Matthew Galkin is an Emmyî-nominated, two time IDA Award-winning director and producer. Recently, Galkin directed the smash hit 4-part Amazon Prime series In 2025, Galkin directed and executive produced alongside Liz Garbus, ' for Amazon Prime Video about the 2022 University of Idaho murders, in partnership with Skydance, Story Syndicate, and author James Patterson.
Over the course of his 25-year career, Galkin has made dozens of projects, including numerous films for HBO: ', the only all-access biographical film ever made about famed assisted suicide doctor Jack Kevorkian; the award-winning HBO film I Am an Animal: The Story of Ingrid Newkirk and PETA, about the founder of the infamous animal rights organization. He started his directing career with loudQUIETloud, a film about legendary rock band the Pixies that has since become a cult classic. Other selected work includes Showtime's Emmyî-winning Murder in Big Horn which premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for a 2024 Independent Spirit Award; and ShowtimeâÂÂs much celebrated first-ever true crime series '.
Prior to starting the production company Fairhaven in 2018, Galkin was partners with Super Size Me filmmaker Morgan Spurlock at NY-based company Warrior Poets, where his work included the IDA Award-winning CNN series Inside Man; ', which premiered at the 2017 Toronto Film Festival; and the film ' for Sony Pictures, one of the highest grossing concert films of all time.