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MATTHEW SCHEFFLER.
ABOUT.
MATTHEW SCHEFFLER.
PRODUCTION.
PRODUCER.
THE TRAVELER
director. writer.
producer.
Seven years in the making, The Traveler is a genre-bending Victorian horror & sci-fi short. An ambitious, wholly original proof-of-concept short for a feature film of the same name. It is currently beginning its festival run with a World premiere at the Cleveland International Film Festival.
Awards & Accolades
Winner: 'Best NH Short (Narrative)'
Nominee: 'Best Sci-Fi Short'
THE TRAVELER - TRAILER
LAST WEEK TONIGHT
with john oliver
(Season 1 - 5)
Field Producer
My first job in television, this show got me out of New England and into New York City where I spent the next 11 years. Being a part of a show during its inception and rise was an invaluable experience and this show will always hold a special place in my heart!
Awards & Accolades
5x EMMY Winning Segments
3x EMMY Nominated Segments
2x Peabody Awards
Emmy winning 'f*** 2016'
'Stoplight' - Emmy Nominated
'The Wax & The Furious' - Emmy Winner
'Harding Biopic' - Emmy Nominated
'F*** 2020' - Emmy Winner
FLATBUSH MISDEMEANORs
(Season 1)
10 Episode comedy series shot during the height of covid - We all got sick but it was a great show! Adapted from a web-series of the same name, it follows two friends living in Little Caribbean in Flatbush.
Co-producer
ODB: Return to the 36 chambers
(Amazon Documentary)
Documentary Short on Ol' Dirty Bastard's rise to fame and influence as his family and founding members of Wu-Tang Clan reminisce on the 25 years since his debut album, Return to the 36 Chambers. I got to drive RZA around Brooklyn, and that was awesome!
producer
BEATS BY DRE & NBA:
'My city my music'
PRODUCER
Commercial campaign for Beats by Dre's NBA partnership, we filmed six commercials, each in a different city, over the course of a month. I met my wife on this project and fell in love as we trauma bonded our way across the country! (and the commercials came out well too)
PRODUCTION
MANAGER.
Adapted from a Sundance winning short of the same name, we shot this on location in Hartford, Connecticut. We had no money but we had a great time and made something special. It won Best Director at Sundance 2025 and is currently being shopped for distribution.
Ricky
(Feature Film)
Three part docu-series on the history and cultural impact of black twitter in American pop culture. With a touch of comedy, heart, and Obama-era nostalgia, Black Twitter: A People's History explores the good and the bad in this time capsule on the rise of social media.
black twitter:
A PEOPLE'S HISTORY
(Docu-Series)
(Season 2)
Second season of the Peabody Award winning series on HBO, I got to work with a ton of incredible people that Meghan-Michele and I still work with years later.
random acts of
flyness
This was my first show after leaving Last Week Tonight and it meant a lot to be a part of. As a lover of comedy, it was a fun experience making a scripted sketch series and learning the process of shooting / scheduling one.
ILIZA SHLESINGER
SKETCH SHOW
(Season 1)
ATLANTA & NYC. (BASED).
FILM. TV. commercial. (focused).
LOVE COMEDY & GENRE. (HORROR & SCI-FI).
LET'S COLLABORATE
GET IN TOUCH:
978.979.3283
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