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Matthew Aldrich is known for Coco (2017), Lightyear (2022) and Cleaner (2007).
- Writer, Producer, Actor
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- Early Career
- Coco with Disney/Pixar
- Creative Contributions to Pixar
- Other Screenplays
Matthew Aldrich’s career as a writer started with crafting stageplays for a traveling children’s theatre company. After graduating from UCLA where he initially pursued acting, his work in film began at the Sundance Institute, a nonprofit organization that promotes independent filmmakers. His time there took him to Mexico, Cuba, and Brazil, laying t...
Aldrich first began working at Pixar on a film centered around the Mexican holiday Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) in 2012, co-writing the screenplay and developing the story that would later become known as Coco. After the film’s November release in 2017, it earned $807 million at box offices worldwide — and the praise of critics: Cocois curr...
Besides his credits on Pixar’s Coco, Matthew Aldrich’s name also appears in the credits for Finding Dorywith special thanks, and his creative involvement with the company over the years has been wide-ranging: Following his work on Coco, Aldrich shared in early 2018that he had also been involved at Pixar for the past year developing an unnamed film ...
His first work to appear in theaters was the Samuel L. Jackson movie Cleaner released in 2008. A few years later his speculative screenplay, crime drama Father Daughter Time, sparked an intense bidding war that caught the attention of Matt Damon. Father Daughter Time is still in development, along with Aldrich’s subsequent script The Ballad of Pabl...
Jun 12, 2019 · Matthew Aldrich, the co-writer of Pixar’s Oscar-winning film Coco, has been crowned as overseer of Netflix’s expansive adaptation of The Chronicles of Narnia.
Jan 16, 2024 · 12+1 questions about making Coco , the inspiration behind Lightyear , his go-to screenwriting advice, and more.
Jun 12, 2019 · Netflix has announced that Matthew Aldrich has come on board to oversee the development and creative live-action adaptation of C.S. Lewis’ beloved The Chronicles of Narnia series; Aldrich will work across both series and film and serve as a creative architect on all projects under the deal.
‘Coco’ writer and co-director Adrian Molina and co-writer Matthew Aldrich detail the crafting of the story and screenplay for Pixar’s Día de los Muertos-themed musical extravaganza directed by Lee Unkrich.
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Jul 18, 2023 · Matthew Aldrich was the Creative Architect of Netflix’s Chronicles of Narnia adaptations until recently. His bio was updated to remove the Netflix mention, and he wrote a blog post about the WGA strike.
