Erik Matti

Erik Matti

Birth : 1970-12-21, Bacolod City, Philippines

History

Erik Matti is a Filipino filmmaker. He is known for directing On the Job (2013), Honor Thy Father (2015), Seklusyon (2016), BuyBust (2018), and Kuwaresma (2019). His other directing credits include Ekis (1999), Mano Po 2 (2003), Gagamboy (2004), Tiktik: The Aswang Chronicles (2012) and its sequel Kubot: The Aswang Chronicles 2 (2014), and BuyBust (2018). Matti co-founded the production company Reality Entertainment with Dondon Monteverde, son of film producer Lily Monteverde.

Profile

Erik Matti

Movies

Keys to the Heart
Executive Producer
Troubled and alone, a boxer moves in with his long-lost mother and autistic pianist brother — but must fit in with a family he hasn't known for years.
The Ultimate Oppa
Executive Producer
Yana hates Filipino men. For her the perfect man is Moon Shiwoo, a dashing Korean actor from the K-dramas that she always watches. Yana's dream comes true when she flies to Korea to join fans from all over the globe to meet Moon Shiwoo in an exclusive fan event. During the event, the fans compete for the attention of the star, but Yana finds herself falling for Jae, the actor's manager, instead.
On the Job: The Missing 8
Executive Producer
Inspired by true events, the film chronicles the story of Sisoy Salas, a corrupt journalist seeking justice for his colleagues, and convict Roman Rubio, a hired gun who is regularly brought out of prison to perform assassinations.
On the Job: The Missing 8
Music Supervisor
Inspired by true events, the film chronicles the story of Sisoy Salas, a corrupt journalist seeking justice for his colleagues, and convict Roman Rubio, a hired gun who is regularly brought out of prison to perform assassinations.
On the Job: The Missing 8
Writer
Inspired by true events, the film chronicles the story of Sisoy Salas, a corrupt journalist seeking justice for his colleagues, and convict Roman Rubio, a hired gun who is regularly brought out of prison to perform assassinations.
On the Job: The Missing 8
Director
Inspired by true events, the film chronicles the story of Sisoy Salas, a corrupt journalist seeking justice for his colleagues, and convict Roman Rubio, a hired gun who is regularly brought out of prison to perform assassinations.
Happy Times
Executive Producer
Infatuated high schooler Toni gets close to her crush, the varsity stud Kim, only to find out that he only wants her help in winning the heart of her older sister, popular influencer George.
Rabid
Director
Rabid is an anthology film that probes into our everyday reality of anxiety, uncertainty and paranoia. It features distinct but interwoven stories that revolve around the different ways this world can drive us human beings to the brink of madness.
A Girl and A Guy
Production Executive
A Girl and A Guy is a modern tale of young adults navigating the tricky world of relationships, connection, and intimacy in today’s society. The film tells the story of a girl, the story of a guy, and the story of a girl and a guy.
A Girl and A Guy
Story
A Girl and A Guy is a modern tale of young adults navigating the tricky world of relationships, connection, and intimacy in today’s society. The film tells the story of a girl, the story of a guy, and the story of a girl and a guy.
A Girl and A Guy
Director
A Girl and A Guy is a modern tale of young adults navigating the tricky world of relationships, connection, and intimacy in today’s society. The film tells the story of a girl, the story of a guy, and the story of a girl and a guy.
Island Of Dreams
Director
Dreaming of a brighter future for her family, a mother who works as a domestic helper in Manila returns home to confront unforeseen changes in her life.
Watch List
Producer
Set against the drug wars in the Philippines, Maria's husband is murdered in mysterious circumstances and is left to fend for her three children in a police state. As she delves into Manila’s dark underworld of cops, criminals, and drugs to find answers, she realizes the truth is never black and white, and that she must explore her own darkness to keep her family safe.
Kuwaresma
Executive Producer
Luis finds out that his twin has just died, and comes back home to find out the cause of her death. He soon realizes that the darkness in their house never left.
Kuwaresma
Story
Luis finds out that his twin has just died, and comes back home to find out the cause of her death. He soon realizes that the darkness in their house never left.
