MatthewMetcalfe
- Producer
After learning the ropes making short films and music videos, ex-soldier Matthew Metcalfe has made films in Antarctica and Iraq, and produced movies and TV movies with partners in Canada (Nemesis Game), England (Dean Spanley) and France (Capital in the 21st Century). His projects range from tutus (ballet feature Giselle) to war (animated film 25 April) to portraits of legendary New Zealanders (Whina, McLaren).
Biography
Christchurch-born Matthew Metcalfe grew up “really poor” in Canberra, after time in Papua New Guinea. The army offered a way to see more of the world — Metcalfe did time in both Australia and New Zealand — although ultimately he "really only saw a lot of the back country of both nations". While completing a Commerce and Applied Mathematics degree at Auckland University he grew increasingly interested in film, after taking bit acting parts on stage and screen.
Screenography
Awards
2025 New Zealand Screen Awards/Ngā Taonga Whakaata O Aotearoa
Best Documentary - Feature: for Never Look Away (with Tom Blackwell and Lucy Lawless)
2025 Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit
For services to the film industry
“He makes things happen.”