Matt Noonan is a multi-awarded New Zealand-born Producer & Founder of Curious Film. Matt's work has been recognised globally through films like Hunt for The Wilderpeople (2016) and Only Cloud Knows (2019), and Curious productions have been featured and awarded at major festivals including Sundance, Cannes and SXSW. Matt got his break as a 17 year old assistant editor on Sir Peter Jackson's first film 'Bad Taste'. Several determined decades later, Matt has a catalogue of award-winning work and a reputation for producing critically successful independent films that have been seen by audiences around the world. Taika Waititi's Hunt For The Wilderpeople premiered at Sundance and broke box office records in NZ. Beijing master filmmaker Feng, Xiaogang's Only Cloud Knows (2019) is the most ambitious Chinese production shot in New Zealand to date. Turbo Kid (2015) was the winner of the Midnighters Audience Award at SXSW 2015 and featured on the Official Selection list for SXSW 2015 and Sundance Film Festival 2015. Fantail (2013) premiered at Rotterdam Film Festival 2014 and received critical acclaim internationally. In 2012, Night Shift, premiered at Cannes Court Métrage and went on to New York and Sundance official selection. The short film Blue won the Grand Prix at Cannes Critics Week 2011 and was nominated for the Cannes Discovery Award, as well as the Best Short Film at Brussels International Independent Film Festival 2011. Stephen Kang's feature debut Desert (2010) premiered at Busan. Matt is unusual in having worked in every department, including Direction, and his inquisitive and resourceful approach to film-making and receptiveness to new ideas have always attracted people who want to stretch themselves creatively. At Curious, Matt has been able to take-on, support and develop some formidable film-making talents. In 2010 Matt established a boutique distribution division of Curious to find distinctive cinema around the world that would benefit from more personal and creative marketing. Curious' theatrical releases include Oscar nominated Winter's Bone, Jiro Dreams of Sushi, and Oscar winner Ida. Recent acquisitions include Cannes 2018 Un Certain Regard winner Border, Sundance hit The Fits, and the Oscar nominated and Berlin Film Festival 2016 Golden Bear winner Fire At Sea. Matt is a member of the Producers Guild of America, The New Zealand Institute of Company Directors, the Screen Producers Association of Australia and Screen Production and Development Association of New Zealand.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Producer, also actor
- 10 on MovieCove · 18 credits in all
What are Matt Noonan's films like?
Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 8
A split, not a type: Light 6 · Serious 1 · Dark 2
A split, not a type: Grounded 4 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 3
Gentle 1 · Charged 6 · Intense 2
A split, not a type: Steady 5 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 2
A split, not a type: Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1
Casual 6 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 4 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 3
Resolved 6 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet5
- Ambiguous2
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 Matt Noonan's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Matt Noonan'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
18 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page.
Run (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Beyond Goodbye(2024)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
Don't Make Me Go(2022)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
The Royal Treatment(2022)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Warm Blood(2022)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Fiona Clark: Unafraid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Only Cloud Knows(2019)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Celeste(2018)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
The Brother (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Turbo Kid(2015)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Blazed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Fantail(2013)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Night Shift (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Blue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
My Weaponry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Bad Taste(1987)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all filmsMystery Ride (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 14 titles, 13 of them dated from 1987 to 2026.
Film career
- 1987Screen debut· Bad Taste
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 Matt Noonan's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 64th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 59th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th6
- 25th to 49th3
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 10 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Cult Classic2
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the acting 65/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 43. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
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.
Is Matt Noonan's work okay for kids?
Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity runs heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Matt Noonan work with?
People who share at least 2 of Matt Noonan's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Luke Haigh shares the most, 3.
Actors
- Elizabeth HawthorneShared titles: Don't Make Me Go (2022), The Royal Treatment (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Elizabeth Hawthorne
Editors
- Luke HaighShared titles: The Royal Treatment (2022), Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016), Turbo Kid (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Luke Haigh
Producers
- Stephen FitzgibbonShared titles: Warm Blood (2022), Celeste (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Stephen Fitzgibbon
- Sarah CookShared titles: Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016), Fantail (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Sarah Cook
