MATTHEW EVANS
CV & FILMOGRAPHY
1972
Fly-man backstage at Her Majesty’s Theatre, Haymarket
Assistant Stage Manager Prospect Theatre Co touring UK Theatres & Festivals
1973 - 1977
Student. Manchester University. BA Hons Drama & Film 2:1
Captain of a dredger on the Thames.
1977
Actor...
Theatre...appeared in ‘Mate’ with Britt Ekland on tour and in the Comedy Theatre, West End
1978
Film…
Played Friedrich Müller in Delbert Mann’s “All Quiet on the Western Front” (Hallmark Productions) with Ernest Borgnine, Patricia Neal, Richard Thomas, Donald Pleasance & Ian Holm
1978
Photographer & Assistant...
theatrical stills & studio work out of Whitecross Studios, Chelsea - all camera formats
1979
Rostrum cameraman in Soho, medical films & commercials
1980
Wrote, produced & directed ‘The Carpenter’s Mate’, starring Ade Edmondson & Serena Evans, shown 1981 London Film Festival
1981-84
National Film & TV School, Beaconsfield, making documentaries & dramas. Graduated with ‘Interference’ a B&W thriller set in Chapel Market & Hackney Greyhound Stadium
Survived as AD & sound recordist & boom swinger on pop promos, dramas & documentaries
1985/9
Documentary sound recordist for new Channel 4 & ZDF
2nd AD, Terence Davies’ ‘Still Lives, Distant Voices’ (BFI)
1st AD, Derek Jarman’s ‘The Garden’(BFI)
Director
1990
‘Eastenders’ (BBC) + BBC multi-cam training course
1992
‘Casualty’ (BBC) – the start of a long relationship
1993
‘Boon’ (ITV)
‘The Bill’ (ITV)
1994
‘Heartbeat’ (Yorkshire TV)
‘Medics’ (Granada)
1996
‘Band of Gold’ (Granada)
‘Sharman’ with Clive Owen, for Tony Garnett & World Productions
1997
‘Bugs’ (Carnival Films)
1998
‘The Ambassador’, with Pauline Collins (Ecosse Films)
1999
‘Silent Witness’, with Amanda Burton (BBC) - temporary producer
1999
‘The Ruth Rendell Mysteries’ - 5 films (Blue Heaven)
‘Love in the 21st Century’ (Red Productions)
2000
‘The Vice’, with Ken Stott & David Harewood (ITV)
2001
‘The Bench’ (BBC Wales) show-runner for new series
2002
‘Heart & Soul’ (UN Agencies in Kenya) set up & created production core for East African soap opera to educate about AIDS. (Viewing figures: 31 million)
2002/3
‘At Home With The Braithwaites’ (YorkshireTV)
2004
‘Making Waves’ (Central TV) made with the Royal Navy
2005
‘Dalziel & Pascoe’ with Warren Clarke (BBC)
2005/6
‘William & Mary’ with Martin Clunes (ITV) BAFTA nominated
2006
‘Last Detective’ with Peter Davison (ITV}
2006
‘Rebus’ set up series with Ken Stott (SMG) (4 films) + wrote & directed 'Question of Blood' nominated for a Scottish BAFTA
2006/7/8
‘Robin Hood’ (Tiger Aspect for BBC) (8 eps)
2009
‘Demons’ (Shine Productions)
2011
‘Young Dracula’ (CBBC)
‘Waterloo Road’ (Shed Productions for BBC)
2012
‘New Tricks’ (BBC)
2013/14
‘Casualty’ (BBC)
2013/14
‘Wolfblood’ (CBBC) CBAFTA nominated
‘The Dumping Ground’ (CBBC)
2015
‘Lewis’ (ITV)
2016
‘Holby City’ (BBC)
‘Casualty’ (BBC)
2016 - 2019
‘Casualty’ & ‘Holby’ (BBC)
EastEnders (BBC) returning after 30 years has been a zen experience, a challenge and a joy.
Teaching/Workshops…
2015 on…
directing and acting workshops at
Worcester University, Film & Media Dept,
Royal Holloway College, Egham
Hereford Art College, Short Film Course
The Actors Studio, Covent Garden
Hereford Art College, External Advisor to Exam Board, associated to the University of Wales, writing module report
2017
Lecturer/Tutor
Salford University, Film Production & Design BA Hons, Lecturer. Screenwriting and film production. Two semesters lecturing to 140 BA students.
2018 & 2019
Salford University, Film MA, Tutor & supervisor
Photographer
I have continued taking photographs since the 80s. Developing a project with Marc Soubeyran, documenting the making of cellos, viols & violins. Self published a book of photographs ‘Singing Wood’.
Potter
I am a potter, making domestic ware, bowls, jugs and vases to use, out of The Marches Pottery, Mill Street, Ludlow.
Matthew Evans, January, 2024