- Born
- Birth nameMatthew David Roe
- Height6′ (1.83 m)
- A Massachusetts-based award-winning producer, editor, essayist, and author. Roe has produced over two dozen productions for video, television and the internet, and has created work for clients in the private, corporate, non-profit, and government sectors.
He has contributed to Film Inquiry, Screen Anarchy, IonCinema, Under the Radar, Film Threat, Anime News Network, and Cineaste Magazine.
- IMDb mini biography by: Matthew Roe Website
- Gender / Gender identityMale
- Always casts own movies
- All films, no matter the genre, expose the darker and more sinister nature of people.
- Heavy dialogue-driven screenplays with the majority of any action sequences occuring during the climax of the film.
- Founded the production company, Heaven's Fire Films.
- Has been quoted in saying his heaviest influences are Stanley Kubrick, Sidney Lumet, Larry Clark, Darren Aronofsky and Mike Nichols.
- Several of his films are social commentaries on various subjects. Almost all of the screenplays he has written are adaptations of either personal experiences, or observations in this culture.
- Is a friend and admirer of avant-garde Cuban filmmaker Miguel Coyula.
- Is an outspoken advocate for marijuana legalization for medicinal and recreational use.
- Life is like a long series of doors, some are open, others you have to open yourself.
- The greatest mistake mankind ever let happen, is letting Church become the State.
- A film is like sharing an eye. The filmmakers' eye for their craft becomes the eye of the audience, enjoying the same sights.
- People are afraid about exposing their true selves to the world. Don't worry about how the world will react. Just do it and watch the world react.
- [When asked about his religious beliefs] To quote one of my favorite influences, George Carlin said, "I was a Catholic, until I reached the age of reason." Few things are more true about me than that.
- Suburban Children (2010) - $500
- Stallions and Mules (2009) - $350
- Macabre (2009) - $100
- Remedy (2007) - $50
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