
Matt Haller
Directing
Biography
Matt Haller is a writer, director, and producer based in New York, NY.
Known For
When Lani, the granddaughter of an elderly man with dementia, brings her boyfriend home for the first time, the two share their love for jazz. Memories and bonds are rekindled across generations, showing how love persists as memory fades.
Pancit
A wife visits her husband in prison to inform him she wants a divorce.
Goodbye, Darren

David, a gay high school senior, embarks on an end-of-summer road trip with his best friend Annie. Along the way, he begins to question what he thought he understood about his identity.
Where's Your Sunset Spot?

A documentary short about Baked by Luigi (Midtown Manhattan) and its eccentric owner Luigi Vassallo; his life journey to that point and what making pizza means to him.
Baked by Luigi

A testimonial from author Wendy Haller about her life with chronic pain caused by psoriatic arthritis.
From This Day Forward

Peggy Robles-Alvarado is a Jerome Hill Foundation Fellow in Literature, a Latinx Playwrights Circle Fellow, and a three-time International Latino Book Award winner who authored Conversations With My Skin, and Homage To The Warrior Women. In this film by New York-based filmmaker Matt Haller, she recounts the grief and pain of losing her father, interwoven with her Puerto Rican heritage.
Burn Me Back

A young transgender man goes into a psychosexual spiral after meeting the object of his desires: an aging punk vocalist.
God Hates a Coward

Faced with the departure of her roommate, the kind but stubborn Julia must adjust to a life of her own. Realizing that moving on means losing more than just objects, Julia embarks on a nostalgic journey of self-discovery.
Closing Act

An essay film based on the poem by Josh Humphrey.
Shunk, PA

Dawn, a neurotic college student, finds a time-traveling watch that allows them to re-do past mistakes.
Dawn of Time

Michael, a reserved young man, faces his past when an old friend who Michael insulted years prior walks into the record store he works at. Michael, feeling guilty for his actions, fears facing the truth and apologizing.