Matthew Robinson (born May 26, 1978) is an American author, screenwriter, film director, actor, television writer, film producer, and podcaster. He came to prominence by writing and directing the film The Invention of Lying (2009) in collaboration with the English comedian Ricky Gervais. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alicja Bachleda-Curuś, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Biography from TMDB.
- May 26, 1978 (48)
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Writer and director
- 7 on MovieCove · 10 credits in all
What are Matthew Robinson's films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Society.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 2 · Earnest 3
Light 4 · Serious 2 · Dark 0
Grounded 0 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 3
Gentle 0 · Charged 5 · Intense 1
A split, not a type: Steady 3 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 1
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 0
A split, not a type: Casual 3 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 4 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 0
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet3
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 Robinson's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Paramount+ (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Matthew Robinson'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
10 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
The Last House(2026)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Love and Monsters(2020)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Monster Trucks(2016)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Jerked (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
The Invention of Lying(2009)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
Women Behind Bars(2008)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all showsParadox Inc. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Paradox Inc. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 10 titles, 8 of them dated from 2008 to 2026.
Biggest box office
Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019)
Highest rated
Love and Monsters (2020)
Most popular right now
The Last House (2026)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
Nominated for a Writers Guild Award in 2017, Comedy/Variety (Music, Awards, Tributes) - Specials.
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Matthew Robinson's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 48th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 47th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 7 titles are Mixed.
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the dialogue 50/100 and the plot and story 42/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
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.
Is Matthew Robinson's work okay for kids?
Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, every category sits near the median of all films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Matthew Robinson work with?
People who share at least 2 of Matthew Robinson's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Oly Obst shares the most, 3.
Actors
- Michael PeñaShared titles: Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2025), Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Peña
- Rob LoweShared titles: Monster Trucks (2016), The Invention of Lying (2009)See all 2 shared titles with Rob Lowe
Producers
- Oly ObstShared titles: The Last House (2026), Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2025), The Invention of Lying (2009)See all 3 shared titles with Oly Obst