Matthew Stillman has been studying and performing longform improvisational comedy in New York since 1996 - only weeks after the UCB arrived in New York as a troupe. For years his only improv teachers were the UCB 4, as the community grew he has studied under many of improv's luminaries. He has taken their lessons and inspiration to all of the major improv stages in New York.

He has forged a successful career as a cable development executive developing shows like Iron Chef and Good Eats for Food Network. Additionally, he worked in policy analysis for a major Democratic Presidential Candidate in the 2008 cycle.

His first and only film "The End of Poverty?", a feature length documentary investigating the origins of poverty, recently won the award "Official Selection of the 2008 Cannes Film Festival - Critics Week" as well as anchoring the first Cannes "Cinema and Politics" day.

Matthew has appeared in numerous shows over his improv career with UCB and has appeared as an ASSSCAT monologist multiple times . Currently he can be seen in The Spin: Improvised Political Satire

Hometown: New York, New York

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