Matt Ritchey holds a BFA in Acting from NYU’S Tisch School of the Arts, a Certificate in Shakespeare from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and is a graduate and former Associate Producer at Director’s Lab West.

His original play Blackboxing (writer/performer) won six awards at the 2019 Hollywood Fringe Festival - the "Best Cabaret/Variety" Fringe Award, as well as "Standout Song Award" from For Love of Parody Productions, "Trope Buster" Awards from They Played Productions, the "Larry Cornwall Award for Musical Excellence" from Indie Voices, the "Encore Producer's Award," and a Platinum Medal and "Essence of the Fringe" award from The TVolution. 

Recent directing credits include the sold-out hit Romeo and Juliet In Hell (writer/director) at Force of Nature Productions,  which was nominated for four awards (including "Best Director") at the 2019 LA Valley Theater Awards;  Angel’s Flight (writer/director) which won “Best Cabaret/Variety” at the 2016 Hollywood Fringe Festival and a“Best Director” nomination by Rogue Shakespeare Company, ,American Conspiracy (Winner of the “Encore Producer’s Award” at Hollywood Fringe Festival 2018, “Best Director” nomination by The TVolution), Martha Washington Killed a Redcoat (nominated for “Best Comedy” and “Short and Sweet” Awards), We Are Traffic, This Is Our Youth, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

His mystery stage play Nevermore had its third production in Halloween of 2016, his screenplay Christmas Academy (with Michael Onofri) has been a Semi-Finalist in both the Fresh Voices and Stage 32 screenplay competitions, and The Arrangement (also with Michael Onofri) placed in the Finals of the Austin Film Festival screenplay competition.  His film Poker Night (director) won "Best Comedy Short" at the Culver City Film Festival and was nominated for Connect Film Festival's "Apollo Award" for "a compelling exploration of masculinity" in filmmaking.

"I'm a Shakespeare fanatic, "Raiders of the Lost Ark" is the greatest movie of all time, and if I can't be on a Disney Cruise, I want to be on set. I've got a quick wit, a sharp mind, and corrective lenses."