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Matthew Merksamer

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Production Department
  • Additional Crew
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Matthew Merksamer is known for Paper Tiger (2026), The Beast in Me (2025) and The Penguin (2024).
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    • Awards
      • 4 nominations total

    Known for

    Paper Tiger (2026)
    Paper Tiger
    6.7
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 2026
    Claire Danes and Matthew Rhys in The Beast in Me (2025)
    The Beast in Me
    7.4
    TV Mini Series
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director(as Matt Merksamer)
    Colin Farrell in The Penguin (2024)
    The Penguin
    8.6
    TV Mini Series
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    Mark Ruffalo and Tom Pelphrey in Task (2025)
    Task
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director

    Credits

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    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Tatiana Maslany in Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed (2026)
      Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed
      7.4
      TV Series
      • 2nd 2nd assistant director
      • 2026
    • Paper Tiger (2026)
      Paper Tiger
      6.7
      • 2nd 2nd assistant director
      • 2026
    • Claire Danes and Matthew Rhys in The Beast in Me (2025)
      The Beast in Me
      7.4
      TV Mini Series
      • second second assistant director (as Matt Merksamer)
      • 2025
    • Mark Ruffalo and Tom Pelphrey in Task (2025)
      Task
      7.9
      TV Series
      • additional second assistant director
      • 2025
    • Colin Farrell in The Penguin (2024)
      The Penguin
      8.6
      TV Mini Series
      • second second assistant director
      • 2024
    • Harlem (2021)
      Harlem
      7.2
      TV Series
      • second second assistant director
      • 2023
    • Kevin Bacon and Aldis Hodge in City on a Hill (2019)
      City on a Hill
      7.6
      TV Series
      • second second assistant director (as Matt Merksamer)
      • 2022
    • Beauty (2022)
      Beauty
      4.2
      • second second assistant director (as Matt Merksamer)
      • 2022
    • Fire Island (2022)
      Fire Island
      6.7
      • second second assistant director (as Matt Merksamer)
      • 2022
    • Patrick Dempsey in Ways & Means (2021)
      Ways & Means
      6.5
      TV Movie
      • additional second assistant director (as Matt Merksamer)
      • 2021
    • Michael Rainey Jr. in Power Book II: Ghost (2020)
      Power Book II: Ghost
      7.5
      TV Series
      • additional second assistant director (as Matt Merksamer)
      • 2021
    • Amber Stevens West in Run the World (2021)
      Run the World
      6.5
      TV Series
      • additional second assistant director (as Matt Merksamer)
      • 2021
    • Twinking (2018)
      Twinking
      Short
      • assistant director (as Matt Merksamer)
      • 2018

    Production Department

    • Betty (2020)
      Betty
      7.2
      TV Series
      • key production assistant (as Matt Merksamer)
      • 2020
    • Kieran Culkin, Alan Ruck, Brian Cox, Jeremy Strong, and Sarah Snook in Succession (2018)
      Succession
      8.8
      TV Series
      • first team production assistant: Matthew Merksamer
      • first team production assistant (uncredited)
      • 2018–2019
    • Keanu Reeves in John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019)
      John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
      7.4
      • background production assistant
      • 2019
    • Emma Stone and Jonah Hill in Maniac (2018)
      Maniac
      7.6
      TV Mini Series
      • set production assistant (as Matt Merksamer)
      • 2018
    • Robert Redford in The Old Man & the Gun (2018)
      The Old Man & the Gun
      6.7
      • production assistant (as Matt Merksamer)
      • 2018
    • Kelsey Grammer and Kristen Bell in Like Father (2018)
      Like Father
      6.1
      • additional production assistant (as Matt Merksamer)
      • 2018
    • High Maintenance (2016)
      High Maintenance
      8.1
      TV Series
      • production assistant (as Matt Merksamer)
      • 2018
    • Paulina Porizkova, Alexandra Wentworth, Lauren Blumenfeld, Ashley Park, and Don Fanelli in Nightcap (2016)
      Nightcap
      5.5
      TV Series
      • production assistant (as Matt Merksamer)
      • 2016–2017
    • Christina Ricci and David Hoflin in Z: The Beginning of Everything (2015)
      Z: The Beginning of Everything
      7.0
      TV Series
      • production assistant (as Matt Merksamer)
      • 2017
    • Holly Hunter, Ray Romano, Anupam Kher, Zoe Kazan, Adeel Akhtar, Zenobia Shroff, and Kumail Nanjiani in The Big Sick (2017)
      The Big Sick
      7.5
      • set production assistant (as Matt Merksamer)
      • 2017
    • Kevin Spacey, Christopher Walken, Jennifer Garner, Mark Consuelos, Cheryl Hines, Robbie Amell, and Malina Pauli Weissman in Nine Lives (2016)
      Nine Lives
      5.3
      • production assistant (as Matt Merksamer)
      • 2016
    • Eric Bana and Ricky Gervais in Special Correspondents (2016)
      Special Correspondents
      5.9
      • set production assistant: New York - additional crew (as Matt Merksamer)
      • 2016
    • Tyler Labine in Deadbeat (2014)
      Deadbeat
      7.2
      TV Series
      • key production assistant (as Matt Merksamer)
      • 2016
    • Tami Sagher, Keegan-Michael Key, Chris Gethard, Gillian Jacobs, Mike Birbiglia, and Kate Micucci in Don't Think Twice (2016)
      Don't Think Twice
      6.7
      • set production assistant (as Matt Merksamer)
      • 2016
    • The Birth of a Nation (2016)
      The Birth of a Nation
      6.6
      • production assistant (as Matt Merksamer)
      • 2016

    Additional Crew

    • Joaquin Phoenix in Joker (2019)
      Joker
      8.3
      • set staff assistant (as Matt Merksamer)
      • 2019
    • Claire Foy in Unsane (2018)
      Unsane
      6.4
      • set staff assistant
      • 2018
    • Golshifteh Farahani and Adam Driver in Paterson (2016)
      Paterson
      7.3
      • second unit set production assistant (as Matt Merksamer)
      • 2016

    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • Matt Merksamer

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