Matthew O'Neill is a renowned documentary filmmaker and journalist, boasting an impressive array of accolades, including an Emmy Award and an Academy Award nomination. His most recent projects include directing Can't Look Away for Bloomberg Originals, Surveilled with Ronan Farrow for HBO, and creating the Emmy-winning HBO documentary news series AXIOS on HBO, alongside Perri Peltz.
Together, Matt and Perri also directed the 2019 HBO documentary Alternate Endings: Six New Ways to Die in America. Throughout his 25-year career, O'Neill has been affiliated with Downtown Community Television Center, Inc., (DCTV) in NYC's Chinatown, where he has worked on numerous non-fiction films and series.
Prior to his more recent projects, O'Neill had created documentaries for various prominent networks, including HBO, ESPN, Disney+, Netflix, and FRONTLINE. His films have tackled a wide range of topics, such as the Egyptian Revolution, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the American criminal justice system, and the School of American Ballet.
O'Neill's work has taken him to over 50 countries, resulting in films like Baghdad ER, In Tahrir Square, and Wartorn. He has received two Academy Award nominations for Redemption and China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province, as well as recognition with two Columbia DuPont Awards, a Peabody Award, an Overseas Press Club Award, six Emmy Awards, and a Director's Guild nomination.