MattMcPhail
- Producer
- Director
Producer Matt McPhail’s CV includes a number of Kiwi comedy hits. He started his career directing 1990s youth show Ice TV, before helping write and direct internationally successful superhero series Amazing Extraordinary Friends. His producing credits include The Jaquie Brown Diaries, the acclaimed Hounds, and downlowconcept feature Gary of the Pacific.
Biography
Entertainment is in Matt McPhail’s blood. His father was one half of popular television comedy duo, McPhail and Gadsby. His sister Anna was drawn into acting, but Matt wasn’t tempted. "I tried it at school. It was terrifying.”
Screenography
Awards
2012 New Zealand Television Awards
Best Comedy Or Comedy Series (shared with the downlowconcept): for Hounds
2011 Aotearoa Film and Television Awards
Nominated for Best Comedy or Comedy Series (with Josh Thomson, Nick Ward and James Anderson): A Night at the Classic
“It’s not until you produce a bunch of stuff that you realise what goes wrong always goes wrong...it’s how you manage it.”