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British film and television director

Matt Bloom is an Emmy[1] winning and BAFTA[2]-nominated British director of television, commercials and short films, and a graduate of the International Film School Wales.[3]

He directed consecutive new hit shows as lead director: The BAFTA-winning 4 O'Clock Club,[4] All at Sea,[5] Hank Zipzer starring Henry Winkler,[6][7] The Lodge for Disney Channel, and Find Me in Paris for ZDF.[8][9][10]

He was mentored by Moulin Rouge! and Romeo + Juliet director Baz Luhrmann, with whom he made a short film in Manchester starring Brenda Blethyn and Emma Bunton.[11]

His award-winning short film Small Things [12] starred Stirling Gallacher (The Office, Little Britain) and Joe Absolom (EastEnders, Vincent). He has recently directed commercials and virals for The Co-operative Group and BBC Comedy, and his latest short horror film, Endless [13] starring Chris Geere and Jenna Harrison, which won the Best Horror/Sci-Fi award at the London Independent Film Festival.[14]

He directed the Arctic-themed music video "Cold Feet" for Liam Finn.

• Find Me in Paris – ZDF (2018–2021)
• Hank Zipzer's Christmas Catastrophe – BBC, Christmas Movie (2017)
• The Lodge – Disney Channel (lead director, 5 episodes 2016)
• Hank Zipzer – BBC, Series 3 (lead director, 7 episodes, 2016)
• Hank Zipzer – BBC, Series 2 (lead director, 6 episodes, 2015)
• Hank Zipzer – BBC, Series 1 (lead director, 6 episodes, 2014)
• All at Sea – BBC, Series 1 (lead director, 4 episodes, 2013–2014)
• 4 O'Clock Club – BBC, Series 2 (lead director, 8 episodes, 2012–2013)
• 4 O'Clock Club – BBC, Series 1 (lead director, 4 episodes, 2012)
• Liam Finn "Cold Feet" (music video)
• Endless (short horror film)
• Jinx – BBC (6 episodes)
• The Bill – ITV (6 episodes)
• Small Things (short film)
• Comedy Lab – Channel 4/E4 (1 episode)
• Doctors – BBC (14 episodes)

1. ^ 6th International Emmy Kids Awards Winner for Kids: TV Movie-Mini-Series - Hank Zipzer’s Christmas C. YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-09.
2. ^ "Nominations List for the British Academy Children's Awards in 2017 (Plain Text)". 24 October 2017.
3. ^ "Directors UK".
4. ^ "4 O'Clock Club - CBBC Sitcom".
5. ^ "All at Sea press clippings".
6. ^ "Hank Zipzer - TV Review". 12 September 2017.
7. ^ @HankZipzerTV (9 February 2014). "Here are all our lovely reviews. Thank you Mr and Mrs reviewers!@hwinkler4real #HankZipzer" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
8. ^ "Find Me in Paris - TV Review". 3 September 2018.
9. ^ "Mipcom: ZDF Renews 'Find Me in Paris' for Second Season (EXCLUSIVE)". 13 October 2017.
10. ^ "What to Watch". The New York Times.
11. ^ "Baz Luhrmann".
12. ^ "Festival of Fantastic Films".
13. ^ "London Independent Film Festival".
14. ^ "London Independent Film Festival (2011)". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-04-28.

• Matt Bloom at IMDb
• Matt Bloom Website