[1] He wrote his first play, Namigni mu, Bruno!, in 1985; it premiered in the Croatian National Theatre in Split in 1987 as Bljesak zlatnog zuba.
[1][7] From comedies that marked his early career, Matišić moved towards dark humor[1][7] and more somber subjects,[6] with death as one of his major themes.
[1] Matišić's plays have been staged in Croatia (Split, Rijeka, Varaždin and Zagreb), Macedonia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Hungary and Russia.
[8] Although these three plays share some common motifs such as fatherhood, belonging and family,[9] and all three end in suicide of the protagonist,[8] Matišić described them respectively as a tragicomedy, a drama, and a dark-humored psychological thriller.
[1] Matišić received Golden Arena awards for Best Screenplay for the films On the Other Side (shared with Zrinko Ogresta) and What a Country!.
[2] Matišić is a multi-instrumental musician and a member of Hot Club Zagreb, a gypsy jazz band with international experience.