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Matt Johnson was born and raised in Toronto and is the writer-director of The Dirties (2013), Operation Avalanche (2016) and BlackBerry (2023). He is co-creator of the cult comedy series Nirvanna the Band the Show (2017-19), the predecessor to the new film Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, which is being released by Neon on February 13, 2026. His next film is Tony, a biopic about young Anthony Bourdain starring Dominic Sessa and Antonio Banderas.

Matt Johnson

Film

Three Great Things: Matt Johnson

Derek Kiesgen is the guitarist/bassist for Bear vs. Shark as well as the author of the forthcoming The Startling Adventures of the Men in Gold Labcoats, a novel with like seven hundred monsters in it. He is married to an angelic juggernaut of a human and has a grey cat.

Derek Kiesgen

Music

Magic: The Gathering is the True Soul of Rock & Roll

Magic: The Gathering