---
name: "Matthew Vaughn"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/matthew-vaughn"
fi1m_id: "matthew-vaughn"
imdb_id: "nm0891216"
tmdb_id: 957
wikidata_id: "Q2593"
roles: ["Writer","Producer","Director"]
born: "7 March 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 13
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-05T14:21:19.145870+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 Vaughn

## Identity

Matthew Vaughn

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/matthew-vaughn
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** matthew-vaughn
- **IMDb ID:** nm0891216
- **TMDB ID:** 957
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2593
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Vaughn, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2593, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0891216/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/957

Writer and producer. Born 7 March 1971 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer, Director
- **Born:** 7 March 1971, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 1998–present
- **Also known as:** Мэттью Вон, 马修·沃恩, マシュー・ヴォーン, ماثيو فون, Matthew de Vere Drummond, 馬修范恩, 매튜 본, Matthew Allard Robert Vaughn, Matthew Allard de Vere Drummond,  Метью Вон, متیو وان
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 13: 1 acting, 5 directing, 2 writing, 5 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Jane Goldman](https://film.one/person/jane-goldman.md), [David Reid](https://film.one/person/david-reid.md), [Mark Strong](https://film.one/person/mark-strong.md), [Guy Ritchie](https://film.one/person/guy-ritchie.md), [Taron Egerton](https://film.one/person/taron-egerton.md), [Aaron Taylor-Johnson](https://film.one/person/aaron-taylor-johnson.md), [Adam Bohling](https://film.one/person/adam-bohling.md), [Bryce Dallas Howard](https://film.one/person/bryce-dallas-howard.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 78 (1), 2000s 60 (3), 2010s 61 (8), 2020s 45 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Vaughn, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2593, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0891216/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/957

## Coming up

- *Day 1s* (2027-07-27), Director
- *Shiver* (2027-08-12), Producer

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Rocketman*](https://film.one/film/rocketman.md) (78), [*Argylle*](https://film.one/film/argylle.md) (45)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Kick-Ass*](https://film.one/film/kick-ass.md) (74)
- **Netflix:** [*Kick-Ass 2*](https://film.one/film/kick-ass-2.md) (46)
- **HBO Max:** [*Kingsman: The Golden Circle*](https://film.one/film/kingsman-the-golden-circle.md) (42)
- **Disney+:** [*Fantastic Four*](https://film.one/film/fantastic-four.md) (38)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Swept Away*](https://film.one/film/swept-away-2002.md) (32)

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

## Fi1m on Matthew Vaughn

> Matthew Vaughn writes and directs genre films with a sharp sense of fun and a weakness for overdoing the joke. We like him most when the characters matter more than the next surprise.

An ordinary teenager decides to become a superhero in *Kick-Ass* (2010), and Matthew Vaughn finds plenty of comedy in how poorly equipped he is. The film is fast, funny and good at making reckless behaviour enjoyable. Vaughn and co-writer Jane Goldman begin by asking why anyone would volunteer for this, then become increasingly occupied with making the violence entertaining. We laughed at the child’s calm handling of brutality, then felt uneasy as the film kept asking us to cheer. Vaughn can sell an action scene so persuasively that the doubts raised by his own screenplay become easy to ignore.

His move from producing Guy Ritchie’s films to directing *Layer Cake* (2004) led to a surprisingly affectionate turn with *Stardust* (2007). Adapting Neil Gaiman’s novel with Goldman, he lets the fantasy be ridiculous without being embarrassed by its romance. Claire Danes gives that romance weight, while Michelle Pfeiffer provides a useful threat. The witches, princes and captain make for an overcrowded journey, but we are happy to spend time with them.

*The Debt* (2010), directed by John Madden from a screenplay by Vaughn, Goldman and Peter Straughan, shows how much his writing can lose when it reaches for familiar thrills. The exchanges between Jessica Chastain and Jesper Christensen in a Berlin flat give the film a tension that needs little embellishment. Yet the screenplay eventually replaces its difficult questions about truth with the mechanics of a routine thriller. The actors remain good; the writing gives them less interesting work.

By *Argylle* (2024), the appetite for surprise has become exhausting. Here Vaughn directs Jason Fuchs’s screenplay about a novelist whose books anticipate real espionage, a premise with enough life to carry the opening stretch. Sam Rockwell and Bryce Dallas Howard are likeable, and a train fight supplies the pleasure we want from Vaughn’s action. But there are too many reveals, and too little else to make the evening worthwhile. Start with *Stardust*; its detours are worth tolerating for the romance.

## Biography

Matthew Vaughn is an English film director, producer and screenwriter. He began his career as a producer on Guy Ritchie's *Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels* (1998) and *Snatch* (2000). He made his directorial debut with *Layer Cake* (2004).

Vaughn is known for directing *Stardust* (2007), *Kick-Ass* (2010), *X-Men: First Class* (2011), *Kingsman: The Secret Service* (2014), *Kingsman: The Golden Circle* (2017), *The King's Man* (2021) and *Argylle* (2024). He co-created the Kingsman comic series and the resulting film franchise. He was educated at Stowe School.

Vaughn is married to model Claudia Schiffer.

