Matthew Hopper | Contact

WRITER-DIRECTOR

matt@matthewhopper.co.uk

+44 (0) 7743 825 166

ABOUT

Wasson. I’m Matt. Or Hopps. West Country bumpkin, egg-chasing enthusiast, and seemingly the only person who actually likes the Bounty in a Celebrations box.

I’m a UK writer-director. Yes, I am guilty of creating those annoying unskippable YouTube ads (don’t hate me, a guy needs to eat!).

Brands like Qatar Tourism, Samsung and The National Lottery have let me direct stars like Beckham, Neymar, and Messi. And I’ve earned kudos from the likes of Creativepool, the Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards, and The Drum for my Booking.com ad.

Narrative filmmaking is where my heart lies, though, and I have been stabbing away at it for a while now with mixed success. I’m like England at any major sporting tournament; stumble into the semis and then crash out.

My spec scripts (features and pilots) have picked up awards at competitions such as Shore Scripts and Screencraft.

My shorts have played at BIFA/BAFTA qualifying festivals internationally, with my 2024 film Stones snagging best low-budget short at Kino Festival.

My latest short comedy, Elephant, featuring comedian Ali Woods and actor Nitin Ganatra, has just been selected for LOCO – London’s Comedy Film Festival. Pretty chuffed with that.

Partial to a pint and good company, so drop me a message.

Cheers then,

Matt

ACCOLADES & AWARDS

Booking.com – TRA 24 (Brand)

2024 The Drum Awards – Nominated

2024 Creativepool – People’s Choice Winner

2024 Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards – Sliver Winner x 2

Elephant (Short)

2025 Loco – London Comedy Film Festival

2023 Unsolicited Scripts finalist

Stones (Short)