Award-winning journalist Matt Donnelly is Variety's chief correspondent. Donnelly has delivered compelling breaking news stories and deeply reported analysis of the film industry, Hollywood culture and the annual awards race at the historic publication for eight years. He previously served as a senior film contributor at TheWrap and was a founding writer at the Los Angeles Times celebrity and industry vertical Ministry of Gossip. The Philadelphia native holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Temple University and lives in L.A. with his screenwriter partner and his muse, a dog named Chester.
