Matt Ahrens

Matthew "Matt" Ahrens (born May 12, 1973) is an editor, known for working at Arc Productions (2005-2016), Universal Animation (2016-present), and 20th Century Animation (2017-2019).

Career
Ahrens joins IDT Entertainment (which became known as Starz Animation and then Arc Productions) in September 2005 as assistant editor for most of their theatrical animated films, including Everyone's Hero, The Princess and the Pied Piper, the Upside Mystery trilogy, M.I.S.S.I.O.N., Wild Forest, Drilling Pursuit, The Witch's Quest, Gnomeo & Juliet, and Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil. He also edited the TV specials An Upside Mystery Christmas and Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade as well as some TV episodes of Upside Mystery: The Mischief Detectives and Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse before leaving in August 2016 after the studio announced its closure and it was filing for bankruptcy. In December 2016, Ahrens later went on to join Universal Animation Studios to work as editor for their feature films, including Lix and Paradoria 2.

While working at Universal, he later made his directorial debut on 6 episodes of Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts for DreamWorks Animation Television.