Matt Harris (screenwriter)

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Matt Harris is an American screenwriter and television producer.

Harris is best known for his screenplay The Starling , an American comedy-drama film bought by Netflix [1] directed by Theodore Melfi starring Melissa McCarthy, Chris O'Dowd, Kevin Kline, Timothy Olyphant, Daveed Diggs, Skyler Gisondo, Loretta Devine, Laura Harrier, Rosalind Chao, and Kimberly Quinn.

He was awarded a Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting in 2002 for the screenplay Moon of Popping Trees. [2] The Moon of Popping Trees screenplay was adapted into Dead For a Dollar, [3] an upcoming American Western thriller film directed by Walter Hill.

He has served as the executive producer of various television series including Ridiculousness , [4] Crashletes , [5] and TruTV Top Funniest .

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