Matthew Diamond

Biography

Matthew Diamond is an American film and television director, producer and choreographer. He was nominated for an Academy Award in 1999 for directing the documentary film The Dancemaker. As well as being nominated for several Primetime Emmy Awards, Daytime Emmy Awards, DGA Awards, and won at the San Francisco International Film Festival.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

59

Birth Date

1951-11-26 00:00:00

Birth Place

Manhattan, New York, USA

Known For

• 

  Camp Rock
• 

  True Love Blooms
• 

  Falsettos
• 

  The Wiz Live!
• 

  The Metropolitan Opera: Lulu
• 

  These Old Broads

Credits

• directing (56 credits)

  • Le Corsaire (1999)

    director

    directing
    2026
  • Twelfth Night

    director

    directing
    2025
  • Mr. Saturday Night

    director

    directing
    2022
  • The Five Moons of Lorca

    director

    directing
    2020
  • True Love Blooms

    director

    directing
    2019
  • Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice

    director

    directing
    2019
  • The Metropolitan Opera: The Elixir of Love

    director

    directing
    2018
  • The Metropolitan Opera: Luisa Miller

    director

    directing
    2018
  • The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème

    director

    directing
    2018
  • Falsettos

    director

    directing
    2017
  • The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata

    director

    directing
    2017
  • Revelations

    director

    directing
    2016
  • The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni

    director

    directing
    2016
  • Lincoln Center at the movies presents Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

    director

    directing
    2016
  • The Wiz Live!

    director

    directing
    2015
  • The Metropolitan Opera: Lulu

    director

    directing
    2015
  • Act One: Live from Lincoln Center

    director

    directing
    2015
  • Bizet: Carmen

    director

    directing
    2014
  • The Nance

    director

    directing
    2014
  • Jane the Virgin

    - Chapter Fifty-Six (2017) ... director directing

    - Chapter Thirty-Nine (2016) ... director directing
    2014
  • The Metropolitan Opera: Rigoletto

    director

    directing
    2013
  • The Metropolitan Opera: Un Ballo in Maschera

    director

    directing
    2012
  • The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure

    director

    directing
    2012
  • Undercover Bridesmaid

    director

    directing
    2012
  • Händel: Rodelinda

    director

    directing
    2011
  • San Francisco Ballet - The Nutcracker

    director

    directing
    2009
  • Liza Minnelli: Liza's at The Palace

    director

    directing
    2009
  • Cyrano de Bergerac

    director

    directing
    2008
  • Dance in America: San Francisco Ballet's Nutcracker

    director

    directing
    2008
  • Camp Rock

    director

    directing
    2008
  • 90210

    - Dude, Where's My Husband? (2013) ... director directing

    - The Things We Do For Love (2012) ... director directing

    - The Heart Will Go On (2012) ... director directing
    2008
  • Ugly Betty

    - A Mother of a Problem (2009) ... director directing
    2006
  • Eureka

    - Welcome Back Carter (2009) ... director directing
    2006
  • Merry F#%$in' Christmas

    director

    directing
    2005
  • Desperate Housewives

    - There's Always a Woman (2008) ... director directing

    - Dress Big (2007) ... director directing
    2004
  • Games

    director

    directing
    2003
  • That's So Raven

    - Saturday Afternoon Fever (2003) ... director directing

    - Driven to Insanity (2003) ... director directing

    - Ye Olde Dating Game (2003) ... director directing
    2003
  • Fosse

    director

    directing
    2002
  • These Old Broads

    director

    directing
    2001
  • The Firesign Theatre: Weirdly Cool

    director

    directing
    2001
  • Scrubs

    - My Student (2002) ... director directing

    - My Nickname (2001) ... director directing
    2001
  • Piano Grand! A Smithsonian Celebration

    director

    directing
    2000
  • Gilmore Girls

    - Jews and Chinese Food (2005) ... director directing

    - Women Of Questionable Morals (2005) ... director directing

    - Norman Mailer, I'm Pregnant! (2004) ... director directing

    - Luke Can See Her Face (2004) ... director directing

    - An Affair to Remember (2003) ... director directing
    2000
  • Crazy for You

    director

    directing
    1999
  • Dancemaker

    director

    directing
    1998
  • Merry Christmas, George Bailey

    director

    directing
    1997
  • Just Shoot Me!

    - Hello Goodbye (1999) ... director directing

    - Jack Vents (1999) ... director directing
    1997
  • Victor/Victoria

    director

    directing
    1995
  • Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II

    director

    directing
    1995
  • Sister, Sister

    - My Guy (1997) ... director directing
    1994
  • Living Single

    - There's No Ship Like Kinship (1994) ... director directing
    1993
  • The Hard Nut

    director

    directing
    1992
  • A Different World

    - Mr. Hillman (1988) ... director directing
    1987
  • The Golden Girls

    - Never Yell Fire in a Crowded Retirement Home (2) (1991) ... director directing

    - Never Yell Fire in a Crowded Retirement Home (1) (1991) ... director directing

    - Melodrama (1991) ... director directing

    - Older and Wiser (1991) ... director directing

    - There Goes the Bride (2) (1991) ... director directing
    1985
  • Family Ties

    - Spring Reminds Me (a.k.a. Rosalie's Legacy) (1988) ... director directing

    - The Blues Brother (1988) ... director directing

    - Invasion of the Psychologist Snatchers (1987) ... director directing

    - Super Mom (1987) ... director directing
    1982
  • Great Performances

    - Twelfth Night (2025) ... director directing
    1971

• production (1 credits)

  • The Metropolitan Opera: Il Barbiere di Siviglia

    producer

    production
    2014

• crew (2 credits)

  • Dead Hearts

    cinematography

    crew
    2012
  • Splitz

    choreographer

    crew
    1984