---
name: "Mat Beck"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mat-beck"
fi1m_id: "mat-beck"
imdb_id: "nm0065230"
tmdb_id: 15022
wikidata_id: "Q118126222"
roles: ["Visual effects supervisor","Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T03:46:15.986173+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."
---

# Mat Beck

## Identity

Mat Beck

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mat-beck
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mat-beck
- **IMDb ID:** nm0065230
- **TMDB ID:** 15022
- **Wikidata ID:** Q118126222
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118126222, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0065230/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15022

Visual effects supervisor and director.

## Details

- **Work:** Visual effects supervisor, Director
- **Active:** 1991–2001
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 1 directing, 1 writing, 3 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [David Nutter](https://film.one/person/david-nutter.md), [Greg Walker](https://film.one/person/greg-walker.md), [James A. Contner](https://film.one/person/james-a-contner.md), [Kenneth Biller](https://film.one/person/kenneth-biller.md), [Michael Katleman](https://film.one/person/michael-katleman.md), [Michael W. Watkins](https://film.one/person/michael-w-watkins.md), [Paul Shapiro](https://film.one/person/paul-shapiro.md), [Terrence O'Hara](https://film.one/person/terrence-ohara.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 70 (3), 2000s 78 (2)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Action 1, Drama 1, War 1, War & Politics 1
- **Screen time:** 3 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $217m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118126222, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0065230/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15022

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The X-Files*](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md) (84), [*Smallville*](https://film.one/tv/smallville.md) (66)

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

## Biography

Mat Beck is a visual effects supervisor, producer, writer and director. He began his career as a camera operator and head of software development at Apogee, Inc., later founding Light Matters and Entity FX. His education includes film, computer science and neurophysiology.

Beck is known for visual effects work on films including *Titanic* (1997), *The Aviator* (2004), *Hitch* (2005) and *Galaxy Quest* (1999), and on television series such as *The X-Files* (where he also served as visual effects producer and wrote the episode 'Wetwired'), *Band of Brothers* (2001) and *Smallville*. He directed the *Smallville* episode 'Prototype' (2007).

He has received two Primetime Emmy Awards for visual effects on *Sports Science* and an Emmy nomination for *Band of Brothers*. Beck is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers.

*Sources: entityfx.com, imdb.com, variety.com, awn.com, pbs.org.*

## On Fi1m (5)

### Directed (1)

- *Smallville* (2001), Fi1m 66, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/smallville.md)

### Wrote (1)

- *The X-Files* (1993), Fi1m 84, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)

### Crew (3) — the average rests on these

- *Band of Brothers* (2001), Fi1m 89, Visual Effects Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/tv/band-of-brothers.md)
- *Robin Hood: Men in Tights* (1993), Fi1m 55, Visual Effects Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/robin-hood-men-in-tights.md)
- *Hot Shots!* (1991), Fi1m 70, Visual Effects Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/hot-shots.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

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

- *The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Handsome: A Netflix Mystery Movie* (2017), Visual Effects Producer
- *The Final Destination* (2009), Visual Effects Supervisor
- *The X-Files: I Want to Believe* (2008), Visual Effects Supervisor, Second Unit Director
- *The Air I Breathe* (2007), Visual Effects Supervisor
- *Miami Vice* (2006), Visual Effects Supervisor — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/miami-vice-2006.md)
- *Scary Movie 4* (2006), Visual Effects Supervisor
- *Herbie Fully Loaded* (2005), Visual Effects Supervisor
- *Hitch* (2005), Visual Effects Supervisor
- *The Aviator* (2004), Visual Effects Supervisor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-aviator.md)
- *Cold Creek Manor* (2003), Visual Effects Supervisor
- *Tuck Everlasting* (2002), Visual Effects Supervisor
- *Smallville* (2001), series, Director — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/smallville.md)
- *The Glass House* (2001), Visual Effects Supervisor
- *Band of Brothers* (2001), series, Visual Effects Supervisor — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/tv/band-of-brothers.md)
- *American Outlaws* (2001), Visual Effects Supervisor
- *The Family Man* (2000), Visual Effects Supervisor
- *Galaxy Quest* (1999), Visual Effects Supervisor
- *Cruel Intentions* (1999), Visual Effects Supervisor
- *The X-Files* (1998), Visual Effects Supervisor — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/the-x-files-1998.md)
- *Titanic* (1997), Visual Effects Supervisor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/titanic.md)
- *Volcano* (1997), Visual Effects Supervisor
- *Black Sheep* (1996), Visual Effects Supervisor
- *Strange Days* (1995), Visual Effects Supervisor
- *The X-Files* (1993), series, Writer, Visual Effects Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)
- *Robin Hood: Men in Tights* (1993), Visual Effects Supervisor — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/robin-hood-men-in-tights.md)
- *Hero* (1992), Visual Effects Supervisor
- *Hot Shots!* (1991), Visual Effects Supervisor — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/hot-shots.md)
- *Defending Your Life* (1991), Visual Effects Supervisor
- *The Exorcist III* (1990), Visual Effects Supervisor
- *Poltergeist II: The Other Side* (1986), Visual Effects Camera
- *Lifeforce* (1985), Visual Effects — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/lifeforce.md)

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