Kuwaresma
Director
Luis finds out that his twin has just died, and comes back home to find out the cause of her death. He soon realizes that the darkness in their house never left.
'Tol
Executive Producer
Arthur, Lando, and Dimitri show they are the best of friends looking out after one another. However, their bond is put to the test when a beautiful woman, Elena, enters their lives. As they try to impress their dream girl, will they be willing to tear their friendship apart?
BuyBust
Story
A special forces team is sent to snuff out a drug den, but find themselves trapped inside it after being set-up and betrayed.
BuyBust
Director
A special forces team is sent to snuff out a drug den, but find themselves trapped inside it after being set-up and betrayed.
Ang Pagsanib kay Leah Dela Cruz
Producer
A lady cop who moves into a small town gets drawn to a case that involves a girl that's possessed by an evil spirit.
Ang Pagsanib kay Leah Dela Cruz
Writer
A lady cop who moves into a small town gets drawn to a case that involves a girl that's possessed by an evil spirit.
Seklusyon
Executive Producer
In 1947, those aspiring to be priest are sent to a remote convent to live in seclusion on the last day of their training. The purpose is to shield them from evil of the world. The plot thickens when a mysterious young girl comes to the convent but the question is whether she is really sent by God or by the Evil.
Seklusyon
Director
In 1947, those aspiring to be priest are sent to a remote convent to live in seclusion on the last day of their training. The purpose is to shield them from evil of the world. The plot thickens when a mysterious young girl comes to the convent but the question is whether she is really sent by God or by the Evil.
Honor Thy Father
Story
A family is caught in a financial ruin after being involved in a ponzi scheme.
Honor Thy Father
Director
A family is caught in a financial ruin after being involved in a ponzi scheme.
Kubot: The Aswang Chronicles 2
Writer
A family of bloodthirsty monsters descends on the city to take revenge on the man that caused the death of so many of their own.
Kubot: The Aswang Chronicles 2
Director
A family of bloodthirsty monsters descends on the city to take revenge on the man that caused the death of so many of their own.
Sine, Laging Kasama
Himself
The biggest names in the country’s film industry speak up about the evolution of Philippine films and how it has transformed today’s industry.
ABCs of Death 2
Director
Taking all that was great from the first instalment, the movie aims to be a wilder, leaner, faster-paced and even more entertaining anthology this time around, with a new crop of award-winning, visionary filmmakers from around the globe.
On the Job
Writer
On The Job is about the ambitions and passions of four men trying to make a living, for themselves and their families. It shows the parallels between two prison inmates who are contract killers, and the two agents of the law investigating the murders. As they get caught in a web of machination of corrupt government officials, their jobs lead them on a head-on collision against each other with their loved ones as collateral damage.
On the Job
Director
On The Job is about the ambitions and passions of four men trying to make a living, for themselves and their families. It shows the parallels between two prison inmates who are contract killers, and the two agents of the law investigating the murders. As they get caught in a web of machination of corrupt government officials, their jobs lead them on a head-on collision against each other with their loved ones as collateral damage.
Rigodon
Producer
A heartbroken young woman begins a sexual relationship with a struggling artista, not knowing that her new beau is already married. As the truth comes out, obsession and jealousy bring pain into all their lives.
Rigodon
Writer
A heartbroken young woman begins a sexual relationship with a struggling artista, not knowing that her new beau is already married. As the truth comes out, obsession and jealousy bring pain into all their lives.
Rigodon
Director
A heartbroken young woman begins a sexual relationship with a struggling artista, not knowing that her new beau is already married. As the truth comes out, obsession and jealousy bring pain into all their lives.
Vesuvius
Writer
You'll never look at a statue of the Virgin Mary the same way again. Based on the assertion that divine apparitions aren’t what they always appear to be, Vesuvius is an interesting take on the psychopath with Catholicism smacked against the background. Gio Alvarez provides a convincing portrayal of a madman, and people can even argue if this short inclines toward the supernatural or the psychological. Whereas Grave Torture uses darkness impeccably, Vesuvius plays with light so well.
