Matchbox Pictures

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Matchbox Pictures
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryTelevision
GenreTelevision production
Founded2008
Founders
Headquarters
Sydney
,
Australia
Area served
Australia
Key people
Alastair McKinnon
(managing director)
ServicesFilm and television program production
Parent Universal International Studios
Subsidiaries Big & Little Films
Tony Ayres Productions [1]
Website matchboxpictures.com

Matchbox Pictures is a film and television production company headquartered in Sydney with production houses in Sydney, Melbourne, and Singapore. [2] [3] It was formed in 2008 by Tony Ayres, Penny Chapman, Helen Bowden, Michael McMahon and Helen Panckhurst. In 2011, NBCUniversal took a majority stake in Matchbox Pictures, and full ownership by January 2014. [4]

Contents

Matchbox Pictures is led by Alastair McKinnon (managing director), Matthew Vitins (COO), Debbie Lee (Director of Scripted Development), Penny Chapman (Producer), Helen Panckhurst (Head of Production), Michael McMahon (Producer), and Kate O'Connell (Finance Director).

On 16 July 2018, Matchbox Pictures and NBCUniversal backed co-founder Tony Ayres' new company, Tony Ayres Productions. [1]

Productions

Current or upcoming productions are listed in bold text.

Film

Television

  Programs with a shaded background indicate the program is still in production.

TitleNetworkYearsNotes
Anatomy ABC TV 2008–2013
Darwin's Lost Paradise2009Documentary
SavedTele-movie
My Place ABC Me 2009–2011
Miss South Sudan AustraliaABC TV2010
Leaky Boat2011
Sex: An Unnatural History SBS
The Slap ABC TV
The Straits 2012
Underground: The Julian Assange Story Network Ten Tele-movie
Next Stop Hollywood ABC TV2013
Camp NBC co-production with BermanBraun, Selfish Mermaid and Universal Television
Formal Wars Seven Network
Zuzu & the Supernuffs KidsCo
Nowhere Boys ABC Me 2013–2018
Young, Lazy and Driving Us Crazy Seven Network2014
Old School ABC TV2014
Devil's Playground Showcase 2014
The Real Housewives of Melbourne Fox Arena 2014–present
The Slap US NBC2015co-production with Universal Television, P+M Image Nation and Scratchpad Productions
Room 101 SBS
Maximum Choppage ABC TV Plus
Deadline Gallipoli Fox Showcase Limited series. Co-production with Full Clip Productions
Glitch ABC TV2015–2019Second season co-production with Netflix [5]
The Family Law SBS 2016–2019
Wanted Seven Network 2016–2018co-production with R&R Productions
Secret City Fox Showcase2016–2019
The Real Housewives of Auckland Bravo 2016
The Real Housewives of Sydney Arena
Binge
2017, 2023–present
Mustangs FC ABC Me 2017–present
Australian Spartan [6] Seven Network 2018–2019
Safe Harbour SBS2018
Everyone's a CriticABC TV
The Heights 2019–2020co-production with For Pete's Sake Productions
Stateless 2020
Hungry Ghosts SBS
Young Rock NBC2021–2023co-production with World Wrestling Entertainment, Grit & Superstition, Fierce Baby Productions, Seven Bucks Productions and Universal Television
Clickbait Netflix 2021Filming suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [7] Co-production with Tony Ayres Productions, Heyday Television and NBCUniversal International Studios
Making It Australia Network 10 co-production with Eureka Productions
Fires ABC TVco-production with Tony Ayres Productions and NBCUniversal International Studios
La Brea NBC2021–2024co-production with Bad Apple, Keshet Studios and Universal Television
Joe vs. Carole Peacock 2022co-production with Universal Content Productions and Wondery
Irreverent [8] Netflix
Peacock [9]
Bad Behaviour Stan 2023
Class of '07 Amazon Prime Video 2023–present
Turn Up The Volume [10] ABC Meco-production with Film Camp

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