Matthew Carnahan

Matthew McNair Carnahan (born February 6, 1961) is an American producer, writer, and director.

Career

Valley of the Boom, about the 1990s Silicon Valley technology boom and bust, is a six-part American docudrama television miniseries, created, directed, and executive produced by Carnahan. It premiered on January 13, 2019, on National Geographic.<ref name=2019CNET>Template:Citation</ref><ref name=2019HollywoodReporter>Template:Citation</ref><ref name=2019ArsTechnica>Template:Citation</ref>

Personal life

Carnahan studied at New York University, as well as the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre.

He has a son, Emmett Carnahan (b. 1998) from a previous relationship<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and daughter, Mákena Lei Gordon Carnahan (b. 2004) with actress and longtime partner Helen Hunt. In August 2017, the couple split after 16 years together.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Writer	Director	Producer	Network	Notes
1998	Trinity	Template:Yes (2)	Template:No	Template:Maybe	NBC
2000	The Fugitive	Template:Yes (2)	Template:No	Template:Maybe	CBS
2001	Thieves	Template:Yes (2)	Template:No	Template:Yes	ABC
2002–03	Fastlane	Template:Yes (3)	Template:No	Template:Maybe	Fox
2007–08	Dirt	Template:Yes (5)	Template:Yes (3)	Template:Yes	FX
2012–16	House of Lies	Template:Yes (22)	Template:Yes (6)	Template:Yes	Showtime
2019	Valley of the Boom	Template:Yes (3)	Template:No	Template:Yes	National Geographic

Film

Year	Title	Notes
1996	Mailman	Writer (short film)
1997	Black Circle Boys	Writer
1997	Rudyland	Producer
2014	Ride	Producer

Bibliography

• Serpent Girl (2005) (Template:ISBN)

External links

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