From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Matthew Galkin is an American film director and producer, best known for his work in documentaries. Galkin directed the 2010 HBO documentary Kevorkian, about the controversial right-to-die advocate Jack Kevorkian and his ill-fated 2008 run for Congress. Galkin also directed and produced the award-winning HBO documentary I Am an Animal: The Story of Ingrid Newkirk and PETA (2007), and directed and co-produced the 2006 documentary loudQUIETloud: a film about the Pixies. He also served as co-executive producer and director of the Style Network/E! series Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane, a reality show about Kimora Lee Simmons. He produced HBO's series Family Bonds and served as Co-Producer on John Landis's Slasher for IFC. Galkin is currently producing Morgan Spurlock’s film Comic-Con Episode Four: A Fan’s Hope, which is due for release in 2011. Description above from the Wikipedia article Matthew Galkin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Producer and director
- 15 on MovieCove · 21 credits in all
Known for
What are Matthew Galkin's films like?
Across their 14 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 2 · Serious 1 · Dark 1
Grounded 4 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 2 · Charged 2 · Intense 0
Steady 4 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 1
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet2
- Ambiguous8
- Cyclical2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Matthew Galkin's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 15 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
- discovery+
Subscription and free streaming for Matthew Galkin's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
21 credits, 15 with a MovieCove page.
A Killer Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows
Murder in Big Horn(2023)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all shows
Empires of New York(2020)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows
Murder in the Bayou(2019)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
The Trade(2018)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows
Cultureshock(2018)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows
I Hart Food(2017)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Superheroes Decoded(2017)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Sex and Broadcasting(2014)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Kevorkian(2010)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
I Am an Animal: The Story of Ingrid Newkirk and PETA (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows
loudQUIETloud: A Film About the Pixies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Kids Are Punny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Untitled Zizians Documentary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 16 titles, 15 of them dated from 1998 to 2026.
Biggest box office
One Direction: This Is Us (2013)
Highest rated
Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken! (2017)
Most popular right now
One Direction: This Is Us (2013)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Matthew Galkin's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 78th percentile, the median of all 5; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 76th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th5
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 15 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Divisive3
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the atmosphere 61/100 and the pacing 50/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Matthew Galkin work with?
People who share at least 2 of Matthew Galkin's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jeremy Chilnick shares the most, 6.
Directors
- Morgan SpurlockShared titles: Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken! (2017), Superheroes Decoded (2017), Morgan Spurlock Inside Man (2013), One Direction: This Is Us (2013), Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope (2011)See all 5 shared titles with Morgan Spurlock
Writers
- Jeremy ChilnickShared titles: I Hart Food (2017), Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken! (2017), Superheroes Decoded (2017), Morgan Spurlock Inside Man (2013), One Direction: This Is Us (2013), Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope (2011)See all 6 shared titles with Jeremy Chilnick
Actors
- Seth RogenShared titles: Cultureshock (2018), Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Seth Rogen
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- David MehlmanShared titles: One Night in Idaho: The College Murders (2025), Murder in Big Horn (2023), Empires of New York (2020), Murder in the Bayou (2019), Morgan Spurlock Inside Man (2013)See all 5 shared titles with David Mehlman
- Tim K. SmithShared titles: Murder in the Bayou (2019), Cultureshock (2018), Morgan Spurlock Inside Man (2013), Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope (2011), Kevorkian (2010)See all 5 shared titles with Tim K. Smith
- James LavinoShared titles: One Night in Idaho: The College Murders (2025), Murder in the Bayou (2019), Kevorkian (2010)See all 3 shared titles with James Lavino
- Jeff HutchensShared titles: One Night in Idaho: The College Murders (2025), Murder in Big Horn (2023), Murder in the Bayou (2019)See all 3 shared titles with Jeff Hutchens
Producers
- Stacey KleigerShared titles: The Trade (2018), I Hart Food (2017), Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken! (2017), Superheroes Decoded (2017), Morgan Spurlock Inside Man (2013)See all 5 shared titles with Stacey Kleiger
- Joshua LevineShared titles: Murder in Big Horn (2023), Murder in the Bayou (2019), Cultureshock (2018), Superheroes Decoded (2017)See all 4 shared titles with Joshua Levine
- Lisa KalikowShared titles: Murder in Big Horn (2023), Empires of New York (2020), Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken! (2017), Morgan Spurlock Inside Man (2013)See all 4 shared titles with Lisa Kalikow
- Suzanne GiordanoShared titles: Murder in Big Horn (2023), Empires of New York (2020), Murder in the Bayou (2019), Cultureshock (2018)See all 4 shared titles with Suzanne Giordano