Matt Reeves Career Overview
Matt Reeves is an American filmmaker known for directing, writing, and producing across film and television. His work spans blockbuster franchises, genre films, and prestige series, with projects tied to major studios and streamers. He is best known for directing and producing the recently announced second season of The Last of Us and for directing multiple films in the Batman franchise. His productions often blend high-concept storytelling with strong visual design, and his projects regularly appear in industry tracking and box office reports.
Reeves began his career in the late 1990s and early 2000s, moving from independent features to studio projects. He gained wider attention with the monster film Cloverfield and later with the Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and War for the Planet of the Apes films. His television work includes the HBO series Let the Right One In and the adaptation of The Last of Us for PlayStation Productions and Sony Pictures Television, with the series frequently cited in streaming viewership data.
Matt Reeves Movies
Major Film Projects and Box Office Data
Reeves directed Cloverfield (2008), which grossed over $170 million worldwide on a reported $10 million budget, according to public box office trackers. He co-wrote and produced Cloverfield, and later directed and co-wrote the screenplay for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014), which earned over $710 million globally. War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) followed as the third installment in that franchise, with reported worldwide totals above $490 million.
Reeves directed The Batman (2022), starring Robert Pattinson, which grossed over $770 million worldwide and became one of the highest-grossing films in the Batman franchise. The film was produced by Warner Bros. Pictures and DC Studios, with Reeves serving as director, writer, and producer. The project was developed over several years, with Reeves attached as director and writer in the early 2010s before the film entered production in the late 2010s.
Matt Reeves TV Shows
Television Work and Streaming Projects
Reeves co-created and executive produced the HBO supernatural drama Let the Right One In (2022), based on the Swedish film and novel. The series ran for one season and was produced by Matt Reeves and his production company 6th & Idaho in partnership with HBO. In television, Reeves is currently serving as executive producer and director on the second season of The Last of Us, a PlayStation Productions and Sony Pictures Television series for HBO Max.
The Last of Us series adaptation, which premiered in January 2023, became one of the most-watched HBO Max series, with viewership data frequently reported by the network and industry analysts. Reeves is credited as an executive producer and directed multiple episodes of the first season. Future seasons and related projects are being developed under the same production structure, with Reeves continuing in a lead creative role.