Writing
Matt Brown
Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S.
Matt Brown is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for writing and directing the 2016 biographical drama The Man Who Knew Infinity, starring Dev Patel and Jeremy Irons, which explores the life of the pioneering Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. Brown made his feature directorial debut with the drama Ropewalk (2000). He later directed Freud's Last Session (2023), starring Anthony Hopkins as Sigmund Freud and Matthew Goode as C.S. Lewis. Known for his focus on character-driven narratives and historical figures, Brown continues to work as a filmmaker in independent cinema.
Acting credits
Behind the camera
7.2Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy.
The Man Who Knew Infinity
2016
7.2Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy.
The Man Who Knew Infinity
2016
7.2Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy.
The Man Who Knew Infinity
2016
7.2Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy.
The Man Who Knew Infinity
2016
6.6On the eve of the Second World War, two of the greatest minds of the twentieth century, C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud converge for their own personal battle over the existence of God. The film interweaves the lives of Freud and Lewis, past, present, and through fantasy, bursting from the confines of Freud’s study on a dynamic journey.
Freud's Last Session
2023
6.6On the eve of the Second World War, two of the greatest minds of the twentieth century, C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud converge for their own personal battle over the existence of God. The film interweaves the lives of Freud and Lewis, past, present, and through fantasy, bursting from the confines of Freud’s study on a dynamic journey.
Freud's Last Session
2023
6.6On the eve of the Second World War, two of the greatest minds of the twentieth century, C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud converge for their own personal battle over the existence of God. The film interweaves the lives of Freud and Lewis, past, present, and through fantasy, bursting from the confines of Freud’s study on a dynamic journey.
Freud's Last Session
2023
6.1A 14-year old boy’s life changes forever when his estranged mother introduces him to the music of The Clash in 1979 London.
London Town
2017
NRThe film follows King Louis XVI – the Last King of France – and his pursuit of Comtesse Madeleine de Vascone as La Maîtresse-en-Titre aka the Official Mistress in order to quell suggestions of impotence by country and court… and the humble, lowly cook Rene Rennault who risks treason to become the King’s Taster in an attempt to save his first love, Madeleine.
The Official Mistress
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NRThe film follows King Louis XVI – the Last King of France – and his pursuit of Comtesse Madeleine de Vascone as La Maîtresse-en-Titre aka the Official Mistress in order to quell suggestions of impotence by country and court… and the humble, lowly cook Rene Rennault who risks treason to become the King’s Taster in an attempt to save his first love, Madeleine.
The Official Mistress
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NRThe film follows King Louis XVI – the Last King of France – and his pursuit of Comtesse Madeleine de Vascone as La Maîtresse-en-Titre aka the Official Mistress in order to quell suggestions of impotence by country and court… and the humble, lowly cook Rene Rennault who risks treason to become the King’s Taster in an attempt to save his first love, Madeleine.
The Official Mistress
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