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Producer, Matthew Metcalfe was born in Christchurch, New Zealand before moving to Papua New Guinea and later Australia as a child. He later moved back to New Zealand to attend University and it was here that Matthew's association with the screen began while at The University of Auckland where he started acting in amateur theater and taking small roles in such shows as Hercules and Xena.

Following graduation with a degree in management and applied mathematics, he started his producing career on the the short films "9 Across" and "Little Samurai", both of which achieved significant theatrical releases in their domestic territory of New Zealand.

Matthew later went on to work as as New Zealand producer on the German TV Drama "Das Traumshiff", as Associate Producer on the German Mini Series, "Bird of Paradise" and Executive Producer on the German TV feature "Kreuzfahrt ins Gluck".

He also won several awards as a producer of Music Videos for such international acts as "Slayer", "Hayley Westenra", "Pacifier" and "Eskimo Joe". In 2002 he was awarded a Tui award for producing the cult music video for NZ rapper, Che Fu "Fade Away".

In television Matthew wrote and produced the prime time New Zealand TV series "Air Force", as well as producing the Vietnam documentary "Vietnam - My Fathers War" and the music series "White Trash to Rock Gods". Recently he produced the prime time documentary "Soldiers of Fortune" which told the story of New Zealand security contractors working in Iraq. Filming took place in October 2006 in and around Baghdad for this groundbreaking documentary.

In feature films, Matthew has produced the Lions Gate Films thriller, "Nemesis Game" and the First Look Pictures horror "The Ferryman" and the multi award winning drama/comedy for Paramount "Dean Spanley" starring Peter O'Toole and Sam Neill. His most recent production is the romantic comedy "Love Birds" starring Rhys Darby and Golden Globe winner Sally Hawkins.

Awards

Matthew Metcalfe

Brisbane International Film Festival

New Zealand Film and TV Awards (II)

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