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. Matti and Monteverde also co-founded the streaming service
Upstream
Upstream may refer to:
* Upstream (bioprocess)
* ''Upstream'' (film), a 1927 film by John Ford
* Upstream (networking)
* ''Upstream'' (newspaper), a newspaper covering the oil and gas industry
* Upstream (petroleum industry)
* Upstream (software ...
.
Early life and education
Matti hails from
Bacolod
Bacolod, officially the City of Bacolod (; hil, Dakbanwa/Syudad sang Bacolod; fil, Lungsod ng Bacolod), is a 1st class Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Regions of the Philippines, region of Western ...
. He is the sixth (and youngest) children 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 raised in a family "considered to be gangsters". Of his deceased father, Matti reminisced that he was "an intellectual and never really saw work as something to devote himself into. He was a dreamer and a debater."
Matti graduated from elementary and high school at
Colegio San Agustin-Bacolod. He studied college at the
University of St. La Salle initially as a biology major but eventually shifted his focus to mass communication. Despite his six years in college, he did not graduate.
Personal life
Matti is married to screenwriter
Michiko Yamamoto.
Politically he is an outspoken critic of
Rodrigo Duterte
Rodrigo Roa Duterte (, ; born March 28, 1945), also known as Digong, Rody, and by the initials DU30 and PRRD, is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 16th president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022. He is the chairperson ...
, in part due to the Filipino president's proclamation of
martial law
Martial law is the imposition of direct military control of normal civil functions or suspension of civil law by a government, especially in response to an emergency where civil forces are overwhelmed, or in an occupied territory.
Use
Marti ...
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