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== Masa muda ==
Reeves lahir pada 27 April 1966,<ref name="BFI">{{Cite web|title=Matt Reeves|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bb4133030|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217142742/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bb4133030|archive-date=December 17, 2019|access-date=July 15, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> di [[Pusat Rockville, New York|Rockville Center, New York]],<ref name="WSJWSJ3">{{Cite news|last=Wolfe|first=Alexandra|date=July 3, 2014|title=Director Matt Reeves on 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes'|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/director-matt-reeves-on-dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-1404417101|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|access-date=March 18, 2020|quote=Born in Rockville Centre, N.Y....}}</ref> di [[Long Island]]. Ia pindah bersama keluarganya ke [[Los Angeles]] ketika ia berusia lima tahun.
Di sana ia menjadi tertarik dengan film. Sejak usia delapan tahun, Ia mulai membuat film menggunakan kamera bekas.<ref name="WSJ2WSJ3">{{Cite news|last=Wolfe|first=Alexandra|date=July 3, 2014|title=Director Matt Reeves on 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes'|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/director-matt-reeves-on-dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-1404417101|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|access-date=March 18, 2020|quote=Born in Rockville Centre, N.Y....}}</ref> Reeves bertemu dan berteman dengan [[J. J. Abrams|JJ Abrams]], yang juga menjadi sutradara, saat keduanya berusia 13 tahun.<ref name="vanityfair">[[Kathleen Kennedy]] in {{Cite news|last=Handy|first=Bruce|date=May 20, 2015|title=What Star Wars: The Force Awakens Producer Kathleen Kennedy Learned From Working With a Teenage J. J. Abrams|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/05/kathleen-kennedy-star-wars-interview|work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|access-date=October 15, 2019}}</ref> Saluran kabel [[Televisi akses umum|televisi akses publik]] Los Angeles, [[Saluran Z|Z Channel]], menayangkan film pendek buatan mereka.<ref>Neil Daniels {{Google books|TnsuCgAAQBAJ}}</ref> Ketika Reeves dan Abrams berusia 15 atau 16 tahun, [[Steven Spielberg]] mempekerjakan mereka untuk mentransfer beberapa film Super 8 miliknya ke dalam rekaman video.<ref name="vanityfair" />
Reeves kuliah di [[Universitas California Selatan|University of Southern California]], di mana ia menjadi mahasiswa penulisan skenario dibawah penulis [[Jeph Loeb]]. Antara 1991 dan 1992, ia memproduksi film mahasiswa, ''Mr. Petrified Forest'', yang memenangkan penghargaan<ref>{{Cite web|last=Campbell|first=Christopher|date=July 7, 2014|title=Watch 'Mr. Petrified Forrest,' the Debut Film By 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes' Helmer Matt Reeves|url=https://filmschoolrejects.com/watch-mr-petrified-forrest-the-debut-film-by-dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-helmer-matt-reeves-8ae55e349d11#.bqamfeohu|publisher=filmschoolrejects.com|access-date=February 11, 2017}}</ref> dan membantunya mendapatkan agen. Ia juga ikut menulis naskah yang akhirnya dikembangkanmenjadi film ''[[Under Siege 2: Dark Territory]]''. Setelah lulus, dia ikut menulis ''[[Cloverfield]]'', yang kemudian ia sutradarai.
== Kehidupan pribadi ==
Reeves menikah dengan Melinda Wang, seorang mantan animator. Mereka memiliki satu orang putra.<ref name="WSJ3">{{Cite news|last=Wolfe|first=Alexandra|date=July 3, 2014|title=Director Matt Reeves on 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes'|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/director-matt-reeves-on-dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-1404417101|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|access-date=March 18, 2020|quote=Born in Rockville Centre, N.Y....}}</ref>
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