Matīss Kaža
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| Born | Matīss Kaža August 31, 1995 |
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| Years active | 2012–present |
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Matīss Kaža (born August 31, 1995) is a Swedish-Latvian filmmaker. He is best known for co-writing and co-producing an animated film Flow (2024), which won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, making him the category's youngest ever winner at the age of 29, beating Andrew Stanton in a 21-year streak.
Before Flow, he has previously written and directed documentary films such as Month of the Witches (2012) and One Ticket Please (2017) as well as directing Latvian-language drama films during his career such as Neon Spring and The Taste of Water (both in 2022). He founded a production company Trickster Pictures[1] while also served as a lead producer at Gints Zilbalodis's Riga-based animation company Dream Well Studio.[2]
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Matīss Kaža was born on August 31, 1995, in Stockholm, Sweden, to journalist Juris Kaža and film director Una Celma.[3] He was mostly raised in Riga, Latvia before moving to the United States. He holds triple Latvian, Swedish, and American citizenships.[4]
Kaža attended and graduated New York University with a degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Film & Television, and has been a directing fellow at the AFI Conservatory.[4]
Awards
[edit | edit source]| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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| 2024 | Cannes Film Festival | Un Certain Regard | Flow | Nominated | [5] |
| European Film Awards | Best Animated Feature Film | Won | [6] | ||
| 2025 | Academy Awards | Best Animated Feature | Won | [7][8][9] | |
| Annie Awards | Outstanding Writing in a Feature Production | Won | [10] [11] | ||
| BAFTA Awards | Best Animated Film | Nominated | [12] | ||
| Best Children's & Family Film | Nominated | ||||
| César Awards | Best Animated Film | Won | [13] | ||
| Golden Globe Awards | Best Animated Feature Film | Won | [14] |
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