Sober the movie – a new film by Matthew Cooper

Sober - Director Matthew Cooper with Dean Smith and Tom Gibbons

Wow, it’s been a long while since I wrote blogpost for this website – I’ve been a little bit busy with my feature film SOBER – which is currently in post-production and only a couple of months from being finished – 2023 has been an incredible year so far – and Sober is going to make a bit of a comedic stir when we finally release it into the wild.

Sober - Director Matthew Cooper with Dean Smith and Tom Gibbons
Sober – Director Matthew Cooper with Dean Smith and Tom Gibbons

‘Sober’ is getting close to being done and myself and the two lead actors and co-writers/producer expect BIG things from the film – its very funny.

Sober is a feature film – which is shot in Leeds, on location in less than  10 days.

The film was made for a budget of less than £10,000 and the cast features some award-winning actors and actresses – who all worked for free.

As post-production nears a conclusion in the next few months or so – I will be blogging on here again – and across on my director website –

There’s also a website set up for Sober the movie – which has a blog sections and a behind the scenes section – we’re still building that website up – but its worth checking out.

So, sorry for the radio silence – but Sober – is gonna be worth the wait.

Matthew Cooper has been a script writer for hire and UK script consultant for over 20 years. 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.

His directorial debut, the rubber reality horror thriller ‘Markham was released in 2020, his second feature film as director ‘At The Mountains Of Madness’ hit the screen in 2021 and his third horror feature film (and final part of The Sekurig Trilogy) When The Earth Gives Up The Dead (2022) was released on Halloween 2022.

You can find some of his broadcast credits on the IMDb.