Board of Advisors

Matthew L. Pyken ’83

Writer and Producer

After graduating from CMC, Matt moved to Washington, D.C., to begin what he thought would be a long career as a political consultant, White House speechwriter, and campaign manager.

That was not to be.

Instead, Matt returned to Los Angeles, where he co-created the hit video games “National Lampoon’s Blind Date,” and “Fox Hunt.” And after adapting the latter into a television pilot, Matt began a 30-year career in television as a writer and Executive Producer on a wide range of TV dramas – from the groundbreaking “Queer as Folk,” to the Emmy-winning hit, “Empire,” to the critically acclaimed Golden Globe winning “Mr. Robot,” for which he also won the Writers Guild Award in 2016.

Matt was raised and still lives in Los Angeles.