Vesuvius
Director
You'll never look at a statue of the Virgin Mary the same way again. Based on the assertion that divine apparitions aren’t what they always appear to be, Vesuvius is an interesting take on the psychopath with Catholicism smacked against the background. Gio Alvarez provides a convincing portrayal of a madman, and people can even argue if this short inclines toward the supernatural or the psychological. Whereas Grave Torture uses darkness impeccably, Vesuvius plays with light so well.
Tiktik: The Aswang Chronicles
Writer
With dark shades on and a burning cigarette between his lips, Makoy will do whatever it takes to get back his girlfriend Sonia, who’s pregnant with their child. He makes the trip to remote Pulupandan, her hometown, and is quickly rebuffed by Sonia’s mother Fely. But Makoy has never been one to give up. With the help of Sonia’s father Nestor and his ever-dependable helper Bart, Makoy stays in town to surprise Sonia on her birthday. But alas, Makoy gets into trouble with a group of townsfolk who transform into tiktik—horrific, man-eating creatures with a taste for fetuses that are still in the womb! They are angry, and they are hungry for revenge. Will their thirst for blood and retribution be quenched? Will Makoy finally get his act together, protect Sonia and their baby, and once and for all prove himself worthy of their love? Who will win in the battle between men and monsters?
Tiktik: The Aswang Chronicles
Director
With dark shades on and a burning cigarette between his lips, Makoy will do whatever it takes to get back his girlfriend Sonia, who’s pregnant with their child. He makes the trip to remote Pulupandan, her hometown, and is quickly rebuffed by Sonia’s mother Fely. But Makoy has never been one to give up. With the help of Sonia’s father Nestor and his ever-dependable helper Bart, Makoy stays in town to surprise Sonia on her birthday. But alas, Makoy gets into trouble with a group of townsfolk who transform into tiktik—horrific, man-eating creatures with a taste for fetuses that are still in the womb! They are angry, and they are hungry for revenge. Will their thirst for blood and retribution be quenched? Will Makoy finally get his act together, protect Sonia and their baby, and once and for all prove himself worthy of their love? Who will win in the battle between men and monsters?
Nang Tumambad ang Hubad na Katotohanan
Director
An aspiring young actress who fights for her right to strip.
The Arrival
Screenplay
The film is about Leo (Dwight Gaston), a single diligent company bookkeeper, who one day decides to take a leave from his humdrum routine office work and travel from Manila to Murcia, Negros Occidental to literally find his dream girl. Every now and then, Leo in his sleep sees a sultry woman in a flowing summer dress walking to him in slow motion and about to kiss him. In Murcia, he fails to see his imagined lady love but he meets someone else, Melanie (Marilou Kho), a single mother who works in the town’s municipal office.
The Arrival
Director
The film is about Leo (Dwight Gaston), a single diligent company bookkeeper, who one day decides to take a leave from his humdrum routine office work and travel from Manila to Murcia, Negros Occidental to literally find his dream girl. Every now and then, Leo in his sleep sees a sultry woman in a flowing summer dress walking to him in slow motion and about to kiss him. In Murcia, he fails to see his imagined lady love but he meets someone else, Melanie (Marilou Kho), a single mother who works in the town’s municipal office.
Affliction
Lazarus Ave
A young girl develops an unknown infection that causes her to evolve into a horrifying monster.
Carnivore
Producer
Student wants to join a fraternity and has to endure live endangering tests in order to do so.
Binibining K
Story
Unlucky in love, Keanna dreams of winning big on a game show; when that fails, she ends up a cleaning lady at a huge corporation. But her fortune seems to turn when she's promoted to a top job with the company, complete with all the perks of a luxe lifestyle. Even her romantic life is on an upswing, as the company's owner takes a shine to her. In fact, all her childhood dreams appear to be coming true.
