
Matthew Heineman is an Academy Award®-nominated and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker. Heineman recently directed and executive produced
The Trade (2018), a five-part docu-series about the opioid crisis. His film
Cartel Land (2015) was nominated for a Best Documentary Feature Oscar® and won the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary Award from the Directors Guild of America (DGA). He won a second DGA Award for
City of Ghosts (2017). Heineman’s other work includes
Our Time (2009),
Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare (2012), and the HBO series
The Alzheimer’s Project.
A Private War is his narrative feature debut.