Biography

Matthew Syrett is an award-winning producer, screenwriter, and story producer. He is best known for producing the Academy Award-winning documentary Freeheld and being the lead story producer for the Netflix Series Merpeople. As an independent filmmaker, he has created Oscar, Emmy, and Sundance-winning films, which have played on HBO, PBS, Cinemax, Netflix, and TNT. Beyond his work in film and television, Syrett has worked as a Vice President at Grey Advertising, a Senior Product Manager at IMDb (Amazon), a co-founder of the financial services company Marstone, and the VP of Product for Rakuten USA. He holds an MFA in screenwriting from the American Film Institute in Los Angeles ('24).
- IMDb mini biography by: M. Syrett