Matchbox Pictures
Matchbox Pictures is a film and television production company headquartered in Sydney with production houses in Sydney, Melbourne and Singapore.[1][2] It 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.[3]
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Industry | Television |
Genre | Television production |
Founded | 2008 |
Founders |
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Headquarters | , |
Area served | Australia |
Key people | Alastair McKinnon (managing director) |
Services | Film and television program production |
Owner | NBCUniversal (Comcast) |
Parent | NBC Universal International Group |
Website | matchboxpictures |
Matchbox Pictures is led by Alastair McKinnon (Managing Director), Matthew Vitins (COO), Debbie Lee (Director of Scripted Development), Penny Chapman (Producer), Helen Panckhurst (Head of Production), Michael McMahon (Producer), and Kate O'Connell (Finance Director).
Productions
Current or upcoming productions are listed in bold text.
Film
- The Home Song Stories (2007)
- Lou (2010)
- The Turning – Cockleshell (2013)
- Cut Snake (2014)
- Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows (2016)
- Ali's Wedding (2016)
Television
Programs with a shaded background indicate the program is still in production.
Title | Network | Years | Notes |
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Anatomy | ABC | 2008-2013 | |
Darwin's Lost Paradise | N/A | 2009 | Documentary |
Saved | N/A | 2009 | Tele-movie |
My Place | ABC3 | 2009—2011 | |
Miss South Sudan Australia | ABC | 2010 | |
Leaky Boat | ABC | 2011 | |
Sex: An Unnatural History | SBS | 2011 | |
The Slap | ABC | 2011 | |
The Straits | ABC | 2012 | |
Underground: The Julian Assange Story | Network Ten | 2012 | Tele-movie |
Next Stop Hollywood | ABC | 2013 | |
Camp | NBC | 2013 | |
Formal Wars | Seven Network | 2013 | |
Zuzu & the Supernuffs | KidsCo | 2013 | |
Nowhere Boys | ABC ME | 2013–2018 | |
Young, Lazy and Driving Us Crazy | Seven Network | 2014 | |
Old School | ABC | 2014 | |
Devil's Playground | showcase | 2014 | |
The Real Housewives of Melbourne | Arena | 2014–present | |
Maximum Choppage | ABC2 | 2015 | |
Room 101 | SBS | 2015 | |
Deadline Gallipoli | showcase | 2015 | Limited series. Co-production with Full Clip Productions |
Glitch | ABC | 2015–present | Second season co-production with Netflix[4] |
The Family Law | SBS | 2016–2019 | |
Wanted | Seven Network | 2016–2018 | Co-production with R&R Productions |
Secret City | showcase | 2016 and 2019 | |
The Real Housewives of Auckland | Bravo | 2016 | |
The Real Housewives of Sydney | Arena | 2017 | |
Mustangs FC | ABC Me | 2017-present | |
Australian Spartan[5] | Seven Network | 2018–2019 | |
Safe Harbour | SBS | 2018 | |
Everyone's a Critic | ABC | 2018 | |
The Heights | ABC | 2019–present | |
Stateless | ABC | 2020 | |
Hungry Ghosts (TV series) | SBS | 2020 | |
Clickbait | Netflix | 2020 | Filming suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] |
References
- Groves, Don. "Matchbox Venture into Asia". If.com.au. If. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- Groves, Don. "The Slap Producers Open Queensland Office". If.com.au. If. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- Roxborough, Scott. "NBCUniversal Takes Full Control of Australia's Matchbox Pictures". The Hollywood Reporter. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
- Petski, Denise (14 October 2016). "'Glitch' Gets Second Season For Global Distribution On Netflix". Deadline. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
- Carmody, Broede (3 August 2017). "Seven Network poised to capitalise on Nine's Australian Ninja Warrior success". Sydney Morning Herald (Online). Fairfax media. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
- Knox, David (16 March 2020). "Netflix drama Clickbait halts production in Melbourne". TV Tonight. Retrieved 20 April 2020.