Matthew Holmes
Born
Australia
Occupations
  • Film director
  • screenwriter
  • actor
  • film producer
Years active1999–present
Notable workThe Legend of Ben Hall

Matthew Holmes is an Australian film director, producer, writer and actor.

Biography

Holmes started his film career as a stop-motion animator.

He also worked as an animator and sculptor on several Award-winning short films directed by Michael Cusack, including The Book-Keeper, (R)evolution and Gargoyle. Gargoyle won an AACTA Award for Best Short Animation in 2006.

Holmes first full-length film Twin Rivers was a live-action drama and was made primarily with support from family and friends, with no crew.[1] Filming began in 2001 and continued for four years, wrapping in 2004.

Holmes was one of the lead animators on the 2013 short film Woody, directed by Stuart Bowen.

When the trailer for The Legend of Ben Hall was released, the project was picked up by Odin's Eye Entertainment and RCL Motion Picture Entertainment and expanded into a 2-hour feature film, incorporating the footage from the short film into the feature. Australian director Greg McLean joined the project as an Executive Producer in February 2015.[2] Filming began in regional Victoria in March 2015 and continued into June. The Legend of Ben Hall was released in 2016.

Filmography

  • The Runaway Cowboys, short (1993)
  • The Galaxies Tastiest Milkshake, short (1994)
  • It's a Dog's Life, short (1996)
  • The Scam, short (1999)
  • The BookKeeper, short (1999) (animator)
  • Eggabord & Bacon-Boy, short (2001)
  • (R)evolution short (2003) (animator)
  • The Biscuit Effect, feature (2004)
  • Gargoyle, short (2006) (animator)
  • Twin Rivers, feature (2007)
  • Crooked, web series (2010)
  • The Vandabelles – Say Goodbye, music video (2011)
  • Woody, short (2013) (animator)
  • The Artifice, short (2014)
  • The Legend of Ben Hall, feature (2016)[2][3][4]
  • The Cost, feature (2022)[5]

References

  1. ↑ Cochrane, Glenn. "'Twin Rivers': Aussie Indie Gem Finally Gets Its Well-Deserved New Release". Screen Realm. Archived from the original on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Bushranger movie starts shooting". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  3. ↑ Linden, Sheri (16 December 2016). "'The Legend of Ben Hall': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  4. ↑ Hall, Sandra (21 November 2016). "The Legend of Ben Hall review: The final nine months of an overlooked bushranger". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  5. ↑ Nystrom, Lisa (11 October 2023). "The Cost". FilmInk. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
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