Matthew Scott Krentz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Matthew Scott Krentz

American actor and director

Date of Birth: 05-Aug-1976

Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Profession: actor, film director

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Matthew Scott Krentz (born August 5, 1976), also known as Matt Krentz, is an American director, producer and actor. Krentz was born in St.
Louis, Missouri.
He graduated from Kansas City's Rockhurst University also spending several summers volunteering at Robert Redford's Sundance Summer Filmmakers' Lab. His debut film directing was the short 15-minute The Call in 2002.
He continued to produce Ponteuse in 2004.
But his biggest success has been Streetballers, a film that tells the story of a friendship between two junior college basketball players, one African-American, one Irish-American, both trying to use streetball as their escape.
Krentz plays the lead role, John Hogan, the white player befriending a black player named Jacob Whitmore played by Jimmy McKinney.
He shot the film entirely in St.
Louis, Missouri with an entirely local cast and crew.
Krentz is from Webster Groves, one of the city's inner-ring suburbs.