Theo Matza’s Faux Amis: 6 production days, 1 in New York

Theo Matza kept the production compact and intensely local. He reports the Paris unit ran "6 production days there, 1 day in New York" (checked 2026-09-07), and that scouting happened "for two weeks leading up to prep" (checked 2026-09-07).

Production

Matza credits on-the-ground support for making a tight schedule possible. He says he "stayed for weeks, along with all the rented gear, at his family home." (checked 2026-09-07) The director also notes the post workflow, writing that he finished the edit "within the next five months" (checked 2026-09-07).

He frames those timeline decisions as financial and logistical choices: the shoot plan—"6 production days there, 1 day in New York" (checked 2026-09-07), the location work "for two weeks leading up to prep" (checked 2026-09-07) and lodging "I stayed for weeks, along with all the rented gear, at his family home." (checked 2026-09-07)—fed directly into how "we focused on travel preparation, budgeting, and fundraising." (checked 2026-09-07)

That combination of compressed shooting, extended prep scouting and hosted gear storage is how Matza balanced ambition against cost; the edit closing "within the next five months" (checked 2026-09-07) finished the arc from planning to delivery.