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Matt Renner Biography

Birth Name:Matt Renner

Birth Place:Bar Harbor, Maine, United States

Profession Producer, Camera department

Fast Facts

  • Graduated from Colgate University with a degree in history in 2001
  • Vice President of Production for National Geographic Channel since January 2015
  • Best known as the executive producer of "Deadliest Catch" and "Game of Arms․"
  • Became the co-CEO and executive producer at Undertow Films upon its founding in 2010

Awards

  • 2007Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Nonfiction Series: nominated
  • 2008Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Nonfiction Series: nominated
  • 2009Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Nonfiction Series: nominated
  • 2010PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television: nominated
  • 2010Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Nonfiction Series: nominated
  • 2011PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television: winner
  • 2011Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Reality Program: winner
  • 2012PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television: nominated
  • 2017Primetime Emmy-Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking: winner
  • 2018duPont-Columbia Award-Documentary Feature: winner
  • 2020Cinema for Peace Award-Cinema for Peace Award for The Most Valuable Documentary of the Year: winner
  • 2020Primetime Emmy-Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking: winner
  • 2020Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special: nominated
  • 2022Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special: nominated
  • 2024IDA Award-Best Limited Series: nominated
  • 2025News and Documentary Emmy-Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary: nominated
  • 2025Emmy-Outstanding Documentary Series - Serialized: nominated
  • 2025Bronze Telly-Online Series: Documentary: winner