Fimmaker Matt Wolf on his New Documentary PEE-WEE AS HIMSELF

Matt Wolf is a filmmaker whose award-winning documentaries have played widely in festivals and have been distributed internationally in theaters and on television. His latest is the two-part film Pee-wee as Himself, about the artist and performer Paul Reubens, and which can be seen on HBO Max. Matt’s features include Wild Combination, Teenage, Recorder and Spaceship Earth. He produced the Emmy-nominated film TheS troll about the history of New York’s Meatpacking District from the perspective of transgender sex workers. The film won numerous awards, including a Special Jury Prize at Sundance and a Peabody. He's made a number of short films about artists and queer history, including Bayard & Me, It’s Me, Hilary, I Remember, The Face of AIDS, and Another Hayride. In addition to filmmaking, Matt is also a writer. His artist book Input compiles hundreds of images from an enormous television archive, and, he publishes on Substack. Matt shares a riveting behind-the-scenes look into the making of his new documentary and the challenges of working with Paul Reubens. Got somethin' to say?! Email us at [email protected] Leave us a message: 845-307-7446 Twitter: @AndyOstroy Produced by Andy Ostroy, Matty Rosenberg, and Jennifer Hammoud @ Radio Free Rhiniecliff Design by Cricket Lengyel