Matt Hamilton graduated from Vancouver Film School for Writing for Film and Television and has his B.F.A in Writing from the University of Victoria. He was a 2019 Leo Award Winner for Best Male performance in The Actress Diaries, a 2018 Best Male Performance nominee at the International Academy of Web Television and a 2015 Leo Award Best Actor nominee, also for The Actress Diaries. He won Best Performance for The Fence at the Sunscreen Film Festival. His screen writing has placed in numerous contests and festivals including Praxis Fellowship, LA International Screenplay contest, StoryPros feature contest, Storyline feature contest, CS Creative Screenwriting Open, Scriptoid Television Top 3 Winner, 13 Horror feature contest, the Leo Awards among many others. He was born and raised in Victoria, BC and resides in Vancouver, BC.