MATT CARROLL

After graduating from the University of New South Wales with a Bachelor of Architecture, Matt Carroll started his career in the film industry as Production Assistant on the television production Skippy. In 1970 he co-produced his first feature Shirley Thompson vs The Aliens with Jim Sharman.

In 1973 he joined the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) as co-producer of Sunday Too Far Away. During the next eight years as Producer for Features and Television at the SAFC he produced eight theatrical features, three telemovies, several documentaries and a television pilot.

After joining Network TEN in 1982 as Executive Producer of Network Production and working with its Managing Director, Greg Coote, he  was responsible for supervising all the drama and light entertainment for the network’s four stations resulting in the production of such television hits as The Dismissal, Bodyline and Return to Eden.

In June 1985 both Coote and Carroll left the Network TEN to form the production company Roadshow, Coote & Carroll where Matt produced many
programs, including Brides of Christ and GP, for which Matt was the Executive Producer for the show’s 8 year run.

Matt Carroll formed Matt Carroll Films Pty Ltd in 1995. Diana & Me, its first feature film, was released in 1997 and Passion – The Story of Percy Grainger, completed in 1998, was released in July 1999. Matt recently produced the first series of FarScape for Nine Film & Television and the Jim
Henson Company.