Matthew Galkin

Founder & CEO

Matthew Galkin is an Emmy®-nominated, two time IDA Award-winning director and producer. Recent work includes the smash hit 4-part Amazon Prime series ONE NIGHT IN IDAHO: THE COLLEGE MURDERS about the 2022 University of Idaho murders; the recently announced 3-part series for Netflix about the infamous NATALEE HOLLOWAY case; the 3-part HBO true crime series A KILLER STORY, slated for release in September 2026; and the UNTITLED ZIZIANS PROJECT, also for HBO, currently in production.

Over the course of his 25-year career, Galkin has made dozens of projects, including Showtime’s Emmy®-winning MURDER IN BIG HORN which premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for a 2024 Independent Spirit Award; and Showtime’s much celebrated first-ever true crime series MURDER IN THE BAYOU. Galkin has directed numerous projects for HBO, including KEVORKIAN, the only all-access biographical film ever made about famed assisted suicide doctor Jack Kevorkian; and the award-winning HBO film I AM AN ANIMAL: THE STORY OF INGRID NEWKIRK and PETA, about the founder of the infamous animal rights organization. He started his directing career with loudQUIETloud, a film about legendary rock band the PIXIES that has since become a cult classic.

Prior to starting the production company Fairhaven in 2018, Galkin was partners with SUPER SIZE ME filmmaker Morgan Spurlock at NY-based company Warrior Poets, where his work included the IDA Award-winning CNN series INSIDE MAN; SUPER SIZE ME 2: HOLY CHICKEN!, which premiered at the 2017 Toronto Film Festival; and the film ONE DIRECTION: THIS IS US for Sony Pictures, one of the highest grossing concert films of all time.