Matthew Puccini (born c. 1992/1993) is an American filmmaker, known for his short films that deal with LGBTQ-related subject matters. His short film "Dirty" premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and screened at the 2020 SXSW Film Festival. His short film "Lavender" was acquired for distribution by Searchlight Pictures (formerly Fox Searchlight Pictures) and screened at the 2019 Sundance and SXSW Film Festivals. His short film "The Mess He Made" screened at the 2017 SXSW Film Festival and was nominated for the Iris Prize. Matthew is a 2018 Sundance Ignite Fellow, a member of the 2017 New York Film Festival Artist Academy and a 2018 Creative Culture Fellow at the Jacob Burns Film Center. He was selected as one of Filmmaker Magazine's 2019 25 New Faces of Independent Film and as one of Indiewire's 25 LGBTQ Filmmakers On The Rise. He is currently developing several feature films.