Exodus: Tales from the Enchanted Kingdom
Manwit (voice)
Ordinary humans led by King Bantayan are being annihilated by the all-powerful evil king Bagulbol and his creatures of the dark. To end their tribulation, mankind’s leaders paid a mercenary with exceptional fighting skills to defend them. That mercenary is Exodus. Nearing their extinction, King Bantayan and the leaders of men dispatched Exodus on a quest to capture five elementals to aid them in the final battle against King Bagulbol.
Exodus: Tales from the Enchanted Kingdom
Director
Ordinary humans led by King Bantayan are being annihilated by the all-powerful evil king Bagulbol and his creatures of the dark. To end their tribulation, mankind’s leaders paid a mercenary with exceptional fighting skills to defend them. That mercenary is Exodus. Nearing their extinction, King Bantayan and the leaders of men dispatched Exodus on a quest to capture five elementals to aid them in the final battle against King Bagulbol.
Gagamboy
Director
An accident at a pharmaceutical lab turns the mild-mannered and unassuming Junie, an ice cream vendor, into a superhero. Junie finds out that being strong and admired can also have its downside.
Pa-siyam
Screenplay
After their mother's death, her adult children gather in their family home to respect the funereal rite of Pa-sayim. Although they had originally thought she died of natural causes, thy soon realize that a dark force in he home may have played a part in her demise.
Pa-siyam
Director
After their mother's death, her adult children gather in their family home to respect the funereal rite of Pa-sayim. Although they had originally thought she died of natural causes, thy soon realize that a dark force in he home may have played a part in her demise.
Mano Po 2: My Home
Director
Antonio Chan, a prominent Chinese businessman, has three women in his life Sol, a Filipina; Lu Shui, a Chinese; and Belinda, a Filipino-Chinese. Antonio has children with all three women. A crisis shakes up the over-extended Tsinoy family prompting all the members to re-examine their values, their relationships, and confront issues that they have refused to face all these years.
Singsing Ni Lola
Patient
The curse was cast by Dona Guada on the family of GLORIA ROMERO -- any female born to the family will die on the day they turned 18. Gloria Romero as lola possessed a magical ring that is being guarded by a mysterious and furious cat. However, the ring was misplaced and Gina Alajar, as the sacrificing mother, will do everything to save her daughter, Maxene Magalona, from a mysterious and thrilling ailment. The quest for the ring and the feline that guards it creates a mysterious and thrilling theme throughout the movie. The cast is also joined by Allan K as the naive security guard who is later on possessed by thje feline and Aiza Seguerra as the media person who unravels the mystery behind lola's ring, and the cat that oversees the jewel.
Prosti
Director
Nanay Xedes runs her whorehouse with an iron fist and expects her employees to obey her rules — the most important of which is that her pimps and prostitutes can never be intimate with each other.
Dos Ekis
Director
Charisse lives in a boarding house owned by Vivian Sales (Rina Reyes) but drops by her grandfather (Eddie Arenas) once in a while. The narrative goes on in this scenario and eventually leaps from drama to action when the lead characters, Charisse and Benito, get entangled with Bunny and the godfather-like character, Dodi (Celso Ad. Castillo).
Sa Huling Paghihintay
Screenplay
The first time Erik (Bernard Palanca) laid eyes on Geri (Rica Peralejo), he knew that he had met the love of his life.
Sa Huling Paghihintay
Story
The first time Erik (Bernard Palanca) laid eyes on Geri (Rica Peralejo), he knew that he had met the love of his life.
Sa Huling Paghihintay
Director
The first time Erik (Bernard Palanca) laid eyes on Geri (Rica Peralejo), he knew that he had met the love of his life.
Pedro Penduko, Episode II: The Return Of The Comeback
Director
A man (Janno Gibbs) meets the leader (Ramon Zamora) of a distant land threatened by imminent destruction.
Ekis:  Walang Tatakas
Writer
Gene works for the local underworld syndicate but always treats his abductees with kindness. He begins a dangerous affair with ex-bar girl Dolor, who's routinely beaten by her rich husband. When the cops move in on Gene's gang and Dolor's husband winds up dead, the couple flees with the law and their enemies in hot pursuit.
