Making Pee-wee as Himself was no picnic for director Matt Wolf. He clashed with the protagonist of his film, the late Pee-wee Herman actor Paul Reubens, over creative control — friction documented on ...

Paul Reubens did not tell his director that he was dying. On July 31, 2023, the news of Reubens' death came as a shock to documentary filmmaker Matt Wolf, who had spent a year trying to convince ...

Sundance 2025: Matt Wolf embraced the complicated nature of Paul Reubens during their "push and pull" series of interviews The post ‘Pee-Wee as Himself’ Director Got a Recording From Paul ...

Matt Wolf Discovered Paul Reubens Died On Social Media A caption at the beginning of Pee-wee as Himself indicates that the filmmakers were not aware during the making of the doc that Paul Reubens ...

My father worked on a steamboat,” Paul Reubens tells Matt Wolf, director of the new two-part HBO documentary series, Pee-wee as Himself. He, of course, was not.

Plus, Masters talks to director Matt Wolf about Pee-wee as Himself, which looks beyond the iconic character to the complicated man who created him. The two-part series draws from more than 40 hours of ...

My father worked on a steamboat,” Paul Reubens tells Matt Wolf, director of the new two-part HBO documentary series, Pee-wee as Himself. He, of course, was not.

Paul Reubens did not tell his director that he was dying. On July 31, 2023, the news of Reubens' death came as a shock to documentary filmmaker Matt Wolf, who had spent a year trying to convince ...