Matt Nix

Matt Nix
Born Matthew E. Nix
September 4, 1971
Los Angeles, California, USA
Occupation Screenwriter, Television writer
Language English
Citizenship American
Alma mater UCLA
Period 1997 - present
Notable works Burn Notice (2007-2013)
The Good Guys (2010)
Spouse Melinda Stahl
Relatives Great grandson of Harry Chandlee[1]

Matthew E. "Matt" Nix (born September 4, 1971) is an American writer, producer, and director. He is best known for creating the USA Network television series Burn Notice and the now defunct Fox series The Good Guys.

Biography

Matt was born in Los Angeles, California and graduated from Analy High School in Sebastopol.[1] His parents are Phillip and Susan Nix and he is married to Melinda Stahl. Matt is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and was a UCLA Alumni Scholar.


Filmography

Burn Notice

In summer 2006, Matt Nix created Burn Notice, a TV series whose title refers to the burn notices issued by intelligence agencies, which discredit or announce the dismissal of agents or sources. The television series follows agent Michael Westen (played by Jeffrey Donovan), who is abandoned by all his normal intelligence contacts. Not knowing why he has been "burned", he begins to work as a freelance spy and investigator as he tries to find out what happened.[4] The series premiered on USA Network on Thursday, June 28, 2007, and has met critical acclaim. It also stars Gabrielle Anwar as Fiona Glenanne (Westen's "trigger-happy girlfriend"), Bruce Campbell as Sam Axe (an old friend who "used to inform on" Westen to the Federal Bureau of Investigation), Sharon Gless as Madeline Westen (Michael's mother), and as of season four Coby Bell as Jesse Porter (a spy Westen accidentally burned). During production of its fourth season in early 2010, it was announced that the series had been renewed for two more seasons.[5] On the final episode, Nix had a cameo appearance as a news reporter. He also had a voice cameo in the pilot, as he is the voice that says "We've got a burn notice on you. You're blacklisted." -- which then went on to appear in the opening sequence of every episode. The series ended on September 12, 2013.

Between seasons four and five, a Burn Notice movie, entitled Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe, was aired on USA Network. Written and executive-produced by Nix, the movie portrayed character Sam Axe's final mission as a U.S. Navy SEAL.

The Good Guys

In early 2010, Nix began working on The Good Guys, a series which premiered on Fox on May 19, 2010. The series starred Bradley Whitford as Dan Stark, a mustachioed, former big-shot detective with the Dallas Police Department, and Colin Hanks as Jack Bailey, a young, ambitious, by-the-book detective who has been assigned as Dan's partner because of his snarky attitude.[6][7]

The Good Guys was originally known by the working title Jack and Dan. For several months, the series was to be known as Code 58, the Dallas Police Department code for "routine investigation", and then briefly as The Five Eight before producers settled on The Good Guys title.[3]

The show struggled with low ratings, regularly ranking in fourth place for its timeslot during the summer and then fifth place from October onward.[8] The final episode to air was broadcast December 10, 2010, on Fox.[9] On December 15, 2010, Fox Television Studios, the production company for the show, informed the Dallas Film Commission that the show would not be renewed for a second season.[10]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Imdb.com, Inc, Biography for Matt Nix, retrieved 2010-08-03
  2. ↑ USA Starts Production on Drama 'Complications' Starring Jason O'Mara
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Wilonsky, Robert (February 9, 2010). "How Did Code 58 End Up Shooting In Dallas? Because It Looks Like a '70s Cop Show Set.". Unfair Park (Dallas Observer). Retrieved March 6, 2010.
  4. ↑ "'Burn,' 'Bill' get berths". Variety. February 27, 2007. Retrieved December 20, 2010. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
  5. ↑ "Burn Notice Renewed For Two Seasons By USA - TV Ratings, Nielsen Ratings, Television Show Ratings". TV by the Numbers. 2010-04-15. Retrieved 2010-05-09.
  6. ↑ Wilonsky, Robert (February 7, 2010). "If Code 58 Doesn't Nail How the Dallas PD and DA Do Business, It's Not For Lack of Trying". Unfair Park (Dallas Observer). Retrieved March 6, 2010.
  7. ↑ Levin, Gary (May 13, 2010). "Who says cop shows can't be funny? Not Fox, thanks to 'Good Guys'". USA Today. Retrieved May 14, 2010.
  8. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (November 19, 2010). "Fox's Kevin Reilly And Mike Darnell On 'American Idol' & 'Fringe' Moves; No Back Orders For 'Running Wilde' & 'Good Guys'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 21, 2010.
  9. ↑ Wilonsky, Robert (November 21, 2010). "Are The Good Guys Gone? Hard to Say.". Unfair Park (Dallas Observer). Retrieved November 21, 2010.
  10. ↑ O'CONNELL, JOE (December 18, 2010). "Fox doesn't renew 'Good Guys'; Dallas native Evan E. Fitzmaurice to head Texas Film Commission". Dallas News. Retrieved December 20, 2010.

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