The Filmmaker Four: Matthew Penn
Matthew Penn most recently directed Glenn Close in the Public Theater’s production of Mother of the Maid. Penn is an Emmy nominated director who has directed and/or produced over 200 hour-long dramatic television shows. Penn’s credits include some of TV’s most iconic dramas: Law and Order, The Sopranos, NYPD Blue, and Orange is the New Black. Other credits include The Mist, Queen of the South (Co-Executive producer/director) Blue Bloods, Damages, Royal Pains, Secrets and Lies. Penn began his television career at Law and Order where he earned an Emmy nomination for his direction of the episode “Empire” starring Julia Roberts. Penn became the show’s Executive Producer. He began his career directing in the theater in New York. His theater credits include: The Root produced by Daryl Roth The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Vanya and Sonya and Masha and Spike and Mother of the Maid by Jane Anderson at New York’s Public Theater, Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You, and The Actor’s Nightmare.
His film, The Sweet Taste of Freedom, is part of BIFF 2022.
