Directing
Matthew Puccini
Place of birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Known for
Directing
Credits
15 titles
Matthew Puccini (born 1993) is an American filmmaker, known for his short films that deal with LGBTQ-related subject matters. His short film "Callback" premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. His previous short films, "Dirty" and "Lavender," screened at the the 2020 and 2019 Sundance and SXSW Film Festivals and were acquired by The Criterion Channel and Searchlight Pictures. His short film "The Mess He Made" was nominated for the Iris Prize. Matthew is a 2018 Sundance Ignite Fellow, a member of the 2017 New York Film Festival Artist Academy and a 2018 Creative Culture Fellow at the Jacob Burns Film Center. He was selected as one of Filmmaker Magazine's 2019 25 New Faces of Independent…
Known for
8.0Max arrives home to find that his boyfriend has booked a callback. All hell breaks loose.
Callback
2026
3.9A young gay man grows increasingly entangled in the marriage of an older couple.
Lavender
2019
4.5Marco cuts class to spend the afternoon with his boyfriend, Graham. Things do not go as planned.
Dirty
2020
NRMarquise Vilsón prepares to make his Off-Broadway debut, transitioning from a very private life to a very public spotlight.
Marquise
2018
5.0A man spends 15 minutes waiting for the results of a Rapid HIV Test.
The Mess He Made
2017
NRRural Appalachia explored through the eyes of two young brothers.
Solo
2015
Behind the camera
8.0Max arrives home to find that his boyfriend has booked a callback. All hell breaks loose.
Callback
2026
8.0Max arrives home to find that his boyfriend has booked a callback. All hell breaks loose.
Callback
2026
3.9A young gay man grows increasingly entangled in the marriage of an older couple.
Lavender
2019
3.9A young gay man grows increasingly entangled in the marriage of an older couple.
Lavender
2019
4.5Marco cuts class to spend the afternoon with his boyfriend, Graham. Things do not go as planned.
Dirty
2020
4.5Marco cuts class to spend the afternoon with his boyfriend, Graham. Things do not go as planned.
Dirty
2020
4.5Marco cuts class to spend the afternoon with his boyfriend, Graham. Things do not go as planned.
Dirty
2020
NRMarquise Vilsón prepares to make his Off-Broadway debut, transitioning from a very private life to a very public spotlight.
Marquise
2018
5.0A man spends 15 minutes waiting for the results of a Rapid HIV Test.
The Mess He Made
2017
5.0A man spends 15 minutes waiting for the results of a Rapid HIV Test.
The Mess He Made
2017
NRRural Appalachia explored through the eyes of two young brothers.
Solo
2015
NRRural Appalachia explored through the eyes of two young brothers.
Solo
2015
Diana and her husband Falk have lived off-grid in the Santa Cruz Mountains for decades, content in a quiet life shaped by routine and compromise. When a wildfire destroys their home, they take shelter with their daughter Lou in San Francisco. Displaced and unmoored, they begin the slow, disorienting process of trying to get their life back.
Hearth
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Diana and her husband Falk have lived off-grid in the Santa Cruz Mountains for decades, content in a quiet life shaped by routine and compromise. When a wildfire destroys their home, they take shelter with their daughter Lou in San Francisco. Displaced and unmoored, they begin the slow, disorienting process of trying to get their life back.
Hearth
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NRIn this series of short films, the phrase "Gay Agenda" is reclaimed from the religious right and transformed into a celebration of gay culture. Sit back and enjoy the short films "Dirty" (2020), "Lavender" (2019), "The Summer House" (2019) and "Lights Over Chautauqua" (2019).
The Gay Agenda
2020