Matt Bloom is an Emmy winning and BAFTA-nominated British director of

television Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication Media (communication), medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of Transmission (telecommunications), television tra ...

, commercials and short films, and a graduate of the International Film School Wales. He directed consecutive new hit shows as lead director: The BAFTA-winning '' 4 O'Clock Club'', '' All at Sea'', ''

Hank Zipzer The ''Hank Zipzer: The World's Greatest Underachiever'Hank Zipzer: The Mostly True Confessions of the World's Best Underachiever'' in Books 1–3 and ''Hank Zipzer: The World's Best Underachiever'' in Book 4. series of American children's books ...

'' starring

Henry Winkler Henry Franklin Winkler, OBE (born October 30, 1945), is an American actor, comedian, author, executive producer, and director. After rising to fame as Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli on the American television series '' Happy Days'', Winkler has ...

, '' The Lodge'' for Disney Channel, and '' Find Me in Paris'' for ZDF. He was mentored by ''

Moulin Rouge! ''Moulin Rouge!'' (, ) is a 2001 jukebox musical romantic drama film directed, co-produced, and co-written by Baz Luhrmann. It follows a young English poet, Christian, who falls in love with the star of the Moulin Rouge, cabaret actress and cou ...

'' and ''

Romeo + Juliet Romeo Montague () is the male protagonist of William Shakespeare's tragedy ''Romeo and Juliet''. The son of Lord Montague and his wife, Lady Montague, he secretly loves and marries Juliet, a member of the rival House of Capulet, through a pries ...

'' director

Baz Luhrmann Mark Anthony Luhrmann (born 17 September 1962), known professionally as Baz Luhrmann, is an Australian film director, producer, writer and actor. With projects spanning film, television, opera, theatre, music and recording industries, he is re ...

, with whom he made a short film in

Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of City of Salford, Salford to ...

starring

Brenda Blethyn Brenda Blethyn (''née'' Bottle; 20 February 1946) is an English actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including a Golden Globe, a BAFTA, a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress, and two Academy Award nominations. Blethy ...

and

Emma Bunton Emma Lee Bunton (born 21 January 1976) is an English singer, songwriter, actress, and media personality. She rose to fame in the 1990s as a member of the girl group Spice Girls, in which she was nicknamed Baby Spice. With over 100 million rec ...

, which was shown before the Royal Premiere of ''

''. His award-winning short fil
''Small Things''
starred

Stirling Gallacher Deborah Ann Stirling Gallacher (born 30 November 1970) is an English actress. She is known for her roles as George Woodson in the BBC soap opera ''Doctors'' and Paula Martin in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street''. Career Gallacher played ...

('' The Office'', '' Little Britain'') and Joe Absolom ('' EastEnders'', ''

Vincent Vincent ( la, Vincentius) is a male given name derived from the Roman name Vincentius, which is derived from the Latin word (''to conquer''). People with the given name Artists *Vincent Apap (1909–2003), Maltese sculptor *Vincent van Gogh ...

''). He has recently directed commercials and virals for

The Co-operative Group Co-operative Group Limited, trading as Co-op, is a British consumer co-operative with a group of retail businesses including food retail, wholesale, e-pharmacy, insurance and legal services, and funeral care. The Co-operative Group has over ...

and BBC Comedy, and his latest short horror film,
Endless
' starring

Chris Geere Christopher William Geere (born 18 March 1981) is an English actor. He is known for playing the lead role of Jimmy Shive-Overly in the FX and FXX dark comedy series ''You're the Worst'' and Roger Clifford in the 2019 film '' Detective Pikachu' ...

and Jenna Harrison, which won the Best Horror/Sci-Fi award at th
London Independent Film Festival
His latest music video is the

Arctic The Arctic ( or ) is a polar region located at the northernmost part of Earth. The Arctic consists of the Arctic Ocean, adjacent seas, and parts of Canada ( Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut), Danish Realm ( Greenland), Finland, Iceland ...

-themed video
Cold Feet
for

Liam Finn Liam Mullane Finn (born 24 September 1983) is a New Zealand singer and musician. Born in Melbourne, Australia, he moved to New Zealand as a child. He is the son of musicians Sharon and Neil Finn. In 2020, he joined his father's band, Crowde ...

Director

*'' Find Me in Paris'' – ZDF (2018–2020) *'' Hank Zipzer's Christmas Catastrophe'' – BBC,

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Movie (2016) *'' The Lodge'' – Disney Channel (lead director, 5 episodes 2016) *''

'' – BBC, Series 3 (lead director, 7 episodes, 2016) *''

'' – BBC, Series 2 (lead director, 6 episodes, 2015) *''

'' – BBC, Series 1 (lead director, 6 episodes, 2014) *'' All at Sea'' – BBC, Series 1 (lead director, 4 episodes, 2013–2014) *'' 4 O'Clock Club'' – BBC, Series 2 (lead director, 8 episodes, 2012–2013) *'' 4 O'Clock Club'' – BBC, Series 1 (lead director, 4 episodes, 2012) *

"Cold Feet" (music video) *
Endless
' (short horror film) *''

Jinx A jinx (also jynx), in popular superstition and folklore, is a curse or the attribute of attracting bad or negative luck. The word ''"jynx"'' meaning the bird wryneck and sometimes a charm or spell has been in use in English since the seventeen ...

'' – BBC (6 episodes) *''

The Bill ''The Bill'' is a British police procedural television series, first broadcast on ITV from 16 August 1983 until 31 August 2010. The programme originated from a one-off drama, '' Woodentop'', broadcast in August 1983. The programme focused on ...

'' – ITV (6 episodes) *
Small Things
' (short film) *''

Comedy Lab ''Comedy Lab'' is a British television series which showcases pilots of experimental comedy shows. Series have been aired irregularly on Channel 4 and E4 since 1998. Several pilots first shown on ''Comedy Lab'' have gone on to spawn full serie ...

'' –

Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned enterprise, state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a four ...

/ E4 (1 episode) *'' Doctors'' – BBC (14 episodes)

References

External links

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