Matt Alvarez

Matt Alvarez started his career at New Line Cinema/Fine Line Features. While at the studio, Alvarez worked on such films as Rumble in the Bronx and Deconstructing Harry.

Later, Alvarez launched CubeVision with legendary rapper/actor Ice Cube. While at CubeVision, Alvarez produced such films as the Friday franchise, the Barbershop franchise, the Are We There Yet? franchise and All About the Benjamins.

More recently, Alvarez produced the box-office hits Straight Outta Compton, which starred O'Shea Jackson, Jr., Corey Hawkins and Jason Mitchell, and earned over $200 million at the worldwide box office; Ride Along, which starred Ice Cube and Kevin Hart, and earned over $130 million domestically; and Gina Prince-Bythewood's Beyond the Lights for Relativity Media.

Universal Pictures