Matt Moeller standing in dramatic red and blue production lighting
Writer · Director · Editor · Producer

I’m Matt MoellerI Make Movies

Genre-forward films, scripts, and post work with handmade tension, strange images, and a practical sense of momentum.

Director's Bio

Matt Moeller has aspired to be a writer, director, and funnyman since living in Orlando, Florida in 2004, which is basically the Cretaceous period at this point.

He’s written a book about improv comedy, hosted a live show where he got romantically dumped on stage 20 times in one night, made a ton of little fun videos for channel101 and YouTube, and now he’s full port into writing and directing horror shorts.

This is probably the first you’ve heard of him and you’re unimpressed, but somewhat tickled at his self-deprecation and meta humor. Wait, he’s standing behind you right now, isn’t he?

Matt Moeller in a dramatic self-portrait

Introduction

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

I'm a North Hollywood based writer, director, editor, 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.

Most of my work circles one question: am I actually connected to reality? It usually comes out as stories about change, grief, and trying to connect with other people.

10+ Years across shorts, episodic work, live comedy, and small crews
20+ Screenplays spanning horror, comedy, sci-fi, and grounded dramedy
20y Performance background shaping actor-focused direction and timing

Writer

Contained horror, body panic, cosmic control, and memory-driven sci-fi.

My scripts tend to start with a clean genre engine, then dig into identity, grief, performance, control, and the cost of wanting to become someone else.

  • 20+ screenplays across shorts, pilots, and features
  • Festival-recognized horror and sci-fi writing samples
  • Practical concepts built for strong images, clear stakes, and producible constraints

Writing samples

Soft screenplay cover

FilmQuest 2025 finalist

Soft

Horror short · Polish · 19 pages

An insecure fitness influencer injects an experimental steroid called The Dream, only to become soft-bodied prey in a satire of vanity, desire, and performance.

 Puppeteers screenplay cover

HollyShorts 2025 semifinalist

Puppeteers

Horror short · Polish · 13 pages

Two women who can see alien entities controlling human bodies fight to expose an invisible invasion before despair and control consume them.

 Sleepwalker screenplay cover

FilmQuest 2024 finalist

Sleepwalker

Sci-fi short · Completed

A woman infiltrates a corporate tower and a memory machine to rescue a hostage before her own identity is erased.

Director

Grief-as-horror, romantic obsession, and a bigger practical production language.

Inhabitant picks up the grief-as-horror thread I started with Call 154. This time it's limerent love and self-abandonment: a heartbroken woman makes a deal with a dark entity to get her boyfriend back, and starts losing herself to it. Underneath is one question: what do we become when we keep choosing other people?

  • Expanded from one actor and one location to 3 leads, 2 supporting roles, background performers, 3 locations, and a company move
  • Shot over 4 days with stunts, special effects, custom costumes, a 10+ person crew, Blackmagic 6K, and anamorphic lenses
  • Completed with Miguel Amodio , editor, and Jina An , Netflix composer — now on the festival circuit

Inhabitant

World premiere at FilmQuest 2026. An intimate horror story with a much bigger production behind it than anything I'd made before.

The Inhabitant crew setting up a shot on a red-lit set
A larger set footprint with a 10+ person crew, practical lighting, and special effects makeup.
A red costumed entity confronts an actor on the floor during The Inhabitant
Custom costumes, stunts, and stylized genre imagery built into the production design.
The Inhabitant cast gathered outdoors during a night shoot
A four-day shoot across three locations with a company move and a larger ensemble.

Producer

Shot lists, notecards, and practical systems that turn ideas into shootable days.

I like the connective tissue: breaking the script into shots, building the day around real constraints, and keeping the creative plan legible enough for collaborators to execute under pressure.

  • Translate scripts into shot lists, coverage plans, and day-by-day priorities
  • Track SFX, stunts, costumes, locations, and post handoff before they become set problems
  • Build flexible systems for small crews where every setup has to earn its place
Production supplies gathered during prep for The Inhabitant

Production planning

Previz + Pitch

Make the movie understandable before asking people to join it.
  • Translate a director-facing pitch into concrete visual references the team can react to.
  • Use previz and look materials to align tone, creature language, lighting, and production scale.
  • Make the vision legible enough that collaborators can say yes with a clear sense of the movie.
Pitch deck previzShot + day breakdowns
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Previz

Inhabitant previz frame 1
The Inhabitant team gathered together during development

Team Build

Turn support into a working creative unit.
  • Build buy-in with cast, crew, and creative collaborators before production pressure hits.
  • Keep the creative conversation practical: what needs to be built, found, scheduled, or solved.
  • Protect the director’s taste while making sure each department understands the same target.

Logistics + Risk Control

Find the production shape before the shoot finds it for you.
  • Scout locations for story value, visual texture, access, movement, and schedule risk.
  • Track practical needs across stunts, SFX, wardrobe, props, company moves, and location constraints.
  • Turn creative asks into a production shape the crew can actually execute.
  • 4 shoot days
  • 3 locations
  • 1 company move
  • 10+ crew
  • SFX stunts + costumes
  • 6K anamorphic capture
Backyard location scout for The InhabitantExterior industrial location scout for The InhabitantCrew preparing a practical rig inside a white studio spaceCrew evaluating a suspended rig during production prep

Shot Cards

Inhabitant shotlist notecard 1

Shot Lists + Shooting Structure

Turn creative intent into decisions the set can follow.
  • Shot cards turned story beats into coverage priorities and day-by-day setup logic.
  • Planning tracked props, SFX, costumes, locations, and post handoff before they became set problems.
  • The goal is a set where the director can focus on performance and image instead of avoidable confusion.
Props / SFX budgetWardrobe planning
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Editor

Post-production that finds the rhythm, joke, tension, and usable story fast.

I edit narrative and unscripted work with a practical sense of structure, pacing, sound, promos, and delivery.

  • Edited 10 main Red Hot Tea episodes
  • Cut 11 shorts and promos for recurring segment formats
  • Comfortable with bright comedy pacing and dark genre atmosphere

Featured editing project

  • Red Hot Tea — comedy interview and reality-talk series
  • Recurring segments, guest conversations, promo clips, and social cuts
  • Fast-moving Y2K visual language with clear episode structure
  • Real Talk & Laughs with Nina Rose Carlin
  • Spilling the Tea with Jerrica Brooks
  • Rebecca Faith Quinn's Wild Confessions
Watch Red Hot Tea

Let’s Work Together

Have a project?

For directing, producing, editing, or a strange new collaboration, let’s talk.

Contact Matt