Matthew Cooper

Matthew Cooper

Birth : 1974-04-23, Leeds, England, UK

History

Matthew had his first credit on TV as a scriptwriter in 1994 aged 19. He was the youngest ever scriptwriter on the Emmerdale writing team, and has written for nearly all the UK soap operas - including the iconic episode of Eastenders where 'Alfie' told 'Kat' he loved her for the first time. After leaving soap writing behind Matthew started a career as a director of innovative low budget genre films, shot digitally and released online. The first three films 'Markham (2020) -'At The Mountains of Madness (2021) and 'When the Earth Gives up The Dead (Due 2022)' where all based on stories by H.P. Lovecraft.

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Matthew Cooper

Movies

When The Earth Gives Up The Dead
When The Earth Gives Up The Dead
Writer
In the Yorkshire village of Dunwich, a huge, deformed creature has been born. An evil priest and a mad professor attempt to use the creature to contact the old gods, Dagon and Cthulhu. As a result, all hell (literally) breaks loose. The third and final film in the 'Sekurig trilogy'.
When The Earth Gives Up The Dead
When The Earth Gives Up The Dead
Director
In the Yorkshire village of Dunwich, a huge, deformed creature has been born. An evil priest and a mad professor attempt to use the creature to contact the old gods, Dagon and Cthulhu. As a result, all hell (literally) breaks loose. The third and final film in the 'Sekurig trilogy'.
At the Mountains of Madness
At the Mountains of Madness
Writer
A group of scientists studying climate change discover untold horrors on a disastrous expedition to the Antarctic in September 1992. Inspired by the H.P. Lovecraft short story. The second film in the 'Sekurig trilogy'.
At the Mountains of Madness
At the Mountains of Madness
Director
A group of scientists studying climate change discover untold horrors on a disastrous expedition to the Antarctic in September 1992. Inspired by the H.P. Lovecraft short story. The second film in the 'Sekurig trilogy'.
Markham
Markham
Director
A cameraman is sent to a remote Yorkshire fishing village to scout a location for a proposed horror film. Instead of being a location scout, he finds himself the subject of a reality-based horror show. The first film in the 'Sekurig trilogy'. Based on the work of H.P. Lovecraft.
Markham
Markham
Writer
A cameraman is sent to a remote Yorkshire fishing village to scout a location for a proposed horror film. Instead of being a location scout, he finds himself the subject of a reality-based horror show. The first film in the 'Sekurig trilogy'. Based on the work of H.P. Lovecraft.
Family Style
Family Style
Writer
A young man struggles with grief over the death of his older brother.