---
name: "Matt Whitaker"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/matt-whitaker"
fi1m_id: "matt-whitaker"
imdb_id: "nm2852840"
tmdb_id: 2366185
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:15:14.514264+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 Whitaker

## Identity

Matt Whitaker

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/matt-whitaker
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** matt-whitaker
- **IMDb ID:** nm2852840
- **TMDB ID:** 2366185
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2852840/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2366185

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 2015–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Dylan Morgan](https://film.one/person/dylan-morgan.md), [Jeff Richmond](https://film.one/person/jeff-richmond.md), [John Riggi](https://film.one/person/john-riggi.md), [Josh Siegal](https://film.one/person/josh-siegal.md), [Tina Fey](https://film.one/person/tina-fey.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 76 (1), 2020s 64 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2852840/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2366185

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt*](https://film.one/tv/unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt.md) (76), [*The Four Seasons*](https://film.one/tv/the-four-seasons.md) (64)

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

## Biography

Matt Whitaker is a television writer and producer. His credits include writing episodes of *Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt* (2019), *Emily in Paris* (2020, where he also served as executive story editor), *Mr. Mayor* (2021–2022), *Girls5eva* (2021–2022) and *The Four Seasons* (2025–2026).

He has also contributed to various awards specials and late-night programmes, including *The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore* (2015–2016) and *The Late Late Show with James Corden* (2016–2017). Whitaker has production credits on several of the series he has written for.

*Sources: imdb.com, tvmaze.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Four Seasons* (2025), Fi1m 64, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-four-seasons.md)
- *Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt* (2015), Fi1m 76, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *The Four Seasons* (2025), series, Writer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-four-seasons.md)
- *Girls5eva* (2021), series, Producer, Writer
- *Mr. Mayor* (2021), series, Writer, Producer
- *Emily in Paris* (2020), series, Writer, Executive Story Editor
- *The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show* (2019), Writer
- *Late Night* (2019), Thanks
- *Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt* (2015), series, Writer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt.md)

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