Biography

Matthew’s track record for strong visionary direction includes a number of action adventure docudramas for Animal Planet’s inc FATAL ATTRACTIONS – one of their most successful series. SITUATION CRITICAL for Nat Geo was a hard-cutting, eye-witness docudrama series exploring some of the most gripping stories of the day.

Matthew Wortman recently directed TV movie: WHAT THE DAMBUSTERS DID NEXT for Ch5/Nat Geo reconstructing the secret missions of the Dambuster bombing raids.

Matthew’s other high-profile credits include SKY’s 3D film – STORM CITY. A flagship series to relaunch SKYs 3D channel. In 2019 Matthew created TV series format ‘CAR CREWS’ with SUPERCAR BLONDIE – turning Alex Hirsch one of the world’s biggest social media stars, into a hugely successful youthful brand. ‘Car Crews’ charts Alex’s journey in search of the drive tribes of America.

Matthew Wortman is currently preparing to direct his first independently financed feature film: FRONTIER: The Fight for the Amazon – Those fighting to save it and those fighting to take it. The battle for Brazil’s interior is a modern day, epic, western cowboy movie. This is a tense action-packed environmental drama. Matthew Wortman believes this frontier story of Brazil’s interior is one of the most engrossing epic tales of our time.