Matthew Rankin

Birthday: 1980-08-05
Birthplace: Winnipeg, Canada
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

Matthew Rankin (born August 5, 1980; Winnipeg) is a Canadian experimental filmmaker. He is most noted for his feature-length debut, The Twentieth Century, which premiered in 2019 and was nominated for eight Canadian Screen Awards, winning three.

He has also received accolades for his 2014 film Mynarski Death Plummet, which was a shortlisted Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards and a shortlisted Jutra Award nominee for Best Short Film at the 17th Jutra Awards, and his 2017 film The Tesla World Light, which won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Animated Short at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards and received an Honourable Mention for the Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Short Film at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.

He has also had occasional small acting roles in other directors' films, most recently the 2022 films This House (Cette maison) and Before I Change My Mind.

Credits

Year Title Character
Au revoir pluton
2024-12-18 Universal Language Matthew (Massoud)
2024-03-01 Before I Change My Mind Daniel
2023-08-05 Mademoiselle Kenopsia (voice)
2022-11-04 This House Dr. Densmore
2020-07-16 A Grief Observed Matthew
2018-09-27 A Fortress
2008-01-01 Sharhé-Halé Shakhsi: M. Rankin