Matthew Campagna
Director, writer, cinematographer and producer · Born May 25, 1980 (46) · Missisauga, Ontario, Canada
Best known as the indie darling who helped reinvigorate the Western genre in Canadian cinema when his micro-budget Spaghetti Western starring Colm Feore, Six Reasons Why, took the Toronto International Film Festival by storm. Matt immediately booked a series of Entertainment Tonight exclusives and an international bidding war on his film ignited. When the dust settled, Six Reasons Why was on the market in over a dozen countries with distributors like ThinkFilm, eOne Entertainment and Image releasing it around the globe. His forays into the Science Fiction genre have been met with enthusiasm from industry and audience alike; after the short he helmed in 2012, D.N.E.: Do Not Erase won the Best Science Fiction Award at the massive genre convention DragonCon, the SyFy Network greenlit Matt's Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi feature, Mutant World. Also a pioneer in the newmedia space, Matt has written and directed dozens of viral web-shorts and episodes for many of the internet's most popular online series. He has also created several factual entertainment web-series that have gone on to be sold to and produced for mainstream television broadcasters such as the award winning wine series Grape Notes, for the Food Network.
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Biography from IMDb.
- May 25, 1980 (46)
- Missisauga, Ontario, Canada
- Director, writer, cinematographer and producer
- 8 on MovieCove · 16 credits in all
What are Matthew Campagna's films like?
Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 6
A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 2 · Dark 2
Grounded 3 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 1
Gentle 0 · Charged 5 · Intense 2
Steady 1 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 1
Casual 4 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 1
Resolved 6 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet2
- Ambiguous4
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Matthew Campagna's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Matthew Campagna's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
16 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page.
God of Frogs(2026)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Surfacing(2026)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Paige Darcy: Reluctant Detective (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Six Guns for Hire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Six Days to Die(2023)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Mother of All Shows (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Beast Within(2019)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
Tactical Girls(2016)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Mutant World(2014)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
D.N.E.: Do Not Erase (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Six Reasons Why (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Gold Blooded (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Roots of a Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Christmas Witch Trial of La Befana (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 13 titles, 10 of them dated from 2008 to 2026.
How do Matthew Campagna's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 31st percentile, the median of all 7; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 26th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 8 titles are Divisive.
- Universally Panned1
- Divisive3
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the pacing 41/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 63, detractors 17. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Matthew Campagna work with?
People who share at least 2 of Matthew Campagna's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Johnathan Sharp shares the most, 3.
Actors
- Juan ChioranShared titles: God of Frogs (2026), Mother Father Sister Brother Frank (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Juan Chioran
- Amanda BarkerShared titles: Six Days to Die (2023), Tactical Girls (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Amanda Barker
- Ari MillenShared titles: Six Days to Die (2023), Beast Within (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Ari Millen
- Colm FeoreShared titles: Six Days to Die (2023), Beast Within (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Colm Feore
Composers and cinematographers
- Gaelen CookShared titles: God of Frogs (2026), Mother Father Sister Brother Frank (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Gaelen Cook
- Nck NameShared titles: Surfacing (2026), Six Days to Die (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Nck Name
Producers
- Johnathan SharpShared titles: God of Frogs (2026), Surfacing (2026), Mother Father Sister Brother Frank (2024)See all 3 shared titles with Johnathan Sharp
Mixed roles
- Matt SchichterShared titles: CFNY: The Spirit of Radio (2026), Mother Father Sister Brother Frank (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Matt Schichter
- Marco TimpanoShared titles: Beast Within (2019), Tactical Girls (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Marco Timpano
