Writer, director and producer Matt Cimber was born as Matteo Ottaviano in 1936 and began his career in the early 60s directing off-Broadway plays including works by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tennessee Williams and the US premieres of the Jean Cocteau trilogy. During his theater years, Cimber rewrote Burning Bright with 约翰·斯坦贝克 which introduced 桑迪·丹尼斯 who went on to win an Academy Award for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) . Cimber then directed the Broadway revival of Bus Stop, where he met future wife 简·曼斯费尔德. Matt made his cinematic directorial debut with the offbeat Single Room Furnished (1966), which was also Mansfield's last movie. He followed this movie with the film The Sexually Liberated Female (1970) which was based on a best-selling book The Sensuous Female by J. As the screenwriter / director of this film, Cimber made a satire which required the title be changed for release because the publisher rescinded the rights. Cimber did three immensely enjoyable blaxploitation pictures in the mid 70s: The Black 6 (1973), 可可女士 (1975) and the terrifically trashy The Candy Tangerine Man (1975) which was also 塞缪尔·杰克逊 's favorite film. Matt made a rare foray into the horror genre with the disturbing psychological shocker The Witch Who Came from the Sea (1976). His next work was based on a 马里奥·普佐 story, a World War II drama A Time to Die (1982) starring 雷克斯·哈里森. Later that year Matt teamed up with 皮娅·扎多拉 for two films: the underrated Butterfly (1982) and the fun 杀出赌城 (1982). Butterfly (1982) was the master filmmaker 奥逊·威尔斯 last film for which he received one of the film's three Golden Globe nominations. The following year Matt joined forces with actress 劳伦妮·兰登 for the delightful action/adventure romps Hundra (1983) and Yellow Hair and the Fortress of Gold (1984). 昆汀·塔伦蒂诺 is quoted as saying Matt Cimber films were among his favorite. In the late 80s, Cimber created and directed the successful TV series GLOW: Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (1986) . The show was lasted for four seasons on 103 stations in the US. More recent years of Cimber's work were dedicated to a documentary genre. He wrote and directed "An American Icon: Coca-Cola, the Early Years" (1997) and "The History of United Nations" (1996). He created and wrote the eight-minute intro for visitors to the United Nations for which he received a special commendation from the UN. After a twenty years absence in motion picture production, Matt Cimber made a comeback with the independent drama Miriam (2006).
Father of Tony Cimber with 简·曼斯费尔德. Former stepfather of Jayne Marie Mansfield, 'Mickey Hargitay Jr', Zoltan Hargitay and 玛莉丝卡·哈吉塔.
Grandfather of Jianni Cimber (Tony's daughter).