---
name: "Matt Kiene"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/matt-kiene"
fi1m_id: "matt-kiene"
imdb_id: "nm0452514"
tmdb_id: 1213078
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T21:42:28.124950+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 Kiene

## Identity

Matt Kiene

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/matt-kiene
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** matt-kiene
- **IMDb ID:** nm0452514
- **TMDB ID:** 1213078
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0452514/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1213078

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 1990–1997
- **Frequently works with:** [Bruce Seth Green](https://film.one/person/bruce-seth-green.md), [David Grossman](https://film.one/person/david-grossman.md), [Joe Reinkemeyer](https://film.one/person/joe-reinkemeyer.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0452514/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1213078

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Buffy the Vampire Slayer*](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md) (80)
- **Hulu:** [*Law & Order*](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md) (72)

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

## Biography

Matt Kiene is a television writer. He worked on *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1997) as a writer and story editor for the first season, co-writing the episodes "The Pack" and "Inca Mummy Girl" with Joe Reinkemeyer.

His other credits include episodes of *L.A. Law* (1986), *Law & Order* (1990), *Space: Above and Beyond* (1995), *Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show* (1997), *Andromeda* (2000) and *Law & Order: UK* (2009). He also served as a consultant and in production roles on *Andromeda* and *Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show*.

Kiene graduated from Georgetown University. A class with a Professor Giles there inspired the surname of the character Rupert Giles in *Buffy the Vampire Slayer*.

*Sources: imdb.com, buffy.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1997), Fi1m 80, Writer, Story Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md)
- *Law & Order* (1990), Fi1m 72, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Andromeda* (2000), series, Writer
- *Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show* (1997), series, Writer
- *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1997), series, Writer, Story Editor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md)
- *Space: Above and Beyond* (1995), series, Writer
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, Writer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *L.A. Law* (1986), series, Writer

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