Matthew Cippaghila is an actor, writer, director, and producer from New Jersey, shaped by his Italian and Ashkenazi Jewish heritage. He graduated with honors from the University of Florida, studying theater and criminology—an unusual pairing that fuels his grounded, psychologically precise storytelling.

His work explores authority, morality, and restraint—using real-life experience to shape characters defined more by control than by volume. Whether in front of or behind the camera, he gravitates toward stories that examine power, consequence, and the cost of choice.