Mat Kirkby

Mat Kirkby is a Welsh filmmaker. In 2015, he won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for directing The Phone Call, a short drama film starring Sally Hawkins and Jim Broadbent.^[1] Kirkby wrote the film with his colleague James Lucas who both had family who worked on helplines.^[2] The short had its world premiere at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival, where it also won Best Short Film. He began his career as a director of commercials and music videos for artists including Adele, Muse and Basement Jaxx.^[3]

References

^ "Oscars 2015: Nominations list". BBC News. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
^ "'The Phone Call' Director Mat Kirkby's Next Project Will Make '50 Shades' Look Like 'Mary Poppins': ShortList Quickie". TheWrap. 22 August 2014.
^ Pulver, Andrew (19 February 2015). "How two British short film-makers turned rejection into an Oscars nod" – via The Guardian.

External links

Mat Kirkby at IMDb

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[87th-1] "Oscars 2015: Nominations list". BBC News. Retrieved 24 January 2015.

[2] "'The Phone Call' Director Mat Kirkby's Next Project Will Make '50 Shades' Look Like 'Mary Poppins': ShortList Quickie". TheWrap. 22 August 2014.

[3] Pulver, Andrew (19 February 2015). "How two British short film-makers turned rejection into an Oscars nod" – via The Guardian.

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