Matt Duffer

Writer
Producer
Director

Matt and Ross Duffer, the creators of "Stranger Things," discuss the sentient villains and chilling moments that haunted their childhoods and informed their character creations in the latest season of the Netflix series.

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Matt Duffer of The Duffer Brothers, born in Durham, February 15, 1984, is a writer, producer, and director for film and television. He is most known as the creator and showrunner of the hit Netflix Sci-Fi TV series Stranger Things. Other works include the thriller film Hidden and he has written episodes for the TV series Wayward Pines.

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Nominated for 8 Primetime Emmys
- 6 wins & 27 nominations total

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Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, and Caleb McLaughlin in Stranger Things (2016)

Winona Ryder, Matt Duffer, and Ross Duffer in Stranger Things (2016)

Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, and Priah Ferguson in Stranger Things (2016)

Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, Charlie Heaton, Gaten Matarazzo, and Priah Ferguson in Stranger Things (2016)

Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer in Stranger Things (2016)

Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, Sadie Sink, and Millie Bobby Brown in Stranger Things (2016)

Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, and Dacre Montgomery in Stranger Things (2016)

Winona Ryder, Paul Reiser, David Harbour, Matt Duffer, and Finn Wolfhard in Stranger Things (2016)

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Winona Ryder, Tom Wlaschiha, David Harbour, Brett Gelman, Maya Hawke, Jamie Campbell Bower, Natalia Dyer, Joseph Quinn, Caleb McLaughlin, Sadie Sink, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Noah Schnapp, Gaten Matarazzo, Priah Ferguson, and Eduardo Franco in Stranger Things (2016)

Stranger Things

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TV Series

Writer(creator, as The Duffer Brothers)

Wayward Pines

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TV Series

Writer

We All Fall Down

6.6

Short

Writer

2005

Hidden

6.4

Writer(as The Duffer Brothers)

2015

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Stranger Things
- created by
- written by
- teleplay by (creator, as The Duffer Brothers)
- TV Series
- 2016–2022
Stranger Things 4: Trailer Drop Countdown
- created by (creator)
- Video
- 2022
FilmToons Logic
- based on the characters created by (uncredited)
- TV Series
- 2021
Hidden
- Writer (as The Duffer Brothers)
- 2015
Wayward Pines
- written for television by
- written by
- TV Series
- 2015
Vessel
- written by
- Short
- 2012
Road to Moloch
- screenplay
- Short
- 2009
Abraham's Boys
- screenplay
- Short
- 2009
Eater
- screenplay
- Short
- 2007
We All Fall Down
- Writer
- Short
- 2005