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Matt Johnson

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Matt Johnson

Born October 5, 1985 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada18 films

Jon Matthew Johnson (born October 5, 1985) is a Canadian director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He directed, co-wrote and starred in the films The Dirties (2013), Operation Avalanche(2016), BlackBerry (2023) and Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie (2025); the latter film is based on his docufiction sitcom web series Nirvana the Band the Show (2007–2009) and its television adaptation Nirvanna the Band the Show (2017–2018). Johnson subsequently directed Tony, a 2026 biopic about chef Anthony Bourdain.

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Johnson began his career working in low-budget independent docufiction productions. First, he attracted accolades for The Dirties, which won Best Feature Narrative at the Slamdance Film Festival. He achieved critical and commercial success with the biopic BlackBerry, winning directing awards at the Canadian Screen Awards and Vancouver Film Critics Circle. He won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Performance in a Comedy Film for Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie.

Johnson's work includes elements of pseudo-documentary filmmaking and improvisation, often using hidden camera techniques and location filming without permits. He has frequently played fictionalised versions of himself in both his own productions and those of other filmmakers.

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Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie posterFirst watchNirvanna the Band the Show the Movie20267.6as MattWhen their plan to book a show at the Rivoli goes horribly wrong, Matt and Jay accidentally travel back to the year 2008.View film

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BlackBerry poster7.2BlackBerry2023Operation Avalanche poster6.1Operation Avalanche2016The Dirties poster6.4The Dirties2013

Filmography

18 films as actor
  1. 2026Uncle Stav: Mission Impossible TeaserGuy in Basement
  2. 2026Nirvanna the Band the Show the MovieMatt
  3. 2024Matt and MaraMatt
  4. 2024The HeirloomBelligerent Vet (Voice)
  5. 2023BlackBerryDoug
  6. 2021Anne at 13,000 Ft.Matt
  7. 2020ChatterboxingBrody (voice)
  8. 2019Spice It UpPassport Photographer
  9. 2016Operation AvalancheMatt Johnson
  10. 2016Operation AvalancheBoy
  11. 2015How Heavy This HammerHardware Store Employee
  12. 2015Diamond TonguesJohn Matheson
  13. 2014My Mother's PearlsOlder Steve Hamelin
  14. 2013The DirtiesMatt
  15. 2013The Fantastic Corpse
  16. 2011The Revenge PlotOversized Kid
  17. 2009ShubadakBlanks
  18. 2009Nirvana the Band the Show: Live @ the RivoliMatt