Matt is a slashie. He’s spent the last two decades creating stories on screens, stages and books. He cut his teeth as an independent film maker, self financing his own stories and garnering success at prized international festivals.

His childhood in Brisbane with a single mother and brother shape the stories that resonate with him.

Matt's the co-creator, executive producer, writer, director, showrunner, actor on the AACTA nominated  kids comedy series Spooky Files for ABCME and BBC. Spooky Files is produced by TAP (Tony Ayres Productions) and Megaboom Pictures. Season 2  is now out. Check it out here. 

Matt co-created/wrote, acted in and was a director on the Emmy® award winning, and twice Emmy® nominated, live action comedy series Hardball. Hardball was produced by Northern Pictures for ABCME. It played for 23 episodes. This series won international awards including Best Children’s Fiction Program at the Prix Jeunesse International Awards, BANFF Rockies, The Remis, Japan Prize, and others. Hardball can be seen on CBBC (UK), France Televisions (France), NRK (Norway), RTE (Ireland), TVO (Canada), TVB (Hong Kong), SABC (South Africa) and more. 

Matt has co-written two critically-acclaimed kids book series - Zoo Crew, published by Scholastic, and Zombie Diaries, published by Hardie Grant. Zombie Diaries has been translated into 10 languages. 

He's made feature films that have screened at film festivals such as Tribeca Film Festival, Toronto Inside Out Film Festival and Sydney Film Festival. He’s made shorts that finalists at Tropfest Film Festival.

As an actor he’s been in notable shows such as Spooky Files, Secret City, Home and Away, Hardball, Friday on My Mind and Underbelly, to name a few. On stage, he starred in the world premiere productions of Holding the Man in Australia and London's West End. 

Matt writes, directs and produces the NIDA 3rd Year graduate showreels. He has done this for 8 years and loves collaborating with emerging artists. Check them out.

Matt is in demand as a tutor at acting institutions across the country and runs Sydney Screen Acting, his own screen acting class in Leichhardt where he takes great pride guiding aspiring actors.

Matt's long time collaborator Guy Edmonds and him run the production company Megaboom Pictures with Paul Watters.