Directing

Matthew Cooper

Born April 23, 1974 · Leeds, England, UK (age 52)

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 …

Known For

Sober

MovieAdventureComedy

On the day his first child is born, Dan decides to have a swift pint with his best friend before he goes to the hospital. Halfway down the pint, all hell breaks loose. Wetting the baby's head will never be the same again.

Family Style

Family Style · 1993

A young man struggles with grief over the death of his older brother.

At the Mountains of Madness

At the Mountains of Madness · 2021

At the Mountains of Madness

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'.

The Whitby Goth Weekend Horror

The Whitby Goth Weekend Horror · 2026

The Whitby Goth Weekend Horror

MovieHorrorCrime

A deadly serial killer flees jail and goes to Whitby, North Yorkshire, during the famous Whitby Goth Weekend.

Markham

Markham · 2020

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.

H.P. Lovecraft's the Shadow Over Innsmouth

H.P. Lovecraft's the Shadow Over Innsmouth · 2024

H.P. Lovecraft's the Shadow Over Innsmouth

A history professor tracing his family tree visits the seaside town of Innsmouth, on the North Yorkshire coast. While there he becomes caught up in disturbing events that lead to horrifying personal revelations.

When The Earth Gives Up The Dead

When The Earth Gives Up The Dead · 2022

When The Earth Gives Up The Dead

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'.

Emmerdale

Emmerdale · 1972

SeriesSoapDrama

The lives of several families in the Yorkshire Dales revolve around a farm and the nearby village. With murders, affairs, lies, deceit, laughter and tears, it's all there in the village.

Filmography

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Sober

MovieAdventureComedy

On the day his first child is born, Dan decides to have a swift pint with his best friend before he goes to the hospital. Halfway down the pint, all hell breaks loose. Wetting the baby's head will never be the same again.

Director

Family Style

Family Style · 1993

A young man struggles with grief over the death of his older brother.

Writer

At the Mountains of Madness

At the Mountains of Madness · 2021

At the Mountains of Madness

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'.

Director

The Whitby Goth Weekend Horror

The Whitby Goth Weekend Horror · 2026

The Whitby Goth Weekend Horror

MovieHorrorCrime

A deadly serial killer flees jail and goes to Whitby, North Yorkshire, during the famous Whitby Goth Weekend.

Screenplay

Markham

Markham · 2020

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.

Writer

H.P. Lovecraft's the Shadow Over Innsmouth

H.P. Lovecraft's the Shadow Over Innsmouth · 2024

H.P. Lovecraft's the Shadow Over Innsmouth

A history professor tracing his family tree visits the seaside town of Innsmouth, on the North Yorkshire coast. While there he becomes caught up in disturbing events that lead to horrifying personal revelations.

Director

When The Earth Gives Up The Dead

When The Earth Gives Up The Dead · 2022

When The Earth Gives Up The Dead

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'.

Director

Emmerdale

Emmerdale · 1972

SeriesSoapDrama

The lives of several families in the Yorkshire Dales revolve around a farm and the nearby village. With murders, affairs, lies, deceit, laughter and tears, it's all there in the village.

Writer

EastEnders

EastEnders · 1985

SeriesSoapDrama

The everyday lives of working-class residents of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End of London's Walford borough.

Writer

Hollyoaks

Hollyoaks · 1995

The daily soap that follows the loves, lives and misdemeanours of a group of people living in the Chester village of Hollyoaks where anything could, and frequently does, happen...

Writer