---
name: "Matt Alvarez"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/matt-alvarez"
fi1m_id: "matt-alvarez"
imdb_id: "nm0023297"
tmdb_id: 65135
wikidata_id: "Q72975140"
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:55:23.544529+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."
---

# Matt Alvarez

## Identity

Matt Alvarez

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/matt-alvarez
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** matt-alvarez
- **IMDb ID:** nm0023297
- **TMDB ID:** 65135
- **Wikidata ID:** Q72975140
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q72975140, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0023297/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/65135

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q72975140, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0023297/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/65135

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Straight Outta Compton*](https://film.one/film/straight-outta-compton.md) (76)

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

## Biography

Matt Alvarez is a film producer. He began his career at New Line Cinema and Fine Line Features, where he worked on films including *Rumble in the Bronx* (1995) and *Deconstructing Harry* (1997). He later co-founded the production company Cube Vision with Ice Cube.

Alvarez has produced or executive produced a number of comedies and franchises, including the *Friday* series, the *Barbershop* films, *Are We There Yet?* (2005), *Are We Done Yet?* (2007), the *Ride Along* films and *Straight Outta Compton* (2015). He has also served as executive producer on *Eli* (2019). In 2015 he joined Broad Green Pictures as an in-house producer; the following year he was named the company’s president of production.

*Sources: hollywoodreporter.com, variety.com, deadline.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Straight Outta Compton* (2015), Fi1m 76, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/straight-outta-compton.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

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

- *Built in Birmingham: Brady & the Blues* (2025), series, Executive Producer
- *Eli* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Step Sisters* (2018), Producer
- *Ride Along 2* (2016), Producer
- *Straight Outta Compton* (2015), Producer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/straight-outta-compton.md)
- *Beyond the Lights* (2014), Executive Producer
- *The Rebels* (2014), series, Executive Producer
- *Ride Along* (2014), Producer
- *Lottery Ticket* (2010), Producer
- *Janky Promoters* (2009), Producer
- *The Longshots* (2008), Producer
- *First Sunday* (2008), Producer
- *Are We Done Yet?* (2007), Producer
- *Beauty Shop* (2005), Executive Producer
- *Are We There Yet?* (2005), Producer
- *Barbershop 2: Back in Business* (2004), Executive Producer
- *Friday After Next* (2002), Producer
- *Barbershop* (2002), Executive Producer
- *All About the Benjamins* (2002), Producer
- *Next Friday* (2000), Co-Producer

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