Matchbox Pictures

Matchbox Pictures
Subsidiary
Industry Television
Genre Television production
Founded 2008
Founders
Headquarters Sydney, Melbourne, Australia
Area served
 Australia
Key people
 Chris Oliver-Taylor
(Managing Director)
Services Film and television program production
Parent NBC Universal International Studios
Website www.matchboxpictures.com

Matchbox Pictures is a film and television production company with production houses in Melbourne, Sydney, 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]

Matchbox Pictures is led by Chris Oliver-Taylor (Managing Director), Debbie Lee (Director of Scripted Development), Penny Chapman (Producer), Tony Ayres (Producer/Director), Kylie Washington (Director for Unscripted Content), Helen Panckhurst (Head of Production), Michael McMahon (Commercial Director), and Tom Chatwin (Finance Director).

Productions

Current or upcoming productions are listed in bold text.

Film

Television

     Programs with a shaded background indicate the program is still in production.

Title Network Years Notes
AnatomyABC2008-2013
Darwin's Lost ParadiseN/A2009Documentary
SavedN/A2009Tele-movie
My PlaceABC32009—2011
Miss South Sudan AustraliaABC2010
Leaky BoatABC2011
Sex: An Unnatural HistorySBS2011
The SlapABC2011
The StraitsABC2012
Underground: The Julian Assange StoryNetwork Ten2012Tele-movie
Next Stop HollywoodABC2013
CampNBC2013
Formal WarsSeven Network2013
Zuzu & the SupernuffsKidsCo2013
Nowhere BoysABC ME2013–present
Young, Lazy and Driving Us CrazySeven Network2014
Old SchoolABC2014
Devil's Playgroundshowcase2014
The Real Housewives of MelbourneArena2014–present
Maximum ChoppageABC22015
Room 101SBS2015
Deadline Gallipolishowcase2015Limited series. Co-production with Full Clip Productions
GlitchABC2015–presentSecond season co-production with Netflix[4]
The Family LawSBS2016–present
WantedSeven Network2016–presentCo-production with R&R Productions
Secret Cityshowcase2016
The Real Housewives of AucklandBravo2016–present
The Real Housewives of SydneyArena2017
Australian Spartan: Ultimate Team Challenge[5]Seven Network2018–present
Safe Harbour SBS 2018 Post-production

References

  1. ↑ Groves, Don. "Matchbox Venture into Asia". If.com.au. If. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  2. ↑ Groves, Don. "The Slap Producers Open Queensland Office". If.com.au. If. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  3. ↑ Roxborough, Scott. "NBCUniversal Takes Full Control of Australia's Matchbox Pictures". The Hollywood Reporter. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  4. ↑ Petski, Denise (14 October 2016). "'Glitch' Gets Second Season For Global Distribution On Netflix". Deadline. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  5. ↑ 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.
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