Matthew has over twenty years’ experience researching, sourcing and licensing archive material for most genres of television, as well as for feature films, concerts, exhibitions, art installations, theatre productions, commercials, retail DVDs and music videos. He offers intelligent, creative and comprehensive archive research for both footage an... Read More

Matthew has over twenty years’ experience researching, sourcing and licensing archive material for most genres of television, as well as for feature films, concerts, exhibitions, art installations, theatre productions, commercials, retail DVDs and music videos. He offers intelligent, creative and comprehensive archive research for both footage and stills for all types of material - whether news, feature film or television clips, personalities, music performances, music videos, stock or archive, modern or historical.During this time Matthew has worked on many prestigious programmes for BBC, Channel 4, ITV, CNN, National Geographic Channel, History Channel, Discovery Channel, Netflix, HBO and Amazon as well as feature-length documentaries for worldwide theatrical release; working with celebrated and award-winning journalists, academics & filmmakers, including Ben Anthony, Darren Aronofsky, Mary Beard, Charlie Brooker, Michael Cockerell, Victor Lewis-Smith, Ursula Macfarlane, David Olusoga, Nick Robinson, Jon Ronson, Jonathan Ross, Simon Schama, Nic Stacey, Peter Taylor and Anthony Wonke.Matthew’s archive work on commercial projects has included U2's ground-breaking - Innocence & Experience World Tour and Joshua Tree 30th Anniversary Tour, Elton John's Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour, Alicia + Keys World Tour and Rolling Stones' No Filter & Sixty tours as well as the celebrated Rolling Stones exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery, Apollo 11 - The Immersive Live Show at the Rose Bowl in Los Angeles and audio-visual art installations for British artist - Isaac Julien.Matthew’s specialisms include all aspects of visual research, copyright clearance and licensing, including contracts/license agreements and fair dealing. He also has expertise in music and literary clearance/licensing as well as clearance of third parties, celebrities, brands and intellectual properties. Experience working on both small and large-scale projects, and with archive budgets of varying scales, has provided him with a sound knowledge of the financial aspects of the role. Matthew is hard working, conscientious, flexible in terms of timescales, highly creative and committed to searching out the right shot, however obscure or difficult to find. Read Less