Matthew Scott Krentz
Introduction '''Matthew Scott Krentz''' (born August 5, 1976), also known as '''Matt Krentz''', is an American director, producer and actor.Krentz was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He graduated from Kansas City's Rockhurst University also spending several summers volunteering at Robert Redford's Sundance Summer Filmmakers' Lab.His debut film directing was the short 15-minute ''The Call'' in 2002.He continued to produce ''Ponteuse'' in 2004.But his biggest success has been ''Streetballers'', a film that tells the story of a friendship between two junior college basketball players, one African-American, one Irish-American, both trying to use streetball as their escape. Krentz plays the lead role, John Hogan, the white player befriending a black player named Jacob Whitmore played by Jimmy McKinney. He shot the film entirely in St. Louis, Missouri with an entirely local cast and crew. Krentz is from Webster Groves, one of the city's inner-ring suburbs.
Filmography ===Director===* 2002: ''The Call''* 2009: ''Streetballers''===Actor===* 2002: ''The Call'' as best friend* 2009: ''Streetballers'' (2009) as John Hogan===Producer===* 2004: ''Ponteuse''* 2009: ''Streetballers''===Writer===* 2009: ''Streetballers''===Editor===* 2004: ''Ponteuse''
Awards * Won Jury Award – Honorable Mention for Best Feature Film at the Hollywood Black Film Festival for his film ''Streetballers''(2008)* Won Audience Choice Award Best Feature Film at the St. Louis International Film Festival for his ''Streetballers''(2008)** Also won Best Dramatic Feature prize at the same festival
References
External links * *  Streeballers official site