Matthew Saville

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Matthew Saville is an Australian television and film director, who began his career working as a titles designer for many Australian television series. Several of his short films, including Franz and Kafka have received awards and screened widely at film festivals. Matthew Saville came to wider prominence as a writer/director with his one hour film Roy Hollsdotter Live, a bittersweet comedy about a stand-up comedian experiencing a personal breakdown. The film won awards at the Sydney Film Festival in 2003, as well as at the Australian Writers' Guild Awards. The success of that film led, among other things, to a highly successful career as a television comedy director, including the acclaimed Big Bite and We Can Be Heroes, on both occasions working with Chris Lilley. In addition, Matthew Saville has directed episodes of the Australian television drama series The Secret Life of Us as well as directing the first three episodes of The Surgeon. In 2007 Saville's feature film debut Noise was released, for which he received an AFI nomination for Best Director. In 2010 he began directing Cloudstreet, a television miniseries version of Tim Winton's novel. Description above from the Wikipedia article Matthew Saville, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Works

Upright

When family outcast Lucky Flynn learns that his mother is dying, he decides to drive to the other side of Australia to see her, packing nothing but an upright piano for the journey. But his plans are soon turned upside down when he meets the runaway teenager Meg, who’s dealing with some family demons of her own.

Release Date:2019-11-28

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:8

Vote Count:68

Friday on My Mind

In 1964 when five young, newly arrived immigrants met in a Sydney hostel and formed a garage band, little did they know that they would take Australian rock'n'roll to the world. This is the story of The Easybeats.

Release Date:2017-11-26

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:2

Seven Types of Ambiguity

A gripping psychological mystery told from the shifting perspective of six characters following a complicated chain of events triggered when a child is taken and relationships are thrown into crisis.

Release Date:2017-04-13

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:6

Vote Count:16

A Month of Sundays

Frank Mollard, divorced but still attached, can't move on and also can't sell a house in a property boom, much less connect with his teenage son. One night Frank gets a phone call from his mother. Nothing out of the ordinary there – apart from the fact that she died the year before.

Release Date:2016-04-28

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:9

Felony

Three detectives become embroiled in a tense struggle after a tragic accident that leaves a child in critical condition. One is guilty of a crime, one will try to cover it up, and the other attempts to expose it. How far will these men go to disguise and unravel the truth?

Release Date:2014-08-28

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:184

A Writer and Three Script Editors Walk Into a Bar

A writer tells a joke. Complications ensue.

Release Date:2014-05-22

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Please Like Me

After breaking up with his girlfriend, Josh comes to the realization that he is homosexual. With the support of his now ex girlfriend Claire, and his best friend and house mate Tom, Josh must help his mother with her battle with depression and the rest of his family embrace his new found lifestyle.

Release Date:2013-02-28

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:28

Vote Count:127

Bonny Doon

Stephen Curry and Dave Lawson travel to Victoria's splendid Lake District, passing the time by discussing Stephen's lengthy career and sundry acting techniques.

Release Date:2012-07-03

Character:Director

The Slap

When a man slaps a 4-year-old boy, the incident results in an intense court case.

Release Date:2011-10-06

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:30

Cloudstreet

Cloudstreet is an Australian television drama miniseries for the Showcase subscription television channel, which first screened from 22 May 2011, in three parts. It is an adaptation of Cloudstreet, an award-winning novel by Australian author Tim Winton. It was filmed in 2010 in Perth with Matthew Saville as the director, and script written by Tim Winton and Ellen Fontana.

Release Date:2011-05-22

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:3

Vote Count:3

Tangle

The lives of two generations of two wealthy families intertwine as they clash and connect over money, sex, scandals and secrets in Melbourne.

Release Date:2009-10-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:4

Vote Count:7

East of Everything

East of Everything is an Australian drama television series which began screening on 30 March 2008 on the ABC. It is produced by Deborah Cox, Fiona Eagger and Roger Monk. Two seasons were produced. East of Everything revolves around a globe-trotting travel writer who returns home for his Mum's funeral to a neglected resort town, Broken Bay, on the easternmost point of Australia. He is challenged by a crooked local council, his brother who is trying to cheat him out of his inheritance, his first love who broke his heart when he was a teenager and the son he hasn't seen in ten years. The setting was named by combining the names of Byron Bay and Broken Head.

Release Date:2008-03-30

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:3

The King

The King is the story of Graham Kennedy, Australia's first and greatest home grown TV superstar. It traces his rise from working class Balaclava kid, through radio, TV, film, and back to TV again. It also tracks Kennedy's personal tragedies - the loneliness, the unrealised ambitions and the terrible pressures of being Australia's first homegrown superstar in the 1950s and 60s.

Release Date:2007-05-20

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1

Noise

The community reels after an incident on a suburban train. A young cop, beset with doubt and afflicted with tinnitus, is pitched into the chaos that follows this tragic event. He struggles to clear the noises in his head while all around him deal with the after burn of the crime.

Release Date:2007-05-03

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:39

The Surgeon

The Surgeon was an Australian primetime television Medical drama. It screened at 9:30pm on Thursdays on Network Ten and in Ireland early morning on RTÉ One. The show was based at a fictional hospital named Sydney General Hospital. The first season consisted of 8 half-hour episodes. The show was not renewed for a second season due to a number of poor reviews and lack of sufficient ratings.

Release Date:2005-10-13

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:3

We Can Be Heroes: Finding the Australian of the Year

The story of five unique Australians who have been nominated for the Australian of the Year Award. Phil, a rescue hero who saved nine children in a jumping castle accident. Ricky, a Chinese physics genius and aspiring actor. Ja’mie, a charity-minded schoolgirl who sponsors 85 Sudanese children. Daniel and Nathan, hearing impaired teenage twin farm boys embarking on a world first eardrum transplant. And Pat, a disabled suburban housewife turned elite athlete.

Release Date:2005-07-27

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:19

We Can Be Heroes: Finding The Australian of the Year

The daily lives of five very special individuals who are among the thousands of citizens nominated for the prestigious title of Australian of the Year.

Release Date:2005-07-27

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:6

Vote Count:5

Roy Hollsdotter Live

Roy Höllsdotter (Darren Casey) is a stand-up comedian in his late 30s making an adequate living as a pub performer. However, all is not well in his personal life – he’s drinking too much and has been stalking his ex-girlfriend Cate (Asher Keddie). When his best friend Simmo (Luke Elliot) finds out what Roy is doing, he tries to intervene, but Roy’s problems only worsen and begin to affect his ability to create and perform his stand-up routines.

Release Date:2004-05-25

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Franz & Kafka

Franz & Kafka are based on the little irreverent premise that Kafkas work â€œDie Verwandlungâ€ was written by two humans, this film is a great homage to Kafkas writing.

Release Date:1997-04-24

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:2

Sweetheart

A mother. A son. A phone call.

Department:Directing

Job:Director