---
name: "Kaz Firpo"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kaz-firpo"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "14 August 1990"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-19T12:24:14.939063+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Kaz Firpo

Writer. Born 14 August 1990 in San Francisco, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 14 August 1990, San Francisco, California, USA
- **Also known as:** Matt Firpo, Matt K. Firpo, Matthew K. Firpo
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaz_Firpo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30944662, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3303922/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1774423

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Eternals*](https://film.one/film/eternals.md) (57)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Kaz Firpo is an American screenwriter, director and photographer. Born Matthew Kazuo Firpo on 14 August 1990 in San Francisco, California, he graduated in 2012 from the New York University Tisch School of the Arts. He was previously known professionally as Matt Firpo and changed his public name to Kaz Firpo before the release of *Eternals*.

With his cousin Ryan Firpo he received story credit on the Marvel Cinematic Universe film *Eternals* (2021) and shared screenplay credit with Chloé Zhao and Patrick Burleigh. His debut documentary *Refuge* (2017) premiered at SXSW and won Best Documentary at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. His debut screenplay *Ruin* topped the 2017 Black List. In 2016 he was named to Forbes' 30 Under 30 list.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Eternals* (2021), Fi1m 57, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/eternals.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Eternals* (2021), Screenplay — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/eternals.md)
- *Refuge* (2017), Director
- *Zombie High School* (2008), Director, Writer, Cinematography, Editor
- *The Executioner*, Writer
- *Eruption*, Writer
- *Ruin*, Writer, Executive Producer
- *Shelter: Human Stories from Central America*, Director
- *The Aliens Are Stealing Our Weed*, Producer

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