Matthew Cooper has been directing drama films since the early 90s, starting on super 8mm cine film and moving into video, long before it became digital. His feature film directorial debut Markham was released in 2020.
As well as being a freelance film director for hire, Matthew has also enjoyed a long career as a script writer for hire he’s written for most of the UK soaps, including writing award winning episodes of Emmerdale, EastEnders, Hollyoaks and Family Affairs and has been BAFTA shortlisted and Royal Television Society nominated as a script writer.
You can find some of his broadcast credits on the IMDb.
His directorial debut, the rubber reality horror thriller Markham was released in 2021. Followed by the acclaimed At The Mountains of Madness (2022), and When the Earth Gives up The Dead (2023). This trilogy of low budget H.P. Lovecraft themed horror movies have proved a hit on YouTube.
Continuing the theme Matthew wrote and directed H.P. Lovecraft’s The Shadow Over Innsmouth and released the film in 2024 – where it made a huge splash online…
Matthew realised his biggest project to date and in April 2025, Sober – starring Dean Smith and Tom Gibbons was released. Sober quickly proved to be a huge hit online…
You can find out more about Matthew’s work as a director here.
You can contact Matthew on matcoop23@yahoo.co.uk.
