Matt Florio

Matt Florio is an award-winning filmmaker and actor born and raised in South Florida. After graduating from Florida State University with a business degree, Matt worked as a marketing executive alongside multiple CEOs before eventually pursuing a career in comedy. Matt studied improv and sketch comedy at the famed Second City and Upright Citizens Brigade which led to stand up and then ultimately acting. He has appeared in numerous commercials for major companies such as Fox Sports and Tide as well as television shows such as National Geographic's "Explorer" and A&E's "Watching the Detectives". In 2010, Matt founded Comedy Flo Entertainment, a production company which produces comedy-based productions, and began creating his own projects featuring well-known comedians. To date, Matt has written, directed and produced over two dozen projects under the Comedy Flo label including short films, web series and commercials. Matt is best known for his short films "Mama Needs a Ride" and "Sexcut" as well as his web series "Son of a..." which have all received critical acclaim on the film festival circuit, winning numerous awards such as Best Comedy (SINY Film Festival), Best Comedy Short (Chain NYC Film Festival), Best Comedy (Flagler Film Festival), Best in Show (On the Reel Film Festival), Best Series Pilot (Global Film Festival Awards) and Best Web Series (TOP Indie Film Awards) among many others. Most recently, Matt created four live stream shows "Comedy Doctors", "Meaningless Debate", "Dubbed" and "The Drinking Game". He also wrote, directed and starred in his 10th and 11th short films, "Ask Aldo" and "Unhired Guns" which are scheduled to be released this year.