Matt Watts started his career as a stand-up comedian and writer in television and film; most recently working as a writer on The Kids in the Hall for Amazon Prime. He co-wrote and co-starred in the critically acclaimed 12-episode CBC series Michael: Tuesdays & Thursdays, which earned him WGC and CSA Award Nominations for writing in 2011. A second season, titled Michael: Every Day, aired on CBC in January 2017.
At CBC Radio, he created three series: In Steve, The First (2005), a slacker wakes up to find he’s slept through the apocalypse in this dark four-part comedy. Steve, The Second (2006) details the story of the son of the original Steve. Canadia: 2056 (2007) centres on Max Anderson, the American liaison on board the only Canadian spaceship in an otherwise American space fleet headed toward a galactic war.
In 2015, Matt’s short film Portal to Hell!!!, starring the late, great, Rowdy Roddy Piper, premiered at TIFF and went on to win awards from festivals around the globe.
Hope of the Wasteland, Matt’s first novel, sees him revisiting his favourite themes: anxiety and the post-apocalyptic wasteland.