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Matt Bettinelli-Olpin is an American director, writer, actor, and musician. He is known for his horror films, such as V/H/S, Ready or Not, and Scream, and his punk band Link 80.
Matt Bettinelli-Olpin is a director, writer and actor born in Oakland, California. He has worked on horror anthologies such as V/H/S and Southbound, and upcoming projects like Abigail and Scream VI.
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- Oakland, California, USA
Mar 9, 2023 · Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, along with Tyler Gillett and Chad Villella, is one of the directors of 'Scream VI', the latest installment of the horror franchise. He talks about his influences, challenges, and expectations of honoring Wes Craven's legacy.
- “This New Thing called YouTube”
- “Let’s Take The Big Shot”
- “Fear and Fun Weren’T Compatible Feelings”
- “We Don’T Want to Do This If We Don’T Think We Can Do Wes Craven Justice”
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Bettinelli-Olpin and Villella met first in the mid-2000s, in the back row of an acting class the day Villella had signed the lease on his first apartment in Los Angeles. They became fast friends and creative collaborators. “The typical acting thing wasn’t really for us,” Bettinelli-Olpin says. “So we sort of decided, hey, there’s this new thing cal...
While other collaborators they’ve worked with — including Polonsky and Justin Martinez, who pioneered the group’s use of cheap and effective visual effects — have moved on to other things over the years, Gillett, Bettinelli-Olpin and Villella all say they knew pretty much from that first short that they wanted to build their filmmaking careers toge...
Two years after “V/H/S” became a Sundance sensation, Radio Silence directed their first studio feature: “Devil’s Due,” for 20th Century Fox. The quasi-update of “Rosemary’s Baby” was meant to capitalize on the found footage horror craze but found itself instead on the downswing of a backlash against it. Reviews were not kind, and the film made a de...
Of all the horror franchises from the last 30 years, the “Scream” movies stand deliberately apart, as much about horror cinema as of it, thanks to the alchemy of screenwriter Kevin Williamson’s deftly self-aware screenplays and Craven’s peerless horror filmmaking. But “Scream 4,” which debuted in 2011, was Craven’s last film before he died in 2015,...
Matt Bettinelli-Olpin is one of the three filmmakers behind Radio Silence, the collective that directed the new 'Scream' movie. Learn how they went from YouTube shorts to horror darlings in this Variety interview.
- Adam B. Vary
Mar 6, 2023 · Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, the directors of Scream VI, talk about their "hard left turn" from Scream 2022 and their vision for the new film. They also reveal how they surprised themselves and their fans with the sequel.
- Perri Nemiroff
- 4 min
- Senior Producer
Matt Bettinelli-Olpin is a director, producer and filmmaker known for his horror movies and the Scream franchise. Explore his ratings, reviews, and more on Rotten Tomatoes.
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Mar 16, 2023 · The filmmakers behind Scream 6 reveal the secrets behind the opening sequence, the Ghostface killers, the subway set piece and more. They also discuss the absence of Neve Campbell and the influence of Scream 2.
