Matt Manfredi

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| occupation = Screenwriter

| years_active = 2001–present

| spouse = Casey Greenfield (divorced)

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Matt Manfredi is an American screenwriter.

Early life and education

Manfredi is from Palos Verdes, California,[http://www.mypdfscripts.com/cut-to-matt-manfredi-screenwriter/ My PDF Scripts: "CUT TO: Matt Manfredi (Screenwriter)"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102123913/http://www.mypdfscripts.com/cut-to-matt-manfredi-screenwriter/ |date=2012-11-02 }} retrieved September 9, 2012 the son of Nancy and George Manfredi.[https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/21/fashion/weddings/21CGRE.html New York Times: "Casey Greenfield, Matt Manfredi"] November 21, 2004 His mother is a human resource manager for the Torrance, California city government and his father was a private lawyer in Los Angeles. He graduated from Brown University and also has a master's degree in screenwriting from the American Film Institute in Los Angeles. While in college he joined an improv comedy group where he met his future writing partner Phil Hay. He is of Italian descent.{{Cite web|last=Myers |first=Scott |authorlink =|title=Interview (Part 1): Matt Manfredi and Phil Hay ("The Invitation") |publisher=Go Into the Story|date= |url=https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/interview-part-1-matt-manfredi-and-phil-hay-the-invitation-b04ba327d39f |accessdate=}}

Filmography

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" ! rowspan="2" style="width:33px;" \|Year ! rowspan="2" \|Title ! colspan="3" \|Credited as ! rowspan="2" class="unsortable" \|Notes
width="65" \|Writer ! width="65" \|Director ! width="65" \|Producer
2001 \|Crazy/Beautiful \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \|
2002 \|Bug \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \|Co-directed
2002 \|The Tuxedo \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \|Co-wrote story
2005 \|Æon Flux \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \|Co-wrote screenplay
2008 \|The Dungeon Masters \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \| {{yes\|Executive}} \|
2010 \|Clash of the Titans \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \|
2013 \|R.I.P.D. \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \|Co-wrote story and screenplay
2014 \|Ride Along \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \|
2015 \|The Invitation \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \|
2016 \|Ride Along 2 \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \|
2018 \|Destroyer \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \|
2021 \|The Mysterious Benedict Society \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{yes\|Executive}} \|Co-created, co-wrote 2 episodes

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2001

|Crazy/Beautiful

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|

2002

|Bug

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|Co-directed

2002

|The Tuxedo

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|Co-wrote story

2005

|Æon Flux

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|Co-wrote screenplay

2008

|The Dungeon Masters

| {{no}}

| {{yes|Executive}}

|

2010

|Clash of the Titans

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|

2013

|R.I.P.D.

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|Co-wrote story and screenplay

2014

|Ride Along

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|

2015

|The Invitation

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|

2016

|Ride Along 2

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|

2018

|Destroyer

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|

2021

|The Mysterious Benedict Society

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes|Executive}}

|Co-created, co-wrote 2 episodes

All of his film screenwriting work has been with writing partner Phil Hay. Their technique for joint screenwriting is to each write separate scenes and then trade them to each other for further rewrites.{{Cite web|last=Bloomenthal|first=Andrew|date=August 3, 2013|title=Matt Manfredi & Phil Hay on R.I.P.D.|url=https://creativescreenwriting.com/matt-manfredi-phil-hay-on-r-i-p-d/}}

Personal life

As a widower in 2004, he married his second wife Casey Greenfield, daughter of news correspondent and author Jeff Greenfield. They divorced less than a year later.[https://web.archive.org/web/20111107151409/http://articles.nydailynews.com/2010-02-18/gossip/27056518_1_cnn-lawyers-jeffrey-toobin New York Daily News: "CNN legal eagle Jeffrey Toobin in baby mama drama - with daughter of CBS News' Jeff Greenfield" BY GEORGE RUSH] February 18, 2010 He has since remarried and has one daughter and one son.