Portrait of Matthew Rankin

Directing

Matthew Rankin

Career

Active from 2005 to 2026, busiest in 2008 with 6 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score67/100
Highest rated
Poster for Universal Language
Universal Language
GoodWatch score79/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • Genie Awards · Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Achievement in Direction

    2025 · Won · 13th Canadian Screen Awards

    Universal Language

    Source: Wikidata

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 4 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Matthew Rankin Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.9, average 5.4
  • Adrenaline
    3.4, average 4.8
  • Scare
    1.3, average 2.6
  • Showbiz
    0.0, average 1.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Absurdist Humor 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Melancholy 2
  • Canadian Cinema 2
  • Existential 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

34
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

13 titles · average score 71
Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney
Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney (2026)
GoodWatch score 74

Screenplay, Director

Blue Heron
Blue Heron (2026)
GoodWatch score 82

as Psychologist

So Long Pluto
So Long Pluto (2026)

as Clyde William Tombaugh

Momo 3000
Momo 3000 (2026)

Thanks

Le Tour De Canada
Le Tour De Canada (2025)

as Narrator

Universal Language
Universal Language (2024)
GoodWatch score 79

as Matthew (Massoud)

Before I Change My Mind
Before I Change My Mind (2024)
GoodWatch score 48

as Daniel

Mademoiselle Kenopsia
Mademoiselle Kenopsia (2023)

as (voice)

Federal Owl Commission
Federal Owl Commission (2023)

Director

This House
This House (2022)

as Dr. Densmore

You Are in Bear Country 5
You Are in Bear Country 5 (2022)

Director, Editor

A Grief Observed
A Grief Observed (2020)

as Matthew

2010s

10 titles · average score 68
The Twentieth Century
The Twentieth Century (2019)
GoodWatch score 68

Editor, Director

Wilcox
Wilcox (2019)

Editor

The Tesla World Light
The Tesla World Light (2017)

Editor, Director

This Is an Official Message
This Is an Official Message (2015)

Director

The Radical Expeditions of Walter Boudreau
The Radical Expeditions of Walter Boudreau (2015)

Writer, Director

Mynarski Death Plummet
Mynarski Death Plummet (2014)

Producer, Writer

Tabula Rasa
Tabula Rasa (2012)

Writer, Director

Kubasa in a Glass: The Fetishised Winnipeg TV Commercial 1976-1992
Kubasa in a Glass: The Fetishised Winnipeg TV Commercial 1976-1992 (2012)

Director

Negativipeg
Negativipeg (2010)

Director

Sinclair
Sinclair (2010)

Camera Operator

2000s

10 titles
Hydro-Lévesque
Hydro-Lévesque (2008)

Writer, Director

I Dream of Driftwood
I Dream of Driftwood (2008)

Director

Self-Portrait
Self-Portrait (2008)

Director, Editor

The Phantom of the Cinematheque
The Phantom of the Cinematheque (2008)

as Narrator

Discount Everything
Discount Everything (2008)

Director, Editor

Barber Gull Rub
Barber Gull Rub (2008)

Director of Photography, Director

Où est Maurice?
Où est Maurice? (2006)

Director

Kubasa in a Glass: The Strange World of the Winnipeg Television Commercial (1975-1993)
Kubasa in a Glass: The Strange World of the Winnipeg Television Commercial (1975-1993) (2006)

Director

The Octopus Factor
The Octopus Factor (2005)

Director

Death by Popcorn: The Tragedy of the Winnipeg Jets
Death by Popcorn: The Tragedy of the Winnipeg Jets (2005)

Director

1990s

1 title
Soft Like Me
Soft Like Me (1996)

Assistant Art Director