Matt Ruskin, 1980
Writers · March 1, 1980
Matt Ruskin
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Matt Ruskin is 46 years old, born March 1, 1980 in United States · Pisces.
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About
Matt Ruskin directed Boston Strangler and Crown Heights, two critically acclaimed films rooted in true crime and wrongful conviction. Born in 1980, the American screenwriter and director has built a career exploring investigative journalism and justice system failures through narrative film. Ruskin studied at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts under documentary filmmaker George Stoney. As a Pisces [birth fact], he gravitates toward emotionally complex, socially conscious storytelling.
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Biography
Matt Ruskin directed and wrote Boston Strangler (2023), a Ridley Scott–produced film starring Keira Knightley and Carrie Coon as 1960s reporters Loretta McLaughlin and Jean Cole, who broke the story of the Boston Strangler. The film centers McLaughlin's role as the first journalist to connect the murders.
Ruskin wrote and directed Crown Heights (2017), which won the Audience Award at Sundance and received theatrical release through Amazon and IFC. Adapted from This American Life, the film documents Colin Warner's wrongful murder conviction in Brooklyn and his childhood friend Carl King's decades-long fight to prove his innocence.
Earlier credits include co-producing The Infiltrator (2016), starring Bryan Cranston, based on U.S. Customs agent Robert Mazur's memoir. Booster (2012) premiered at SXSW and won a Special Jury Prize. Ruskin directed The Hip Hop Project (2007), a documentary executive produced by Bruce Willis and Queen Latifah that aired nationally on the Sundance Channel.
As a screenwriter, director, and producer, Ruskin trained at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, graduating as a University Honors Scholar. While there, he worked on Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream and studied under documentary filmmaker George Stoney. Born March 1, 1980, Ruskin—a Life Path 22 [birth fact]—channels the numerological blueprint of the "Master Builder" into socially engaged filmmaking that interrogates systemic injustice.
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Before Fame
Ruskin studied film production at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, graduating as a University Honors Scholar. While enrolled, he worked on Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream and trained under documentary filmmaker George Stoney. He also produced and directed The Glen of the Downs, a film about Ireland's first international environmental protest.
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Trivia
- Ruskin's documentary The Hip Hop Project (2007) was executive produced by Bruce Willis and Queen Latifah.
- Boston Strangler was produced by Ridley Scott for 20th Century Studios.
- Crown Heights, adapted from This American Life, won the Audience Award at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.
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Numerology
LIFE-PATH NUMBER
Master Number — The Master Builder
22 is 4 amplified. Builders of large, structural things — institutions, festivals, multi-decade catalogs.
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Birthday compatibility
By Chinese zodiac — san-he trine for best matches, opposing pair for the most friction-prone.
HIGHLY COMPATIBLE
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CHALLENGING
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- Matt Ruskin is a Pisces, born March 1, 1980.
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