Erik Matti
Director, Producer, Writer, Actor
December 21, 1970 (55 years)
Erik Matti is a Filipino filmmaker. He is known for directing On the Job (2013), Honor Thy Father (2015), Seklusyon (2016), BuyBust (2018), and Kuwaresma (2019). His other directing credits include Ekis (1999), Mano Po 2 (2003), Gagamboy (2004), Tiktik: The Aswang Chronicles (2012) and its sequel Kubot: The Aswang Chronicles 2 (2014), and BuyBust (2018).
His crime thriller film On the Job: The Missing 8, a sequel to the 2013 Cannes Film Festival Directors' Fortnight selection On the Job, premiered at the 78th Venice International Film Festival, where it entered the Main Competition for the Golden Lion and won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor for John Arcilla. The film was later selected as the Philippine entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards. It was also adapted into a miniseries for HBO Asia called On the Job, with the re-edited version of the first film serving as the first two episodes, which was nominated at the 50th International Emmy Awards for Best TV Movie or Miniseries.
Matti co-founded the production company Reality Entertainment with Dondon Monteverde, son of film producer Lily Monteverde.
His crime thriller film On the Job: The Missing 8, a sequel to the 2013 Cannes Film Festival Directors' Fortnight selection On the Job, premiered at the 78th Venice International Film Festival, where it entered the Main Competition for the Golden Lion and won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor for John Arcilla. The film was later selected as the Philippine entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards. It was also adapted into a miniseries for HBO Asia called On the Job, with the re-edited version of the first film serving as the first two episodes, which was nominated at the 50th International Emmy Awards for Best TV Movie or Miniseries.
Matti co-founded the production company Reality Entertainment with Dondon Monteverde, son of film producer Lily Monteverde.
Known For
Filmography
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| 2025 | Rekonek · as Executive Producer |
| 2025 | Prisoner of War · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 2024 | Strange Frequencies: Taiwan Killer Hospital · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Keys to the Heart · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Ultimate Oppa · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Day Zero · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 2021 | Rabid · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | On the Job 2: The Missing 8 · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | On the Job · as Executive Producer |
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| 2019 | The Entity · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
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| 2016 | Seklusyon · as Executive Producer |
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| 2014 | Basement · as Executive Producer |
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| 2013 | Kung Fu Divas · as Executive Producer |
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| 2004 | Pa-siyam · as Executive Producer |
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| 1997 | Magic Kingdom: Ang alamat ng Damortis · as Associate Producer |
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| 2004 | Pa-siyam · as Screenplay |
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| 1999 | Scorpio Nights 2 · as Screenplay |
| 1998 | Gangland · as Screenplay |
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| 2014 | Kubot: The Aswang Chronicles 2 · as Ketchup Man |
| 2008 | Affliction · as Lazarus Ave |
| 2005 | Exodus: Tales from the Enchanted Kingdom · as Manwit (voice) |
| 2005 | Ang anak ni Brocka · as Cast |
| 2004 | Gagamboy · as Ukay-Ukay Customer |
| 2002 | Akala mo... · as Vp For Finance |
| 2001 | Dos ekis · as Bar Dj |
| 1999 | Scorpio Nights 2 · as Harold |
| 1998 | Gangland · as Tv Re-Enactment Actor |
| 1997 | Magic Kingdom: Ang alamat ng Damortis · as Tondo Lechonero |
| 1996 | Magic Temple · as Walking Hut |
| 2025 | Ekis · as Original Story |
| 2025 | Balahibong Pusa · as Original Story |
| 2025 | Call My Manager · as Showrunner |
| 2021 | On the Job 2: The Missing 8 · as Music Supervisor |
| 2021 | On the Job · as Story |
| 2021 | A Girl and a Guy · as Production Executive |
| 2021 | A Girl and a Guy · as Story |
| 2019 | The Entity · as StoryOn Plex |
| 2018 | BuyBust · as Story |
| 2015 | Resureksyon · as Story |
| 2015 | Honor Thy Father · as Story |
| 2014 | ABCs of Death 2 · as Written By |
| 2004 | Gagamboy · as Story |
| 2001 | Dos ekis · as Story |
| 2001 | Sa huling paghihintay · as Story |
| 2001 | Cat Hairs · as Story |
| 1998 | Gangland · as Line Producer |
| 1996 | Magic Temple · as Story |