Known for Sound
Sound designer Matis Rei was born on November 21, 1988 in Kuressaare, Estonia. Graduated from Kuressaare High School in 2008. Studied sound direction at the Baltic Film and Media School of Tallinn University (BA 2011), then continued his studies at the National Film and Television School in England (MA 2015). Helistudio Herzog Stuudio OÜ board member. In 2016, Rei won the Golden Reel Award, the most prestigious award among the world's sound directors, in the category of student film sound editing for the work done in the film «Fulfilament». This seven-minute short animation is also one of the final theses of his Master's course at the National Film and TV School.
Born
November 21, 1988 (age 37)
Birthplace
Kuressaare, Kingissepa District, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Saare County, Estonia]
Filmography
109 films, 10 shows


Sacrifice
2026 · 1h 43m
country: France
During a star-studded charity gala brimming with celebrities, billionaires and empty speeches, a movie star in the midst of an existential crisis is taken hostage by a radical warrior and her devoted followers. As the night descends into chaos, both an inward journey and an outward adventure ensue, where the line between performance and belief, salvation and sacrifice, begins to blur.


Love Lies Bleeding
2024 · 1h 44m
country: United Kingdom
Reclusive gym manager Lou falls hard for Jackie, an ambitious bodybuilder headed through town to Las Vegas in pursuit of her dream. But their love ignites violence, pulling them deep into the web of Lou’s criminal family.


TÁR
2022 · 2h 38m
country: United States
As celebrated conductor Lydia Tár starts rehearsals for a career-defining symphony, the consequences of her past choices begin to echo in the present.


Pixie
2020 · 1h 33m
country: United Kingdom
To avenge her mother's death, Pixie masterminds a heist but must flee across Ireland from gangsters, take on the patriarchy, and choose her own destiny.


Four Kids and It
2020 · 1h 50m
country: United Kingdom
A group of kids on holiday in Cornwall meet a magical creature on the beach with the power to grant wishes.


Diego Maradona
2019 · 2h 10m
country: United Kingdom
Constructed from over 500 hours of never-before-seen footage, this documentary centers on the personal life and career of the controversial football player Diego Maradona who played for SSC Napoli and Argentina in the 1980s.


Out of Blue
2019 · 1h 50m
country: United Kingdom
Mike Hoolihan is an unconventional New Orleans cop investigating the murder of renowned astrophysicist Jennifer Rockwell, a black hole expert found shot to death in her observatory. As Mike tumbles down the rabbit hole of the disturbing, labyrinthine case, she finds herself grappling with increasingly existential questions of quantum mechanics, parallel universes, and exploding stars. The hunt for a killer draws a detective into an even larger mystery: the nature of the universe itself.


Where Hands Touch
2018 · 2h 2m
country: United Kingdom
Germany, 1944. Leyna, the 15-year old daughter of a white German mother and a black African father, meets Lutz, a compassionate member of the Hitler Youth whose father is a prominent Nazi soldier, and they form an unlikely connection in this quickly changing world.


American Animals
2018 · 1h 57m
country: United Kingdom
Lexington, Kentucky, 2004. Four young men attempt to execute one of the most audacious art heists in the history of the United States.


Journeyman
2018 · 1h 32m
country: United Kingdom
A boxer suffers a serious head injury during a fight, and must deal with the consequences.


Journey's End
2017 · 1h 48m
country: United Kingdom
Set in a dugout in Aisne in 1918, a group of British officers, led by the mentally disintegrating young officer Stanhope, variously await their fate.


Tea Pets
2017 · 1h 38m
country: China
A group of tea pets—cute clay figurines that are good-luck charms for tea drinkers—embark on a magical animated adventure to find a fabled mystic.


The Receptionist
2017 · 1h 40m
country: United Kingdom
Weighed down by financial problems, Tina takes a job as a receptionist at an illegal massage parlour in London. As she slowly gets to know the women who work there, Tina is forced to question her values and morals. But how far will she be drawn into this world, and can she avoid losing herself in the process?


Jawbone
2017 · 1h 31m
country: United Kingdom
A former youth boxing champion, Jimmy McCabe is a man in search of hope but looking in all the wrong places. When he hits rock bottom he turns to his childhood boxing club and the only family he has left: gym owner Bill corner man Eddie and promoter Joe. Back in training, years after anyone thought he was a contender, he risks his life, as he tries to stand tall and regain his place in the world.


Una
2017 · 1h 34m
country: Canada
When a young woman unexpectedly arrives at an older man's workplace, looking for answers, the secrets of the past threaten to unravel his new life.


NW
2016 · 1h 27m
country: United Kingdom
Two friends from a northwest London housing estate are reunited when one of them faces a messy personal crisis.


Distance
2016 · 1h 48m
country: Singapore
Three stories which each focus on one of three types of relationships: family, friendship, and love. The first story is about conflicted manager on a business trip who is intrigued by an elderly worker and investigates his life. The second story is about a young father who receives a letter that brings him to a foreign land, where old emotions come unburied. The last story is about a visiting professor from overseas who sets a student's heart fluttering, while having to deal with his own.


Ali and Nino
2016 · 1h 40m
country: Azerbaijan
Muslim prince Ali and Georgian aristocrat Nino have grown up in the Russian province of Azerbaijan. Their tragic love story sees the outbreak of the First World War and the world’s struggle for Baku’s oil. Ultimately they must choose to fight for their country’s independence or for each other.


The Guardian Brothers
2015 · 1h 43m
country: China
There's a crisis in the Chinese Spirit World -- humans don't believe in gods anymore! A Door God, facing unemployment, ventures into the human world to prove his worth, leading to unexpected encounters and transformations for humans and spirits alike.