Matthew Ehlers is an American film director, producer, and
screenwriter.Matthew Ehlers began his professional film making career
shortly after graduating USC Cinema with his anti-smoking commercial
for the American Cancer Society, "Cancel Your Reservations Now", which
was seen in over 52 television markets throughout the US. He also
directed Philip Seymour Hoffman in a public service announcement for
The Shipping Dock Theatre.In 1999 he released The Alibi, a
twelve-minute comedy short. The film was seen in 15 festivals
worldwide and was seen on HBO. His next short, Lunch, was an official
selection of the 2002 Sundance Film Festival as well as SXSW. It has
been shown on HBO, IFC as well as The Sundance Channel. His next
short, Autobank, was also accepted into Sundance as well as 30 other
festivals and was broadcast on Comedy Central. His follow-up short,
"Who’s Your Daddy?", became Ehlers's third straight film to be
accepted at the Sundance Film Festival and was also seen on Comedy
Central.Following Sundance, Ehlers was commissioned by Made Up North
Productions in Manchester, UK to write the screenplay for their
feature project, Jump. He is also developing other feature film
projects with Made Up North Productions’ Michael Knowles. His first
feature film, Smoking Laws, premiered at the High Falls Film Festival
and is being distributed by PUSH Worldwide. In 2002 Matthew was one of
five final contestants in the Chrysler Hypnotic Million Dollar Film
Festival. The contest involved creating short content at both the
Cannes Film Festival & Universal Studios. Matthew directed the Comedy
Central webseries Cappers, which was co-written with Nick Kroll & John
Mulaney. An episode of which aired on Comedy Central's show, AtomTV.
screenwriter.Matthew Ehlers began his professional film making career
shortly after graduating USC Cinema with his anti-smoking commercial
for the American Cancer Society, "Cancel Your Reservations Now", which
was seen in over 52 television markets throughout the US. He also
directed Philip Seymour Hoffman in a public service announcement for
The Shipping Dock Theatre.In 1999 he released The Alibi, a
twelve-minute comedy short. The film was seen in 15 festivals
worldwide and was seen on HBO. His next short, Lunch, was an official
selection of the 2002 Sundance Film Festival as well as SXSW. It has
been shown on HBO, IFC as well as The Sundance Channel. His next
short, Autobank, was also accepted into Sundance as well as 30 other
festivals and was broadcast on Comedy Central. His follow-up short,
"Who’s Your Daddy?", became Ehlers's third straight film to be
accepted at the Sundance Film Festival and was also seen on Comedy
Central.Following Sundance, Ehlers was commissioned by Made Up North
Productions in Manchester, UK to write the screenplay for their
feature project, Jump. He is also developing other feature film
projects with Made Up North Productions’ Michael Knowles. His first
feature film, Smoking Laws, premiered at the High Falls Film Festival
and is being distributed by PUSH Worldwide. In 2002 Matthew was one of
five final contestants in the Chrysler Hypnotic Million Dollar Film
Festival. The contest involved creating short content at both the
Cannes Film Festival & Universal Studios. Matthew directed the Comedy
Central webseries Cappers, which was co-written with Nick Kroll & John
Mulaney. An episode of which aired on Comedy Central's show, AtomTV.
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