---
name: "Matthew Carlson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/matthew-carlson"
fi1m_id: "matthew-carlson"
imdb_id: "nm0137978"
tmdb_id: 1232626
wikidata_id: "Q130674"
roles: ["Writer","Producer","Director"]
born: "10 February 1951"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T23:02:33.772402+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."
---

# Matthew Carlson

## Identity

Matthew Carlson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/matthew-carlson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** matthew-carlson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0137978
- **TMDB ID:** 1232626
- **Wikidata ID:** Q130674
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Carlson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130674, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0137978/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1232626

Writer and producer. Born 10 February 1951 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer, Director
- **Born:** 10 February 1951, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1988–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 writing, 1 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Alan J. Higgins](https://film.one/person/alan-j-higgins.md), [Arlene Sanford](https://film.one/person/arlene-sanford.md), [Bob Stevens](https://film.one/person/bob-stevens.md), [Bryan Cranston](https://film.one/person/bryan-cranston.md), [Christopher Masterson](https://film.one/person/christopher-masterson.md), [Gary Murphy](https://film.one/person/gary-murphy.md), [Jimmy Simons](https://film.one/person/jimmy-simons.md), [Justin Berfield](https://film.one/person/justin-berfield.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 82 (1), 2020s 71 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Carlson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130674, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0137978/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1232626

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Wonder Years*](https://film.one/tv/the-wonder-years.md) (82), [*Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair*](https://film.one/tv/malcolm-in-the-middle-lifes-still-unfair.md) (71)

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

## Biography

Matthew Carlson is an American television writer and producer. Born on 10 February 1951 in Manhattan, New York City, he studied at California State University, Northridge, where he earned a B.A. and an M.Ed.

He began his career in the late 1980s and is best known for his work on *The Wonder Years* (1988–1993), for which he received Primetime Emmy nominations, and *Malcolm in the Middle* (2000–2006), where he served as writer, producer and director. He created the series *Men Behaving Badly* (1996–2001), *God, the Devil and Bob* (2000) and others, and wrote the screenplay for the 1994 film *Wagons East!*.

Carlson’s later credits include writing and producing on *Alexa & Katie* (2018), *The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers* (2021–2022) and the 2026 revival miniseries *Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair*.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

### Wrote (1) — the average rests on these

- *Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair* (2026), Fi1m 71, Writer, Consulting Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/malcolm-in-the-middle-lifes-still-unfair.md)

### Produced (1)

- *The Wonder Years* (1988), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-wonder-years.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

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

- *Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair* (2026), series, Writer, Consulting Producer — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/malcolm-in-the-middle-lifes-still-unfair.md)
- *The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers* (2021), series, Writer
- *Alexa & Katie* (2018), series, Writer
- *Jennifer Falls* (2014), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Mr. Sunshine* (2011), series, Writer, Executive Producer
- *Sons of Tucson* (2010), series, Writer
- *God, the Devil and Bob* (2000), series, Writer, Creator
- *Malcolm in the Middle* (2000), series, Writer, Director, Co-Executive Producer
- *Townies* (1996), series, Creator
- *The Boys Are Back* (1994), series, Creator
- *Wagons East!* (1994), Screenplay
- *Camp Wilder* (1992), series, Creator
- *The Wonder Years* (1988), series, Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-wonder-years.md)

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