Camp Pineway, his biggest problem is feeling out of touch with his teenage co-workers. Little does he know; a masked killer has murdered camp owners John and Kathy and is preparing to strike again.

Release Date2025-04-03

DepartmentCrew

JobThanks

Vote Count155

Mile End Kicks

In 2011, Montreal’s indie music scene, Grace Pine, a 24-year-old music critic moves to the Canadian city to write a book on Alanis Morissette’s classic 'Jagged Little Pill' album. But her plans take an unexpected turn when she gets romantically involved with members of an indie band for whom she serves as their publicist.

Release Date2026-04-17

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Tony

Based on the influential chef, writer, and travel journalist Anthony Bourdain.

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Crash Land

Lance, Clay, and Darby have spent their childhoods drinking, wreaking havoc, and filming crude stunts in their small town. Everyone hates them. Wanting to finally prove their lives have meaning, the boys set out to make a “real movie” and in the process are forced to confront emotions and experiences they’ve never considered: love, loss, and ultimately, what it means to grow up.

Release Date2026-03-13

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Therapy Dogs

A chronicle of the last year of high school as two friends set out to make the ultimate senior video.

Release Date2023-03-10

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count8

Untitled Matt Johnson Film

A young Canadian investigative journalist helps crack Vice’s connection to a massive 2015 Canadian drug bust in Australia.

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Matt & Bird Break Loose

Fueled by delusions of grandeur, Matt and Bird disguise themselves as humans and break out of the zoo to chase their dreams, only to learn that it's not so easy being human.

Release Date2021-09-16

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count3

Vote Count2

Honolulu Blue

Funky detectives Lhotsky and Fisher don't play by the rules while investigating a drug crime involving time travel in 1974 Honolulu.

Release Date2004-01-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Kill Hitler

Kill Hitler is a time-travel period action movie set in 1939, which follows a Mossad Agent trying to kill Hitler.

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Magic: The Gathering

A live-action adaptation. Plot TBA.

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector