Matthew Heineman was born on November 30,1983 and is an American documentary filmmaker, director, and producer.
21 Facts About Matthew Heineman
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In 2009, Heineman founded his New York-based production company Our Time Projects, Inc.
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Matthew Heineman was born November 30,1983 to a Jewish family in Washington, DC, the son of Cristine Russell and Ben Matthew Heineman, and grew up in Darien and New Canaan, Connecticut.
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Matthew Heineman attended New Canaan Country School and Brunswick School in Greenwich.
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Matthew Heineman's mother is a science journalist and his father is a lawyer.
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Matthew Heineman studied history in college and initially wanted to be a teacher.
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Matthew Heineman was fascinated with American history, notably the American Civil War.
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Matthew Heineman began shopping around Our Time, which was self-produced via Our Time Projects, Inc.
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Matthew Heineman was hired at HBO and spent two years working on HBO's The Alzheimer's Project, a four-part documentary series.
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Matthew Heineman was mentored by director Susan Froemke and producer John Hoffman.
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Matthew Heineman worked with Froemke to direct and co-produce Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare.
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Matthew Heineman directed and executive produced a five-part television docu-series entitled The Trade that premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and was recently honored by the International Documentary Association as the Best Episodic Series of 2018.
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The film premiered in the US Documentary Competition at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, where Matthew Heineman won the Best Director Award and Special Jury Prize for Cinematography.
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Matthew Heineman previously co-directed and produced the feature-length, Emmy-nominated documentary Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare; collaborated for two years on the Emmy-nominated HBO series, The Alzheimer's Project; and directed and produced Our Time - his first documentary about what it's like to be young in America.
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Matthew Heineman studied history at Dartmouth College and planned to start a career as a teacher after graduating in 2005.
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Matthew Heineman said he walked away from that trip feeling inspired about his own opportunities and a career change.
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Matthew Heineman approached HBO with his film and while he was turned down, he was hired to work on a health care film series called The Alzheimer's Project.
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Matthew Heineman continued working on edits of Our Time after he was hired by HBO.
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Matthew Heineman then teamed up with mentor Froemke to begin work on Escape Fire.
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Matthew Heineman conceived the film after reading a news article on the New York City Subway about vigilantes tracking drug cartels along the US-Mexican border in Mexico.
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Matthew Heineman was one of two cinematographers credited in the film.