Ekis:  Walang Tatakas
Director
Gene works for the local underworld syndicate but always treats his abductees with kindness. He begins a dangerous affair with ex-bar girl Dolor, who's routinely beaten by her rich husband. When the cops move in on Gene's gang and Dolor's husband winds up dead, the couple flees with the law and their enemies in hot pursuit.
Scorpio Nights 2
Screenplay
Andrew is meticulous almost to the point of obsession. From the way he carries his clothes to the manner he delivers his Physics lectures, Andrew is methodical in everything he does. But his ordered existence is suddenly disrupted when one sexually adventurous student, Valerie, starts seducing him. Andrew gives in to the temptation, and soon, the two are caught in an explosive relationship that knows no bounds.
Scorpio Nights 2
Director
Andrew is meticulous almost to the point of obsession. From the way he carries his clothes to the manner he delivers his Physics lectures, Andrew is methodical in everything he does. But his ordered existence is suddenly disrupted when one sexually adventurous student, Valerie, starts seducing him. Andrew gives in to the temptation, and soon, the two are caught in an explosive relationship that knows no bounds.
Puso Ng Pasko
Religious Fanatic
Christopher cannot help but think that he is jinxed, but his luck changes when an impish Christmas elf appears, offering him and his siblings a wish.
Gangland
TV Re-enactment Actor
A gang of teenagers accidentally inherits a bag of drugs. They try to sell them back to their original gangster owners, but when that goes awry, they are reluctantly drawn into a protracted and bloody gang war. Meanwhile, they are neglected at home, and must deal with family abuse as well as the gangsters.
Gangland
Screenplay
A gang of teenagers accidentally inherits a bag of drugs. They try to sell them back to their original gangster owners, but when that goes awry, they are reluctantly drawn into a protracted and bloody gang war. Meanwhile, they are neglected at home, and must deal with family abuse as well as the gangsters.
Magic Kingdom: Alamat ng Damortis
Writer
The Kingdom of Damortis was once ruled by the kind-hearted Empress Sofia who was ordered to be killed by Basilicus, her brother who has a great desire for the throne. Princess Dahlia, heir to the throne elopes with the blind singer Mico. Amain and his warrior trainees, Jobert, Samuel, and Oman are tasked to protect the princess and save Damortis from the evil forces of Basilicus.
Magic Temple
Walking Hut
The magical world of "Samadhi" is threatened by the evil forces of Ravenal and Sifu sends out three teenage boys to journey on the Magic Temple. Jubal, Sambag, and Omar, each with their own unique power battle the threat to the world of Samadhi and along the way face many extraordinary things. The boys are sure to face a huge battle ahead of them but with the help of magical creatures they met along their journey, evil is eliminated and they learn the true value of camaraderie and believing in themselves to face any problem.
Magic Temple
Story
The magical world of "Samadhi" is threatened by the evil forces of Ravenal and Sifu sends out three teenage boys to journey on the Magic Temple. Jubal, Sambag, and Omar, each with their own unique power battle the threat to the world of Samadhi and along the way face many extraordinary things. The boys are sure to face a huge battle ahead of them but with the help of magical creatures they met along their journey, evil is eliminated and they learn the true value of camaraderie and believing in themselves to face any problem.
Baby Love
Second Assistant Director
Andie and Ira sincerely think that they are deeply in love and ready to face the world. They attempt to tie the knot and build a life of their own. Their parents are shocked by their children's behavior until they realize their shortcomings led the kids to run away from their boarding school.
On The Job Prequel
Screenplay
Set against the turbulent backdrop of the island of Mindanao where Pedring Eusebio, the corrupt Mayor of a fictional city called La Paz, rises to power. Eusebio, who started out in the rebel paramilitary group New People’s Army, has become the most influential politician and feared man in La Paz.
On The Job Prequel
Director
Set against the turbulent backdrop of the island of Mindanao where Pedring Eusebio, the corrupt Mayor of a fictional city called La Paz, rises to power. Eusebio, who started out in the rebel paramilitary group New People’s Army, has become the most influential politician and feared man in La Paz.
Mother
Director
A biopic about the life of legendary movie producer and founder of Regal Films, Mother Lily Monteverde.