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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

Matīss Kaža in Latvia's daytime show "Morning Panorama"

[1] · YouTube: Filmas "Straume" producents ar "Zelta globusu" viesos "Rīta Panorāmā" (Time: 3:08) – View/save archived versions on archive.org · CC BY 3.0

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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