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

## On Fi1m (13)

### Performed in (1)

- *Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels* (1998), Fi1m 78, as Yuppy in Car — [page](https://film.one/film/lock-stock-and-two-smoking-barrels.md)

### Directed (5)

- *Argylle* (2024), Fi1m 45, Director, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/argylle.md)
- *Kingsman: The Golden Circle* (2017), Fi1m 42, Director, Writer, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/kingsman-the-golden-circle.md)
- *Kingsman: The Secret Service* (2015), Fi1m 66, Writer, Director, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/kingsman-the-secret-service.md)
- *Kick-Ass* (2010), Fi1m 74, Director, Producer, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/kick-ass.md)
- *Stardust* (2007), Fi1m 75, Producer, Screenplay, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/stardust.md)

### Wrote (2) — the average rests on these

- *X-Men: Days of Future Past* (2014), Fi1m 78, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/x-men-days-of-future-past.md)
- *The Debt* (2010), Fi1m 65, Producer, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-debt-2010.md)

### Produced (5)

- *Rocketman* (2019), Fi1m 78, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/rocketman.md)
- *Fantastic Four* (2015), Fi1m 38, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/fantastic-four.md)
- *Kick-Ass 2* (2013), Fi1m 46, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/kick-ass-2.md)
- *Swept Away* (2002), Fi1m 32, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/swept-away-2002.md)
- *Snatch* (2000), Fi1m 74, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/snatch.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

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

- *Shiver* (2027), Producer
- *Day 1s* (2027), series, Director
- *Argylle* (2024), Director, Producer — Fi1m 45, [page](https://film.one/film/argylle.md)
- *Tetris* (2023), Producer
- *The King's Man* (2021), Director, Producer, Screenplay, Story
- *Silent Night* (2021), Producer
- *Bloodshot* (2020), Executive Producer
- *Lil Rel Howery: Live in Crenshaw* (2019), Producer
- *Rocketman* (2019), Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/rocketman.md)
- *Kingsman: The Golden Circle* (2017), Director, Writer, Producer — Fi1m 42, [page](https://film.one/film/kingsman-the-golden-circle.md)
- *Eddie the Eagle* (2016), Producer
- *Fantastic Four* (2015), Producer — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/fantastic-four.md)
- *Kingsman: The Secret Service* (2015), Director, Producer, Writer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/kingsman-the-secret-service.md)
- *X-Men: Days of Future Past* (2014), Story — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/x-men-days-of-future-past.md)
- *Kick-Ass 2* (2013), Producer — Fi1m 46, [page](https://film.one/film/kick-ass-2.md)
- *X-Men: First Class* (2011), Director, Screenplay
- *The Debt* (2010), Screenplay, Producer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/the-debt-2010.md)
- *Kick-Ass* (2010), Director, Screenplay, Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/kick-ass.md)
- *Harry Brown* (2009), Producer
- *Stardust* (2007), Director, Screenplay, Producer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/stardust.md)
- *Layer Cake* (2004), Director, Producer
- *A Short Film About John Bolton* (2003), Producer
- *Swept Away* (2002), Producer — Fi1m 32, [page](https://film.one/film/swept-away-2002.md)
- *Mean Machine* (2001), Producer
- *Snatch* (2000), Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/snatch.md)
- *Lock, Stock...* (2000), series, Executive Producer
- *Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels* (1998), as Yuppy in Car · Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/lock-stock-and-two-smoking-barrels.md)
- *The Innocent Sleep* (1996), Producer
- *Stuntnuts Does School Fight*, Producer
- *Stuntnuts: The Movie*, Producer
- *Stuntnuts Does Shiver*, Producer
- *Taika Waiti  Flash Gordon Movie*, Producer

## Gallery

- ![Matthew Vaughn](https://film.one/media/person/12112/gallery-566039fe2430.jpg) Matthew Vaughn — Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Matthew_Vaughn_%2848017198166%29_CROPPED.jpg/1280px-Matthew_Vaughn_%2848017198166%29_CROPPED.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Claudia Schiffer and Matthew Vaughn at the European Kick-Ass Premiere in London. Schiffer is pregnant with her third child. (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/12112/gallery-f46058e375f9.jpg) Claudia Schiffer and Matthew Vaughn at the European Kick-Ass Premiere in London. Schiffer is pregnant with her third child. (2010) — Xuka, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/SchifferVaughn.JPG/1280px-SchifferVaughn.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Claudia Schiffer and Matthew Vaughn at the European Kick- Premiere in London. Schiffer is pregnant with her third child. (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/12112/gallery-4995efe4bdc2.jpg) Claudia Schiffer and Matthew Vaughn at the European Kick-*** Premiere in London. Schiffer is pregnant with her third child. (2010) — Xuka, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/SchifferVaughn_cropped.jpg/1280px-SchifferVaughn_cropped.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Matthew Vaughn](https://film.one/media/person/12112/gallery-3766153f2db8.jpg) Matthew Vaughn — Image via TMDB
- ![Matthew Vaughn](https://film.one/media/person/12112/gallery-094b9fa22806.jpg) Matthew Vaughn — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won, 1 nominated

- Knight Bachelor 2025: Knight Bachelor (won)
- European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2010: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *Kick-Ass*
- Hugo Awards 2008: Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form (won), for *Stardust*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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