Erik Matti (born December 21, 1970) is a Filipino filmmaker. He is known for directing ''
On the Job'' (2013), ''
Honor Thy Father'' (2015), ''
Seklusyon'' (2016), ''
BuyBust'' (2018), and ''
On the Job: The Missing 8'' (2021).
Matti co-founded the production company
Reality Entertainment with Dondon Monteverde, son of film producer
Lily Monteverde
Lily Yu Chu-Monteverde (19 August 1938 – 4 August 2024), known as Mother Lily and professionally credited as Lily Yu Monteverde, was a Chinese Filipino film producer and businesswoman.
Monteverde was one of the first Filipina movie produc ...
. Matti and Monteverde also co-founded the streaming service
Upstream.
Early life and education
Matti hails from
Bacolod
Bacolod, officially the City of Bacolod (; ; ; ), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Negros Island Region in the Philippines. With a total of 600,783 inhabitants as of the 2020 census, it is th ...
, the sixth and youngest child of Enrique, an
atheist
Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there no ...
and custom's agent, and Julieta, a government employee. Matti has credited his father, a frequent moviegoer whose preferences span a variety of genres, with sparking his interest in film.
Matti graduated from elementary and high school at
Colegio San Agustin-Bacolod. He studied college at the
University of St. La Salle for six years, during which he changed his major three times and spent his extracurricular activity in the school's theater company; he did not graduate. Matti taught private acting classes before deciding to become a filmmaker.
Career
Erik Matti's career in the film industry began when he was hired to supervise the script continuity for the 1994 superhero film ''
Mars Ravelo's Darna! Ang Pagbabalik''.
His new project, TV series ''The Squatter'', won the development prize at 2024
Series Mania ''Seriesmakers'' section. The show is produced by Ronald Monteverde.
Personal life
Matti is married to screenwriter
Michiko Yamamoto, with whom he has two daughters.
Politically he is an outspoken critic of
Rodrigo Duterte
Rodrigo Roa Duterte (, ; born March 28, 1945) is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 16th president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022. He is the first Philippine president from Mindanao, and is the oldest person to assum ...
, in part due to the Filipino president's proclamation of
martial law
Martial law is the replacement of civilian government by military rule and the suspension of civilian legal processes for military powers. Martial law can continue for a specified amount of time, or indefinitely, and standard civil liberties ...
during the
Marawi crisis. As such, Matti sparked criticism for cursing at Duterte's supporters in social media.
Filmography
Film
Television
Awards
References
External links
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1970 births
Living people
Filipino film directors
Filipino screenwriters
Filipino film producers
People from Bacolod