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Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer are identical twin American filmmakers who work together as a single creative pair. They are best known as the creators, showrunners, and executive producers of the Netflix series Stranger Things, and they also founded the production company Upside Down Pictures.
Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer were born on the 15th of February 1984. They are identical twins who were born and raised in Durham, North Carolina.
The Duffer Brothers are best known for creating, showrunning, and executive producing the Netflix supernatural science fiction horror series Stranger Things, which ran from 2016 to 2025. They also wrote and directed the horror film Hidden, released in 2015, and wrote episodes of the Fox series Wayward Pines.
The Duffer Brothers turned down an acceptance to Florida State University's College of Motion Picture Arts because the program would not let the twins study together. They went on to attend Chapman University's Dodge College of Film and Media Arts instead, graduating in 2007.
The Duffer Brothers founded Upside Down Pictures after the fourth season of Stranger Things premiered in July 2022. The company is named after the fictional dimension at the center of Stranger Things and operates under an overall deal with Netflix.
The Duffer Brothers signed a four-year deal with Paramount in August 2025, which led to their departure from Netflix in April 2026. The Paramount deal lets them produce and direct theatrical feature films, something their Netflix contract never allowed.