Matt is an Australian writer now based in the UK. His original series Luna is in development with Seven Seas Films and he is currently producing The A List for Netflix. Matt previously worked as a producer on Hollyoaks for two and a half years, after originally joining as a script editor.
Before moving to the UK he worked as a writer and script editor for the international hit soap Home and Away and also worked extensively in Australia for a number of producers in a variety of writing and script editing roles.
Matt has a particular interest in crime and mystery dramas and is currently developing several television projects and a feature film. Past projects have received funding from ScreenACT and Screen Australia.
Television (writing credits): | |
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Hollyoaks | Lime Pictures / Channel 4 Writer for the popular Channel 4 soap. 3 x 30′ episodes |
Home and Away | Seven Network Writer for the internationally successful soap. 13 x 30′ episodes |
Television (in development): | |
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Luna | Seven Seas Films Returning crime drama series – treatment and 1 x 60′ script optioned. Writer / Creator |
Guernsey, 1940 | On the occupied Channel Island of Guernsey in World War Two, a former British soldier is forced to work as a detective under a ruthless Nazi commander – caught between his determination to enforce the law and his desire to protect his fellow countrymen, he soon finds himself hated by both sides… Pilot script for a returning series. |
Candy | In the Liverpool underworld, a disgraced cop works as an investigator for a crime boss, while she desperately searches for the person behind the brutal attack that ended her career… Pilot script for a returning series. |
Tagged | After continually breaking the law, a private investigator is given an electronic tag, which limits where he can go. Desperate to keep working, he hires a 15 year old geek to be his “man on the street”, and they quickly become the most unlikely of partners… Pilot script for a returning series. |
Television (producing & script editing credits): | |
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The A List | Kindle Entertainment / Netflix Producer of Season 2 8 x 30′ episodes |
The A List | Kindle Entertainment / Netflix Script Executive of Season 2 8 x 30′ episodes |
Hollyoaks | Lime Pictures / Channel 4 Producer 220 episodes |
Hollyoaks | Lime Pictures / Channel 4 Script Editor 50 episodes |
Home and Away | Seven Network Script Editor 120 episodes |