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Matt Kugelman
Born June 26, 1981 in Chicago, Illinois, USA3 films
Matt Kugelman studied filmmaking at the University of Southern California and Columbia College in Chicago. After graduation he worked as a researcher for Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11. He was then quickly promoted after editing a series of comedic short videos for Moore's speaking tour that received standing ovations across the country!
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Kugelman started working as the editor and photographer of the CBS News on Logo Show. In addition to producing a new show every day, he travelled throughout North America and produced numerous half-hour specials.
In 2010, Kugelman started working at the CBS Evening News editing breaking news with tight deadlines. In 2012 He was recruited by the CBS: This Morning Show as an editor on feature stories.
More recently, he wrote and directed his first full length feature film, Hurricane Bianca, which sold out theaters in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Toronto, and Amsterdam. The film found distribution through Wolfe Releasing and sold to iTunes, Vimeo, Amazon and Netflix! Kugelman is now developing a sequel to the film called Hurricane Bianca: From Russia With Hate.
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First watchHurricane Bianca20166.1A teacher from New York moves to a small town in Texas, gets fired for being gay, and returns disguised in drag to get revenge on the people who were nasty to him.View filmEssential films
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Filmography
3 films- TBAHurricane Bianca: The Roots of All EvilWriter
- 2018Hurricane Bianca: From Russia with HateStory
- 2016Hurricane BiancaWriter