Matt Earl Beesley

{{Short description|American film director and television director}}

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Matthew Earl Beesley is an American film director and television director living in Bell Canyon, California; he is the son of Dr. Earl Beesley.[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dallasmorningnews/obituary.aspx?n=earl-beesley&pid=139699626 Earl Beesley Obituary - Dallas, TX | Dallas Morning News] Retrieved 2016-12-09.

From 1984 to 1988, he worked as assistant director on a number of notable films including National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989), The Beverly Hillbillies (1993) and Chain Reaction (1996). He made his head directorial debut with the 1998 film Point Blank starring Mickey Rourke.[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1084016-point_blank/ Point Blank], Rotten Tomatoes

Some of his television directing credits include Chicago Fire, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, Prison Break, Lost, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Criminal Minds, The Closer and Hawaii Five-0.[https://tv.yahoo.com/contributor/165233/credits;_ylt=AjocGntEzqQz_HSx5uVX_ZO.o9EF Matt Beesley], Yahoo! TV