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{{short description|American voice actor}}
{{distinguish|text=[[Matthew Greenfield]], a producer of independent films}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|1|12}}▼
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▲| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|1|12}}
| occupation = Producer, ADR director, Scriptwriter, Voice Actor▼
▲| birth_place = [[San Francisco]], [[California]], United States
| known_for = Co-Founding [[AD Vision]]▼
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Tiffany Grant]]|March 8, 2003|
▲| occupation = Producer, ADR director, Scriptwriter, Voice Actor
▲| known_for = Co-Founding [[AD Vision]]
| other_names = Brian Granveldt▼
▲| spouse = {{marriage|[[Tiffany Grant]]|March 8, 2003|October 31, 2017}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.truantpixel.com/eva-r/tiff/stats.htm|title=About Me|last=Grant|first=Tiffany|accessdate=January 10, 2017}}</ref><ref>https://unicourt.com/case/tx-hrd-grant-tiffany-lynn-vs-greenfield-matthew-brian-835072</ref>
▲| years_active = 1992-present
▲| other_names = Brian Granveldt
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'''Matthew Brian Greenfield''' (born January 12, 1965) is an
==Early life==
Matthew Brian Greenfield was born on January 12, 1965, in [[Sacramento, California]] to Patricia (née Doering, born 1938)<ref name="California Birth Index">State of California. California Birth Index, 1905–1995. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.</ref> and Virgil Greenfield (1934–2006).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/houstonchronicle/obituary.aspx?n=virgil-greenfield&pid=17184450|title=Virgil Greenfield|newspaper=Houston Chronicle|date=March 26, 2006|accessdate=September 30, 2019}}</ref> His grandparents, Esther (née Weaver, 1917–2013) and Joseph Doering (1906–1975), worked at jewelry shops in Los Angeles; Esther was also a longtime member of the Shasta Dam Methodist Church (now known as the Shasta Lake Community United Methodist Church).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/redding-ca/esther-doering-5407154|title=Esther Dail Doering|website=Dignity Memorial|date=February 1, 2013|accessdate=September 30, 2019}}</ref>
==Career==
Originally
▲Originally an avid fan who ran an [[anime]] club in [[Houston]], [[Texas]] (known as "Anime NASA") starting in 1985 alongside classmate and AD Vision founder [[David Williams (producer)|David Williams]], Greenfield and Williams met fellow enthusiast [[John Ledford]] in 1992 and the three quickly formed AD Vision, a name later condensed to ADV Films. The company, which began as an importer of anime, marketing primarily to the existing network of anime fans, rapidly expanded and soon had its own dedicated dubbing studios and a distribution network that also handled international marketing, licensing and North American home video distribution for a wide variety of other programming, including non-ADV produced animated titles such as ''[[Sailor Moon]]'', ''[[Robotech]]'', ''[[Hello Kitty]]'' and ''[[ReBoot]]'', and a diverse linup of live action programming that ranged from Japanese horror and kaiju productions such as
Still growing, ADV also launched the first all anime television channel, [[The Anime Network]], and a publishing division that distributed the authorized English version of the popular Japanese magazine ''[[Newtype]]'' and Japanese manga.
During a nearly 17-year period, Greenfield served first as ADV's general manager, then as a vice president of the company, and was involved with the majority of the company's releases, either as producer or executive producer, until 2009, when ADV ceased actively acquiring new media. By that time, Greenfield had already stepped into place as the front person for two new companies:
He continues to write and produce English dubs for new companies and distributors such as [[Sentai Filmworks]] and [[Section23 Films]] via post-production house/dubbing studio [[Seraphim Digital]].
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Greenfield has also worked as a [[voice actor]], often going by the [[pseudonym]] '''Brian Granveldt'''.
He married voice actress [[Tiffany Grant]] in 2003 (divorced in 2018). Greenfield is a
==References==
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