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Matthew Bird (b. 1971)

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Birthplace:
Shipley, Yorkshire, England, UK

Born:
November 15, 1971

Biography from TheMovieDB

Award winning Drama Producer – Matthew Bird has been working in TV drama for over 35 years and producing primetime series, serials and one offs for over 30 years. Throughout his career he has always looked for innovative ways to create, develop and deliver projects, with credits varying from Jimmy McGovern’s acclaimed BBC series ‘The Street’ through popular one off pieces such as ‘Worried about the Boy’ to international co-productions such as ‘Death in Paradise’, ‘Fortitude’ and more recently ITV’s ‘Strangers’.  Matthew is currently shooting a 6 part anthology series in Madrid for AMC to be broadcast in mid 2020. His participation has been made possible through Speakers for Schools partnership with BAFTA.

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Film Production

Producer:
2003  Boudica
2010  Worried About the Boy

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TV Performances

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TV Production

Producer:
2000  Anna Karenina
2001  Linda Green
2002  The Project
2006  The Street
2008  Inspector George Gently
2011  Bedlam
2011  Death in Paradise
2012  Blackout
2015  Fortitude
2017  Decline and Fall
2018  Strangers
2020  Isolation Stories
2020  Soulmates
2023  Boat Story
2023  Silo
2023  The Turkish Detective

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