Matt Zettell - Director, Producer. Matt has spent over 20 years in the entertainment industry. He began his career in the theatre, directing across the country and building two pre-professional actor training programs. His focus then shifted towards television and feature film. He has worked as a director, and producer on over 35 feature films, 100's of infomercials and corporate videos and 22 television series. He has worked on big budget features, independent films, documentaries and commercials. Over the last 10 years, Matt & Top Knot Films has been producing the Disney International Promo Shoot. This massive shoot involves over 30 Disney Channel & XD Channel Talent, 27 International Territories, 3 Stages, a crew of over 160 and over 350 pages of promotional material. Matt combines a strong artistic vision with a unique understanding of the practical and financial demands of production. His extensive knowledge of actor training combined with his wide range of film and television experience gives him a exciting directorial/producer approach. Matt Zettell & Skye Borgman are co-owners of Top Knot films, an award winning production company creating extraordinary film, television, documentary and new media content. Committed to delivering captivating projects with such emotional impact that they challenge, amaze and inspire us.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Director and producer
- 5 on MovieCove · 8 credits in all
What are Matt Zettell's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 0 · Serious 2 · Dark 2
A split, not a type: Grounded 3 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 1 · Intense 2
Steady 1 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 3 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 1
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
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 Zettell's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Matt Zettell'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
8 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page.
Axe to Grind(2015)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
The Donner Party(2009)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Resurrection County(2008)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
The Cellar Door(2007)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
LArceny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Adam & Evil(2004)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Russians in the City of Angels (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
The Playaz Court (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Career shape
A full career of 7 titles from 2000 to 2015.
Biggest box office
Adam & Evil (2004)
Highest rated
Resurrection County (2008)
Most popular right now
Adam & Evil (2004)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.
How do Matt Zettell's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 7th percentile, the median of all 5; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 8th percentile for acclaim.
- Below 25th5
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 5 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Panned1
- Cult Classic1
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the atmosphere 50/100 and the pacing 36/100 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 Matt Zettell work with?
People who share at least 2 of Matt Zettell's MovieCove titles; Michelle Tomlinson shares the most, 2.
- Michelle TomlinsonShared titles: Axe to Grind (2015), The Cellar Door (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Michelle Tomlinson
- Skye BorgmanShared titles: Axe to Grind (2015), The Cellar Door (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Skye Borgman
