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Matchbox Pictures is a film and television production company operating throughout Australia and in Asia.[1][2] Formed in 2008, the company has produced a range of award-winning scripted and non-scripted content.[3] Along with its emphasis on film and television, Matchbox has plans to branch out into different creative mediums, including games and apps.

Matchbox Pictures has production houses in Melbourne, Sydney, and Singapore. Recent productions have attracted a number of high-profile directors and producers, and the company continues to grow, providing an ever-expanding range of content for Australian and international audiences.[4]

History

Matchbox Pictures was formed in 2008 by Tony Ayres, Penny Chapman, Helen Bowden, Michael McMahon and Helen Panckhurst. In 2011, NBCUniversal took a majority stake in Matchbox Pictures, and full ownership by January 2014.[5]

Productions

Scripted

  • Maximum Choppage - Drama 6 x 27 mins
  • Glitch - Drama 6 x 1 Hour
  • Stories I Want To Tell You In Person - 2 x 30mins
  • Dealine Gallipoli - Drama Mini Series 4 x 1 Hour Episodes
  • Old School - Drama Mini Series 8 x 1 Hour Episodes
  • Cut Snake - Feature Film (100 mins)
  • Devil's Playground - Drama (TV) 6 X 1 hour Episodes
  • Underground - Drama Feature Film and Telemovie - 90 minutes
  • The Slap - Drama (TV) 8 x 1 Hr
  • Zuzu & the Supernuffs - Children's Drama (TV) | 8 x 5 minutes
  • The Turning Cockleshell - Short Film 12 minutes (approx.)
  • The Straits - Contemporary Crime Drama (TV) | 10 x 55 minutes
  • My Place - Children's Drama (TV) 13 x 26 minutes
  • The Home Song Stories - Drama (Feature Film) 103 minutes
  • Lou Drama (Feature Film) - 86 minutes
  • Saved Drama (Telemovie) - 90 minutes

Non-scripted

  • The Real Housewives of Melbourne Series 112 - Reality TV Series 12 x 1 Hr
  • Room 101 - 10 x 1 Hour
  • Young, Lazy and Driving Us Crazy - Formatted Observational Documentary (TV) 8 x 1hr
  • Formal Wars - Formatted Observational Documentary (TV) 8 x 1hr
  • Next Stop Hollywood - Documentary TV 6 x 30 minutes
  • Anatomy Series 1-4 - Documentary 3 x 30 minutes
  • Swimmer - Documentary 1 hour
  • Sex, An Unnatural History - Factual / Comedy TV 6 x 26 minutes
  • Mrs Carey's Concert - Feature Documentary 95 mins
  • The Leaky Boat - Documentary 60 minutes
  • Miss South Sudan Australia - Documentary 30 mins
  • Darwin's Lost Paradise - Documentary 90 minutes

People

Managing Director: Chris Oliver-Taylor

Chris Oliver-Taylor joined Matchbox Pictures in 2011 as Managing Director. He oversees the company’s strategy and operations, managing a team of producers to deliver a broad range of content across Australia’s diverse networks. In addition, Oliver-Taylor oversees the company’s international activity, which is managed through its partnership with NBCUniversal.

Oliver Taylor is currently deputy chairman of Screenrights and the President of Screen Producers of Australia.[6][7]

Director of Scripted Development: Debbie Lee

Debbie Lee provides creative leadership in the area of scripted content development, and is responsible for overseeing the development of a range of material for diverse audiences.

Producer: Penny Chapman

Penny Chapman is a principal of Matchbox Pictures and one of its founding members. She has extensive experience producing television in Australia.[8] Her recent work includes Devil’s Playground, which debuted on Foxtel on 9 September, and Deadline Gallipoli, also for Foxtel, airing in April 2015.

Producer/Director: Tony Ayres

Anthony Ayres is one of Matchbox Pictures’ founding members. He is an award-winning showrunner, writer and director of television and cinema, who recently finished work on his third feature film, Cut Snake.[9][10]

Ayres is currently the Executive Producer for the upcoming series Glitch (ABC), Nowhere Boys Series 2 (ABC3) and The Family Law (SBS). He was also the Executive Producer for Old School (ABC) and Devil’s Playground (Foxtel).

