The Duffer Brothers

Matt and Ross Duffer
Matt (left) and Ross (right) Duffer at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con
Born (1984-02-15) February 15, 1984
EducationChapman University (BFA)
Occupations
  • Television writers
  • directors
  • producers
Years active2005–present
Known forStranger Things
Spouse
(m. 2015; sep. 2024)
(Ross)

Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer (born February 15, 1984), often credited as the Duffer Brothers, are both American television writers, directors, and producers. The brothers are identical twins and work on all their projects as a pair. They are best known as the creators, directors, and executive producers of the Netflix science fiction horror series Stranger Things (since 2016), and have also written and directed the horror film Hidden (2015) and written and produced episodes of the Fox science fiction series Wayward Pines (2015–2016). The Duffer Brothers founded the production company Upside Down Pictures, which is in an overall deal with Netflix.