Making Pee-wee as Himself was no picnic for director Matt Wolf. He clashed with the protagonist of his film, the late Pee-wee Herman actor Paul Reubens, over creative control — friction documented on ...

Perhaps the most shocking thing about Pee-wee as Himself – a new documentary tracing the life and career of Paul Reubens, now streaming with a Max subscription – is that the film got made in the first ...

When Matt Wolf took on the daunting task of creating a documentary about the enigmatic Paul Reubens, the man behind the flamboyant and charming Pee-wee Herman, the filmmaker never could have imagined ...

Director Matt Wolf is currently working on Soaps, a documentary that offers an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at some of the most iconic and successful daytime soap operas, including The Bold and ...

“Pee-wee as Himself” offers a refreshing contrast to celebrity documentaries shaped by estate-approved image control. Director Matt Wolf approached the film as a gay man profoundly influenced by ...

Paul Reubens, the eccentric performance artist best known as Pee-wee Herman, was an intensely private person. After a number of people had approached him about making a documentary about himself, he ...

When actor Paul Reubens died of cancer in 2023 at the age of 70, it came as a shock to filmmaker Matt Wolf, director of Pee-wee as Himself. They had spent many, many hours together in interviews for ...

Many soap opera fans really enjoy behind-the-scenes videos on their favorite shows. While knowing too much about how a film or TV series is made can sometimes ruin one’s enjoyment of it, that’s not so ...

Paul Reubens did not tell his director, Matt Wolf, that he was dying from cancer. The actor and comedian, who famously starred as Pee-wee Herman in the 1980s, passed away in 2023 at age 70. Before his ...

Matt Wolf is a filmmaker in New York. His award-winning documentaries have played widely in festivals and have been distributed internationally in theaters and on television. Matt’s features include ...

Paul Reubens did not tell his director, Matt Wolf, that he was dying from cancer. The actor and comedian, who famously starred as Pee-wee Herman in the 1980s, passed away in 2023 at age 70. Before his ...