Sad news coming out of Saturday Night Live, director Matt Villines has passed today after his battle with cancer. The director first teamed up with SNL back in 2012 and has helped been a behind the scenes factor to the shows array of comedy skits over the last few years.
Saturday Night Live director Matt Villines died after a battle with stage IV cancer over the weekend, according to reports. He was 39. Villines was best known for his work as part of the directing duo Matt and Oz with SNL director Osmany Rodriguez. The pair were responsible for several of the hit NBC variety show’s most memorable pretaped digital shorts, including “The Jay Z Story,” “Sad Mouse,” “(Do It in My) Twin Bed” and “A Thanksgiving Miracle.” Saturday Night Live co–head writer Bryan Tucker confirmed the news in a Facebook post on Monday, July 11. “I wanted to let all my Facebook friends know about the great Matt Villines, who passed away yesterday at age 39 after a long battle with cancer — not necessarily to let you know that he’s tragically gone, but tell you what he left behind,” he wrote. “Matt, along with Osmany Rodriguez, directed some of SNL’s best short films over the past few years.”
Michael Che even took to his Instagram page to share a small tribute to Villines. Rest In Comedy.
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