Matt Redd

About Matt Redd

Matt Redd is a Welsh screenwriter. His BFI-funded debut feature THE TOLL, released in North America as TOLLBOOTH and described as “a remarkable first feature” (The Hollywood News) and “a triumph” (HeyUGuys), saw him longlisted for Best Debut Screenwriter at the British Independent Film Awards.

Matt develops original ideas and adapts existing IP for film and TV, and has worked with production companies including Baby Cow, Bad Wolf, 5 Acts, Misfits Entertainment, Raw, Severn Screen, SHUK, and Who’s On First among others.

Matt was selected to be part of the 2025 BIFA Springboard: Genre cohort, coordinated in partnership with production company, Anton.

Matt’s other produced work includes a special episode of BBC medical drama CASUALTY and a Royal Television Society award-winning sci-fi short film, and he has developed and produced both features and shorts with the support of Ffilm Cymru Wales.  He was selected for the Edinburgh International Film Festival Talent Lab, the EIFF/Wellcome Trust Ideas Lab, and the BFI Genre Weekender.

 

In Development

    • Production
    • Company
    • Notes
    • CASUALTY
    • BBC
    • Shadow Writer Scheme
    • THE LANDSKER LINE
    • Studio Hamburg
    • STRONG BLOODY VIOLENCE
    • New City Pictures Ltd
    • STATION
    • Severn Screen / BBC Wales
    • Lead Writer, 6 episodes
    • THE LIFE AND DEATH OF DANIEL DEE
    • Ffilm Cymru Wales / Screen Ireland
    • Original feature
    • A COUNTRY THE SIZE OF WALES
    • Who's On First / Ffilm Cymru Wales
    • Original Feature

TV

    • Production
    • Company
    • Notes
    • CASUALTY
    • BBC
    • Series 26, special episode

Film

    • Production
    • Company
    • Notes
    • THE TOLL
    • Ffilm Cymru Wales
    • Starring Iwan Rheon
    • AMBITION
    • Ffilm Cymru Wales
    • Short
    • THE PLACE OF MY BIRTH
    • Ffilm Cymru Wales
    • Short
    • SILENT PHANTOM
    • Ffilm Cymru Wales
    • Short