Director for Unscripted Content: Kylie Washington

In 2012 Kylie Washington joined Matchbox Pictures as the Director of Unscripted Content. She is responsible for the development and production of a diverse slate of original and formatted entertainment programs, and oversees the adaptation of NBCUniversal’s content for an Australian market.

Washington’s original format, Formal Wars, was commissioned by Network 7 and has subsequently been sold to several international territories.

She is currently the Executive Producer for The Real Housewives of Melbourne, which in its first season produced the network’s largest audience for a reality program. Series two is now in preproduction. Washington also oversees Matchbox Asia.

Head of Production: Helen Panckhurst

Helen Panckhurst is a principal of Matchbox Pictures and one of its founding members. She is also the company’s Head of Production, with overall responsibility for programs in production.

Most recently, Panckhurst produced the eight-part comedy drama series Old School for the ABC. Her past work includes The Straits, which she coproduced with Penny Chapman (ABC), and the AACTA Award-winning Mrs Carey’s Concert, coproduced with Bob Connolly.[11] Panckhurst also co-produced Matchbox Pictures’ Logie & AFI Award-winning children’s television series, My Place.[12]

Commercial Director: Michael McMahon

Michael McMahon is a principal of Matchbox Pictures and one of its founding members. As Commercial Director, he is responsible for all of the company’s development, production and distribution deals.

McMahon entered the field of production in 1999, having previously worked as a lawyer. He has extensive experience with documentary production, and his drama credits include The Slap (ABC), which he coproduced with Tony Ayres and Helen Bowden.

Having previously served on the board of Screen Tasmania, McMahon is currently a member of the board of Film Victoria.[13]

Finance Director: Tom Chatwin

In his capacity as Finance Director, Chatwin oversees Matchbox Pictures’ accounting and financial planning. He is CIMA qualified, and joined Matchbox Pictures after having previously working in film and TV, both in the UK and for a number of other Australian media companies.

Awards

2002 The Road from Coorain AFI Award for Best Telefeature of Mini-Series[14]
2003 Wildness AFI Award for Best Documentary[15]
SFF Award for Best Documentary
2005 RAN AWGIE Award for Best Screenplay Television Drama (John Alsop)[16]
QLD Premier’s Literary Award for Best Television Drama Screenplay[17]
2006 AFI Award for Best Telefeature or Mini-Series[18]
AFI Award for Best Script in a Television Drama[19]
2007 Home Song Stories AFI Award for Best Director (Tony Ayres)[20]
AFI Award for Best Screenplay (Tony Ayres)[21]
NSW Premier’s Literary Award for Best Script
2009 Saved ADGA Award for Best Achievement in Directing for a Telemovie
AWGIE Award for Best Original Screenplay, Telemovie[22]
2010 My Place AFI Award for Best Children’s Television Drama[23]
SPAA Award for Children’s Television Producer of the Year (Penny Chapman)[24]
Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Children’s Program[25]
2012 Logie for Most Outstanding Children’s Program[26]
AACTA Award for Best Children’s Television Program[27]
2011 Matchbox Pictures SPAA Award for Independent Producer of the Year[28]
2012 Mrs Carey's Concert AACTA Award for Best Feature Length Documentary[29]
AACTA Award for Best Direction in a Documentary (Bob Connolly and Sophie Raymond)[30]
The Slap AACTA Award for Best Telefeature, Mini-Series or Short Run Series[31]
AACTA Award for Best Direction in Television (Matthew Saville)[32]
AACTA Award for Best Screenplay in Television (Brendan Cowell)[33]
AWGIE Award for Best Adapted Television Mini Series[34]
Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Drama Series[35]
The Straits AWGIE Award for Best Original Television Mini-Series[36]
2014 Nowhere Boys AACTA Award for Best Children’s Television Series[37]
AWGIE Award for Best Children’s Television, C Classification (Craig Irvin)[38]
Silver Logie Oustanding Children’s Program[39]
SPAA Award for Children’s Television Production of the Year[40]
2015 Devil's Playground AACTA Award for Best Telefeature or Mini-Series[41]

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