Matthew Barry

Writer

Agent

Bethan Evans
Agent

Hannah Boulton

Matthew is a Welsh screenwriter living in LA. He studied History and Politics at Warwick University.

Matthew is an alumni of the BBC Writers’ Academy. He is a Broadcast Hot Shot, a recipient of the BAFTA Rocliffe Comedy Award, and his BBC Studios commissioned project QUEENS was voted on to the inaugural Brit List in 2018. Matthew’s original series, Perfect Summer, was nominated for a BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Youth Series.

FILM

THE SWIFTS (Netflix) Current
Feature Script based on the novel by Beth Lincoln

THE GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO VICE AND VIRTUE (Berlanti Television/Warner Bros for HBO Max) 2021
Feature Script based on the bestselling book by Mackenzi Lee

TELEVISION

MEN UP (Quay Street Productions/Boom Cymru for BBC One) 2023
90′ Single
Creator, Writer, Executive Producer
RTS Cymru Award 2024 — Best Drama
RTS Award Nominee 2024- Best Single Drama
Banff World Media Festival – Rockie Awards Nominee — Best Feature

DOPE GIRLS (Bad Wolf for BBC) Current
6 x 60′
Writer, Executive Producer

UNTITLED TRUE CRIME SERIES (Big Light for HBO) Current
Creator, Writer, Executive Producer
6 x 60′ Script commission for limited series

THE SEVEN INCH DROP
(Berlanti Television/ Warner Bros for Peacock/NBC) Current
3x Script commission and series bible. 60′ original series
Ramon Salazar attached to direct

CAROLINE MATHILDA (Bad Wolf) Current
4 x script commission and series bible
Adaptation of Stella Tillyard’s non-fiction book ‘A Royal Affair’

INDUSTRY Season 2 (Bad Wolf for HBO/BBC) 2021
Script commission and 12 week Writers’ room

DADDY Season 1 (PKM Productions for Amazon Studios) 2021
Co-Executive Producer, Writers’ room

CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA Seasons 1 & 2 (Berlanti Productions/Warner Bros. for NETFLIX) 2018-2020
Season 1 Writer & Producer – 20 x 60′
Season 2 Writer & Supervising Producer 16 x 60′

WE ARE MONSTERS (Berlanti Productions /Warner Bros for Amazon) 2021
60′ Pilot for an original series
Marcos Siega attached to direct

THE ABERYSTWYTH FIVE (Bad Wolf for Channel 4) 2017
Co-creator (with Kayleigh Llewellyn)
Script Commission

STELLA Series 4 & 6 (Tidy Productions/Sky One) 2015/2016
2 x 60’ episodes (co-written with Kayleigh Llewellyn)

REDWATER (BBC One)
2 x 60’ episodes

DEATH IN PARADISE 2014 (Red Planet Pictures/BBC One)
1 x 60’ Series 4
1 x 60’ Series 5

BANANA (Red Production Company/E4) 2015
1 x 30’ episode

CASUALTY (BBC One) 2011-2016
Multiple episodes. Including 30th Anniversary Episode and RTS Award Winning Episode

EASTENDERS (BBC One) 2011-2015
Multiple episodes

WATERLOO ROAD (BBC One) 2013
1 x 60’

HOLBY CITY (BBC One) 2011-2012
Multiple episodes

GREY (BBC One/BBC Comedy) 2012
Co-created (with Kayleigh)
Winner of the BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Forum
2 x 30’ scripts commissioned by Company Pictures

DOCTORS (BBC One) 2011
1 x 30′

PERFECT SUMMER (Fiction Factory/BBC One Wales) 2010
8 x 10’
Creator, Writer
BAFTA Wales nominated – best series

RADIO

HERE BE DRAGONS (John Stanley Productions/BBC 4) 2014
Bronze Award for Comedy at the Radio Academy Awards 2014.

Call Bethan to discuss Matthew or other Writers

+44 (0)20 7467 0121

Call Hannah to discuss Matthew or other Writers

+44(0) 20 7908 0973