Matīss Kaža
Matīss Kaža (born August 31, 1995) is a Latvian filmmaker. He is best known for co-writing and co-producing the 2024 animated film Flow. For Flow, Kaža won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, making him the category's youngest ever winner at the age of 29.
Matīss Kaža

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- Birth Name
- Matīss Kaža
- Born
- 31 August 1995
- Birthplace
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Education
- * New York University (BFA)
- Nationality
- Latvia · Sweden · United States
- Occupation
- film director · screenwriter · child actor
- Honours
- Academy Award for Best Animated Feature · Order of the Three Stars and 3rd Class
- Languages
- Latvian · Swedish · English
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Matīss Kaža (born August 31, 1995) is a Latvian filmmaker. He is best known for co-writing and co-producing the 2024 animated film Flow. For Flow, Kaža won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, making him the category's youngest ever winner at the age of 29.
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Matīss Kaža (born 1995) is a child actor, film director and screenwriter, of Latvian and Swedish nationality. The child actor was born in Stockholm. Matīss Kaža was educated at AFI Conservatory and New York University Tisch School of the Arts.
Languages used include English, Latvian and Swedish. Honours include Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and Order of the Three Stars, 3rd Class.
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Before Flow, Kaža wrote 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 is the founder of the production company Trickster Pictures and has worked as a lead producer at Gints Zilbalodis's Riga-based animation company Dream Well Studio.
Matīss Kaža studied at New York University Tisch School of the Arts and AFI Conservatory. The recorded working language is Latvian, Swedish and English. Distinctions recorded are Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and Order of the Three Stars, 3rd Class.

Matīss Kaža with Golden Globe award
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• Birth Name — Matīss Kaža • Born — 31 August 1995 • Birthplace — Stockholm, Sweden • Citizenship — * Sweden • Latvia • United States • Education — * New York University (BFA) • American Film Institute • Years Active — 2012–present
Early life and education
Early life and education
Matīss Kaža was born on August 31, 1995, in Stockholm, Sweden, to journalist Juris Kaža and film director Una Celma. He was mostly raised in Riga, Latvia before moving to the United States. He holds Latvian, Swedish, and American citizenship. 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.
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Works and production
The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. Recorded with the occupation child actor. Recorded with the occupation film director. Recorded with the occupation screenwriter. Institutional cataloguing adds that matīss Kaža is recorded as a citizen of United States. Recorded with the gender male. It is also recorded that matīss Kaža was born on 31 August 1995.
Awards
• Year — Award — Category — Nominated work — Result — Ref. Reference(s) • 2024 — Cannes Film Festival — Un Certain Regard — Flow • European Film Awards — Best Animated Feature Film • 2025 — Academy Awards — Best Animated Feature • Annie Awards — Outstanding Writing in a Feature Production — • BAFTA Awards — Best Animated Film • Best Children's & Family Film • César Awards — Best Animated Film • Golden Globe Awards — Best Animated Feature Film
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- 1.Trickster Pictures. trickster.lv.
- 2.Dream Well Studio. www.dreamwell.lv.
- 3.Jaunais režisors Matīss Kaža: Ceru, ka filmu «Vienu biļeti, lūdzu!» pamanīs arī ASV. www.lsm.lv.
- 4.About Me. Matiss Kaza.
- 5.Vlessing, Etan. Cannes Adds Michel Hazanavicius, Mohammad Rasoulof, Emanuel Parvu Titles to Official Competition. The Hollywood Reporter.
- 6.Roxborough, Scott. Emilia Pérez Wins Big at European Film Awards. The Hollywood Reporter. 7 December 2024.
- 7.Bentz, Adam. Oscars 2025 Nominations Revealed: Full List Of All 23 Categories. Screen Rant. 23 January 2025.
- 8.Lang, Brent. Oscar Nominations 2025: Emilia Pérez Leads With 13 Nods, Wicked and The Brutalist Follow With 10. Variety. 23 January 2025.
- 9.Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The 97th Academy Awards. 2 March 2025.
- 10.Vlessing, Etan. The Wild Robot Leads Annie Awards Nominations With 10 Nods. The Hollywood Reporter. 20 December 2024.
- 11.Pedersen, Erik. Annie Awards: The Wild Robot Wins Best Feature & 7 Others; Arcane Goes 7-For-7; Flow Wins Indie Film Prize: Full List. Deadline Hollywood. 8 February 2025.
- 12.Wiseman, Andreas. BAFTA Nominations: Conclave & Emilia Pérez Lead The Field As Open Awards Race Takes Shape. Deadline Hollywood. 15 January 2025.
- 13.Keslassy, Elsa. Jacques Audiard's Emilia Perez Wins Best Film at France's 2025 Cesar Awards (Full Winners List). Variety. 28 February 2025.
- 14.Jamie, Lang. Flow Shock Golden Globe Win Is a Long Overdue Triumph for Indie Animation. Variety. 6 January 2025.
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