[1] Villines met his directing partner, Osmany "Oz" Rodriguez, while both were students at the Los Angeles Film School.
[3] Known professionally as Matt & Oz, their Funny Or Die short digital films included "Charlie Sheen's Winning Recipes," "The Wire: The Musical" (2012), and "The New Guy on New Girl with Zooey Deschanel," as well as a parody of parody of the Bing Crosby and David Bowie duet, "Peace on Earth.
[3] The directing duo's other SNL Digital Shorts included "Darrell's House," "Sad Mouse," "Monster Pals," "Back Home Ballers," and "Jay Z Story.
"[4] Villines and Rodriguez directed Taran Killam in the film, Brother Nature, which was produced by Lorne Michaels.
He was survived by his wife, Linda, whom he married shortly before his diagnosis; his parents, Maggie and Elton Villines, and his sisters.