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 academic pairing that informs his grounded, psychologically precise approach to storytelling.

His work often explores authority, morality, and restraint, drawing on real-world observation to create characters defined less by volume than by control. Whether in front of or behind the camera, he is drawn to stories that examine power, consequence, and the cost of decision-making.