---
name: "Matt Dearborn"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/matt-dearborn"
fi1m_id: "matt-dearborn"
imdb_id: "nm0213127"
tmdb_id: 113925
wikidata_id: "Q6788549"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "8 October 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T12:07:21.835757+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 Dearborn

## Identity

Matt Dearborn

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/matt-dearborn
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** matt-dearborn
- **IMDb ID:** nm0213127
- **TMDB ID:** 113925
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6788549
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Dearborn, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6788549, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0213127/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/113925

Writer. Born 8 October 1958 in Boulder.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 8 October 1958, Boulder
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Dearborn, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6788549, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0213127/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/113925

## Streaming the US now

- **Paramount+:** [*Beverly Hills, 90210*](https://film.one/tv/beverly-hills-90210.md) (74)

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

## Biography

Matt Dearborn is an American television writer, producer and director. Born in Boulder, Colorado, he graduated from California State University, Sacramento in 1982 with a degree in Communication Studies. He began working in film and television production in the early 1980s before moving into writing.

Dearborn has written more than 100 produced television episodes. His credits include *Beverly Hills, 90210* (1990), *Eerie, Indiana* (1991), *Parker Lewis Can't Lose* (1990), *Sliders* (1995) and *The Secret World of Alex Mack* (1994). He created the Disney Channel series *Even Stevens* (2000), for which he received three consecutive Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Children's Series; the series won a BAFTA Children's Award in 2001. With Tom Burkhard he co-created *Zeke and Luther* (2009) for Disney XD. Other credits include *Cow Belles* (2006) and *Breaking In* (2011).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Beverly Hills, 90210* (1990), Fi1m 74, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/beverly-hills-90210.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

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

- *Until the Wheels Come Off* (2022), Director
- *Fast Layne* (2019), series, Executive Producer
- *The New Adventures of Max* (2017), Writer
- *Breaking In* (2011), series, Writer
- *Zeke and Luther* (2009), series, Writer, Producer, Creator
- *Special Delivery* (2008), Writer
- *Beyond the Break* (2006), series, Producer, Writer
- *Just for Kicks* (2006), series, Producer, Writer
- *Cow Belles* (2006), Story, Teleplay
- *Unscripted* (2005), series, as Matt Dearborn
- *Phil of the Future* (2004), series, Director, Producer, Executive Producer
- *Romeo!* (2003), series, Producer, Writer
- *The Even Stevens Movie* (2003), Characters
- *Even Stevens* (2000), series, Director, Writer, Producer, Creator
- *Early Edition* (1996), series, Director
- *Strange Luck* (1995), series, Writer
- *Sliders* (1995), series, Writer
- *The Secret World of Alex Mack* (1994), series, Writer, Director
- *Eerie, Indiana* (1991), series, Writer
- *Beverly Hills, 90210* (1990), series, Writer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/beverly-hills-90210.md)
- *Parker Lewis Can't Lose* (1990), series, Writer
- *TV 101* (1988), series, as Skip · Writer
- *The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1985), series, Writer
- *Wallflower*, Director, Writer

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