Matthew Ross is an award-winning director, screenwriter and journalist from New York City. Ross made his feature-length debut as writer-director with Frank & Lola (2016), a "psychosexual noir love story" starring Michael Shannon, Imogen Poots, Michael Nyqvist, Justin Long, Emmanuelle Devos, and Rosanna Arquette. The film made its world premiere at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, where the critical reaction was overwhelmingly positive, including a 4-star review in The Guardian. Two days after its first public screening, Universal acquired worldwide rights to Frank & Lola, and released the film theatrically and on VOD later that year.