Matthew Penn
Television producer, TV Director
1959 –
Who is Matthew Penn?
Matthew Penn is an American director and producer of television and theatre. Penn has directed and/or produced over one hundred and fifty prime time TV dramas Some of his credits as a television director include NYPD Blue, Law & Order, New York Undercover, Brooklyn South, The Sopranos, House, Damages, The Closer, and Royal Pains. For example, "[h]e was nominated for an Emmy for directing the 20th episode of Law and Order starring Julia Roberts. Matthew was the Executive Producer of Law and Order from 2003 through 2007."
Prior to working in television, Penn spent many years working in theatre and is currently co-artistic director of the Berkshire Playwrights Lab located in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
His father was film and theatre director Arthur Penn. A theater major, Matt graduated from Wesleyan University in 1980.
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- 1959
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- United States of America
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on July 23, 2013
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