---
name: "Matthew Fogel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/matthew-fogel"
fi1m_id: "matthew-fogel"
imdb_id: "nm3821363"
tmdb_id: 1777724
wikidata_id: "Q117466114"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "22 April 1992"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 56
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-05T16:10:26.269737+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 Fogel

## Identity

Matthew Fogel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/matthew-fogel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** matthew-fogel
- **IMDb ID:** nm3821363
- **TMDB ID:** 1777724
- **Wikidata ID:** Q117466114
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117466114, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3821363/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1777724

Writer. Born 22 April 1992 in USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 22 April 1992, USA
- **Active:** 2019–present
- **Also known as:** Matt Fogel
- **Frequently works with:** [Chris Meledandri](https://film.one/person/chris-meledandri.md), [Aaron Horvath](https://film.one/person/aaron-horvath.md), [Anya Taylor-Joy](https://film.one/person/anya-taylor-joy.md), [Charlie Day](https://film.one/person/charlie-day.md), [Chris Pratt](https://film.one/person/chris-pratt.md), [Jack Black](https://film.one/person/jack-black.md), [Keegan-Michael Key](https://film.one/person/keegan-michael-key.md), [Michael Jelenic](https://film.one/person/michael-jelenic.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 56, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 63 (1), 2020s 53 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 56 to 50 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Animation 4, Comedy 4, Family 4, Adventure 3, Fantasy 2, Action 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $3,513m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117466114, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3821363/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1777724

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*The Super Mario Bros. Movie*](https://film.one/film/the-super-mario-bros-movie.md) (56), [*The Super Mario Galaxy Movie*](https://film.one/film/the-super-mario-galaxy-movie.md) (38)
- **Netflix:** [*Minions: The Rise of Gru*](https://film.one/film/minions-the-rise-of-gru.md) (66)

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

## Biography

Matthew Fogel is an American screenwriter, also credited as Matt Fogel. He earned a bachelor's degree in English from Yale University and later a Master of Fine Arts from Columbia University.

Fogel wrote the screenplay for the animated films *The Super Mario Bros. Movie* (2023) and *The Super Mario Galaxy Movie* (2026). His other credits include the story for *The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part* (2019) and the screenplay and story for *Minions: The Rise of Gru* (2022). Earlier work includes the screenplay and story for *Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son* (2011). He has also composed music and produced projects such as the short film *The Wire: The Musical* (2012).

*Sources: imdb.com, scriptmag.com, ctinsider.com, de.wikipedia.org, alumni.yale.edu.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *The Super Mario Galaxy Movie* (2026), Fi1m 38, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-super-mario-galaxy-movie.md)
- *The Super Mario Bros. Movie* (2023), Fi1m 56, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-super-mario-bros-movie.md)
- *Minions: The Rise of Gru* (2022), Fi1m 66, Story, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/minions-the-rise-of-gru.md)
- *The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part* (2019), Fi1m 63, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lego-movie-2-the-second-part.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *The Super Mario Galaxy Movie* (2026), Screenplay — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/the-super-mario-galaxy-movie.md)
- *The Super Mario Bros. Movie* (2023), Writer — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/the-super-mario-bros-movie.md)
- *Minions: The Rise of Gru* (2022), Story, Screenplay — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/minions-the-rise-of-gru.md)
- *The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part* (2019), Story — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lego-movie-2-the-second-part.md)
- *Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son* (2011), Screenplay, Story
- *Bob the Musical*, Screenplay
- *Silent Retreat*, Writer

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