Matt Duffer

Writer
Producer
Director

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Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things - The First Shadow (2025)

Matt Duffer of The Duffer Brothers, born in Durham, February 15, 1984, is a writer, producer, and director for film and television. He is most known as the creator and showrunner of the hit Netflix Sci-Fi TV series Stranger Things. Other works include the thriller film Hidden and he has written episodes for the TV series Wayward Pines.

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Nominated for 8 Primetime Emmys
- 8 wins & 30 nominations total

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Known for

Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Natalia Dyer, Caleb McLaughlin, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Charlie Heaton, Noah Schnapp, and Gaten Matarazzo in Stranger Things (2016)

Stranger Things

8.6

TV Series

Writer(as The Duffer Brothers, creator)

Hidden

6.3

Writer(as The Duffer Brothers)

2015

We All Fall Down

6.4

Short

Writer

2005

Wayward Pines

7.3

TV Series

Writer

Credits

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Writer

Stranger Things: Tales from '85
5.9
TV Series
- based on the original series created by
- created by (as The Duffer Brothers)
- 2026
Stranger Things
8.6
TV Series
- created by
- written by
- teleplay by (as The Duffer Brothers, as The Duffer Brothers, as The Duffer Brothers)
- 2016–2025
FilmToons Logic
4.3
TV Series
- based on the characters created by (uncredited)
- 2021
Hidden
6.3
- Writer (as The Duffer Brothers)
- 2015
The Grounded
TV Series
- written by
- 2015
Wayward Pines
7.3
TV Series
- written for television by
- written by
- 2015
Vessel
6.2
Short
- written by
- 2012
Road to Moloch
6.2
Short
- screenplay
- 2009
Abraham's Boys
6.0
Short
- screenplay
- 2009
Eater
6.3
Short
- screenplay
- 2007
We All Fall Down
6.4
Short
- Writer
- 2005

Producer

The Boroughs
7.2
TV Series
- executive producer (as The Duffer Brothers)
- 2026
Stranger Things: Tales from '85
5.9
TV Series
- executive producer (as The Duffer Brothers)
- 2026
Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen
6.8
TV Mini Series
- executive producer (as The Duffer Brothers)
- 2026
Stranger Things
8.6
TV Series
- executive producer (as The Duffer Brothers, showrunner)
- 2016–2025
Wayward Pines
7.3
TV Series
- co-executive producer (as The Duffer Brothers)
- 2015
Abraham's Boys
6.0
Short
- producer
- 2009
Saturday Night at Norm's
3.0
Short
- producer
- 2008
The Milkman
5.3
Short
- producer
- 2008