Matthew is currently in post on his second feature, The Caller. Shot in Puerto Rico, the supernatural thriller stars Rachelle Lefevre (Twilight, New Moon), Stephen Moyer (True Blood), Luis Guzmán (The Taking of Pelham 123) and Lorna Raver (Drag Me To Hell).

His first feature film as writer/director, dot the i, was shot for Summit Entertainment and starred Gael García Bernal (Bad Education, The Motorcycle Diaries) and Charlie Cox (Stardust). It was selected for the prestigious Premiere Section at the Sundance Film Festival and won the Audience Award at the Deauville Film Festival.

“(dot the i) is Matthew Parkhill’s ingenious romantic black comedy… I never saw the sublime twists coming in this startling film… If you’re a film buff you’ll have to watch this one at least twice.”

Baz Bamigboye, The Daily Mail

“A hugely entertaining thriller … superbly acted … fiendishly executed.”

            Kyle Smith, New York Post

“Two thumbs up.”

            Ebert & Roeper

“A sensuous thriller with a gorgeous cast and a killer twist.”

Henry Fitzherbert, The Sunday Express

“A wonderfully complicated love story.”

            Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Matthew is currently writing a remake of Rosemary’s Baby for Rigel Entertainment.  He recently completed Rogue, a three-part crime thriller, for Sony and the BBC. He is also writing an episode of Primeval for Impossible Pictures and ITV. He has just been commissioned to write Numb, a new medical drama for Talkback Thames.

Other recent TV writing projects include: Miracle Cure, a comedy drama about the self-help industry for Talkback Thames; The Olympian, a political thriller about the corruption surrounding London’s 2012 Olympics, for Tightrope Pictures; and Mayfair, a drama series set in the world of high-class escorts, for 19 Entertainment.

He wrote Suez, a political thriller about the 1956 Suez crisis and its parallels with the invasion of Iraq, for Alcove Entertainment. He is attached to direct his screenplay, 60 Pairs Of Calvin Kleins, based on his own award-winning novel.

Matthew wrote and directed The Trouble With George, which aired on BBC1 and picked up two Best Actress nominations at the Royal Television Society Awards 2005.

“(The Trouble With George is) Matthew Parkhill’s exquisitely rib-tickling black comedy… hilarious murder most horrid.” 

            The Daily Telegraph

He wrote and directed the bittersweet romantic comedy Sons, Daughters & Lovers for BBC1. The film won Best Drama and Best Actor at the Royal Television Society Awards 2004.

“(Sons, Daughters & Lovers is) an entertaining spin on the traditional generation-gap comedy… great fun… a real gem.” 

The Guardian

Another of his scripts, Coming Up For Air (BBC1), earned Matthew a Best New Talent Nomination at the Royal Television Society Awards, 2003.

Matthew’s short film, Talk, won the Best Short Film Award at the Rushes Soho Shorts Film Festival 2001. It was broadcast on ITV, Sky and Channel 4 and selected for competition at festivals worldwide, including Palm Springs and Raindance.

His short, Romeo Thinks Again, won the President’s Award at the European Short Film Festival in Bra, Italy. It also appeared at the Edinburgh, Manchester and Bilbao film festivals and was theatrically released in the UK.

Another of his short films, If I Could, won the New Director’s Award at the Kinsale Advertising Festival, Ireland. 

He has also directed commercials for Citroen, BUPA and Powers whiskey. His Powers commercial won Gold at  the Kinsale Advertising Festival, 2003.

Matthew’s poems were included in the 1996 UNESCO world poetry collection. His first novel was published in 1995. He lectured for four years at Poitiers University, France, and has worked extensively at the least glamorous end of American psychiatric institutions.