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Writer, director and producer Matt Cimber was born as Matteo Ottaviano in 1936 and began his career in the early 60s directing off-Broadway plays in New York City; plays include works by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tennessee Williams and the US premieres of the Jean Cocteau trilogy. Also in New York during his theater years Cimber rewrote "Burning Bright" with John Steinbeck that introduced Sandy Dennis  ...  show all 

Writer, director and producer Matt Cimber was born as Matteo Ottaviano in 1936 and began his career in the early 60s directing off-Broadway plays in New York City; plays include works by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tennessee Williams and the US premieres of the Jean Cocteau trilogy. Also in New York during his theater years Cimber rewrote "Burning Bright" with John Steinbeck that introduced Sandy Dennis who went on to win an Academy Award for "Virginia Wolf". Cimber then did a Broadway revival of "Bus Stop", which is how he met his future wife Jayne Mansfield. Matt made his cinematic directorial debut with the offbeat "Single Room Furnished (1968)", which was also Mansfield's last movie. He followed this movie with the film "The Sexually Liberated Female (1970)" which was based on a bestselling book "The Sensuous Female by J". As the writer and director of this film Matt made a satire out of it and the title had to be changed when it was released because the publisher recinded the rights. Cimber did three immensely enjoyable blaxploitation pictures in the mid 70s: "The Black Six (1973)", "Lady Cocoa (1975)" and the terrifically trashy "Candy Tangerine Man (1975)" which was also Samuel I. Jackson's favorite film. Matt made a rare foray into the horror genre with the disturbing and outstanding psychological shocker "The Witch Who Came from the Sea (1976)". His next work was based on Mario Puzo's story and released in 1982 as a World War II drama "A Time to Die (1982)" staring Rex Harrison . Later that year Matt teamed up with Pia Zadora for two films: the underrated "Butterfly (1982)" and the fun "Fake-Out (1982)". Moreover, Butterfly was the master film maker Orson Welles last film for which he received one of the film's 3 Golden Globe nominations. Next year Matt joined forces with actress Laurene Landon for the delightful action/adventure romps "Hundra (1983)" and "Yellow Hair and the Fortress of Gold (1984)". 'Quentin tarantino' is quoted as saying Matt cimber films were among his favorite in his youth Late 80s (1986-1990) he created and directed the successful TV series "GLOW" under the name Vitale. The show was syndicated for 4 years on 103 stations in the US. More recent years of Cimber's work were dedicated to a documental genre. He wrote and directed "An American Icon: Coca-Cola, the early years" (1997), "The History of United Nations" (1996); created and wrote the 8 minute intro for visitors to the United Nations in New York and received a special commendation from the UN. After regrettable twenty years absence in motion picture production Matt Cimber has made a welcome comeback with the independent drama "Miriam (2006)".  hide