Matchbox Pictures

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

Scripted

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

• Saved (2009, television film)
• My Place (2009–11)
• The Slap (2011)
• The Straits (2012)
• Underground: The Julian Assange Story (2012, television film)
• Camp (2013)
• Zuzu & the Supernuffs (2013)
• Nowhere Boys (2013–present)
• Old School (2014)
• Devil's Playground (2014)
• Maximum Choppage (2015)
• Deadline Gallipoli (2015)
• Glitch (2015)
• Stories I Want to Tell You in Person (2015)
• The Family Law (2016)
• Wanted (2016)
• Secret City (2016)
• Stateless

Non-scripted

• Anatomy (2008–13)
• Darwin's Lost Paradise (2009)
• Miss South Sudan Australia (2010)
• Mrs Carey's Concert (2011)
• Leaky Boat (2011)
• Sex: An Unnatural History (2011)
• The Swimmer (2012)
• Next Stop Hollywood (2013)
• Formal Wars (2013)
• Young, Lazy and Driving Us Crazy (2013)
• The Real Housewives of Melbourne (2014–present)
• Deadline Gallipoli: The Full Story (2015)
• Room 101 (2015)
• E! News Asia Special – Erin Goes to Hollywood (2015)
• How Do I Look? Asia (2015)
• E! Top 5 Philippines (2015)
• The Real Housewives of Auckland (TBA)

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.