Matt Moeller Writer, director, editor

Moeller Makes Movies

I'm Matt. I make movies.

Genre-forward shorts with handmade tension, strange images, and a practical sense of momentum.

Matt Moeller on stage

For productions, producers, and collaborators

I bring story, set experience, and production systems into the same room.

I'm a North Hollywood based writer, director, and producer focused on horror, comedy, and character-driven genre work. I come from improv and DIY shorts, but I also understand the technical side of getting a production through writing, shooting, post, and delivery.

10+

Years Experience

Experienced across shorts, episodic work, live comedy, and small crews where decisions have to be clear, fast, and actor-focused.

20+

Screenplays

A deep writing bench spanning horror shorts, psychological thrillers, supernatural noir, comedy features, and grounded dramedy.

20y

Performance Background

Improvisation training and live-show experience sharpen how I work with actors, tone, comedy, timing, and on-set problem solving.

What I Do

  • Write, direct, and produce horror-forward shorts and features
  • Build workflows for independent productions and post teams
  • Work comfortably across directing, first AD, editing, and production support

Selected Work

  • Call 154 — writer, director, producer; festival-selected horror short
  • Inhabitant — psychological horror short now in post-production
  • Sleepwalker, Daughter of Mine, Death Sentence, Soft, Puppeteers — active genre scripts

Looking For

  • Filmmaking jobs, directing opportunities, and producing partners
  • Collaborators, producers, and SFX artists for genre projects
  • Teams that value both the creative vision and the production workflow

Reality Talk Show

Red Hot Tea

I edited this comedy interview and reality-talk series with Aubrie, shaping bright, fast-moving episodes around guest conversations, recurring segments, promo clips, and a deliberately loud Y2K visual language.

10 Main episodes
11 Shorts and promos
3 Recurring segment formats
  • Real Talk & Laughs with Nina Rose Carlin
  • Spilling the Tea with Jerrica Brooks
  • Rebecca Faith Quinn's Wild Confessions
  • Tarot & Astrology with Jenna Ebersberger
  • Elise Golgowski's Wild Stories
Watch Red Hot Tea

Selected & Awarded Projects

Festival recognition across films, scripts, and pilots.

Awards and selections across horror shorts, sci-fi scripts, and comedy pilots, with momentum from both produced work and writing samples.

Horror Short

Call 154

  • Best Horror Short — Central Florida Film Festival 2026
  • Best Actress — A Night of Horror Festival 2026
  • Official Selection — FilmQuest 2025
  • Official Selection — Culver City Film Festival 2025
  • Official Selection — Great Beyond Film Festival 2026
  • Official Selection — FIXION Festival, Chile 2026
  • Festival inquiry — Dead by Dawn, Edinburgh

Horror Short Script

Soft

  • Finalist, Best Short Script — FilmQuest 2025

Sci-Fi Script

Sleepwalker

  • Finalist, Best Short Script — FilmQuest 2024
  • Official Selection — FilmQuest 2024
  • Official Selection — Sherman Oaks Film Festival 2024

Horror / Sci-Fi Short Script

Puppeteers

  • Semifinalist — HollyShorts 2025

Comedy TV Pilot

MagicLand

  • Semifinalist — LA Comedy Film Festival 2024