About Matthew Vaughn
Sir Matthew Allard de Vere Drummond (born Matthew Allard Robert Vaughn; 7 March 1971), also known as Sir Matthew Vaughn, is an English filmmaker. He has produced films including Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) and Snatch (2000), and directed Layer Cake (2004), Stardust (2007), Kick-Ass (2010), X-Men: First Class (2011), and Argylle (2024). Vaughn also co-created the Kingsman comic book series and resulting franchise, directing, producing and co-writing the films from Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017), and The King's Man (2021). Vaughn directed and co-wrote the first film in the prequel trilogy of the X-Men film universe titled X-Men: First Class (2011). Vaughn also co-created the Kingsman comic book series and resulting franchise, directing, producing and co-writing the films Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017), and The King's Man (2021). Vaughn was signed to return to the series as director of the sequel, X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), but dropped out in favour of Bryan Singer who had directed the first two films in the original trilogy, X-Men and X2.
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