matt currington is aN award-winning DOCUMENTARY filmmaker.

he’s made over 100 hours of PREMIUM FACTUAL television focusing on history, SCIENCE, adventure travel, indigenous & humanitarian ISSUES and climate CHANGE.

he’s also a critically acclaimed stills photographer.

Matt’s directing career began in 2000 with a spate of landmark anthropology films for well known international broadcasters that included National Geographic, Travel Channel and Discovery.

These story-driven ‘popular’ anthropology films include Zo-e: Nomads of the Rainforest, Yawalapiti: Spirits of the Eclipse, Tribal Rites (Series) and The Dinka: War & Love on the Nile, which can now be watched on Amazon Prime.

Matt then migrated into specialist factual television across almost all its genres - as premium Natural History for Bristol-based companies. He continues to works as both a self-filming director and series director.

In 2009 he worked as original director and then cinematographer of feature documentary SHOOTING WITH MURSI (Theatrical Release) that won Best Documentary at National Geographic All Roads Film Festival 2010 and 2011 Objectif de Bronze, Best cultural diversity message (UNESCO award).

Recent work includes GANGS OF BABOON FALLS (5 x 1 hour for Sky Nature), ENGINEERING TOMORROW (5 x 1 hour for SBS), EGYPT FROM ABOVE (2 x 1 hour forNational Geographic), SECRETS OF THE INCA (90 mins for Discovery / France 2), SUPERSTORM (National Geographic), POLAR BEAR IN MY HOUSE (Animal Planet / Channel 4), THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSUEM (5 x 1 hour for Channel 5), WORLDS MOST FAMOUS RAILWAY JOURNEY'S - WITH BILL NIGHY (3 series ) and MISSION AMAZON (Red Bull).

Please see my Filmography and Documentary page for further info.

ENVIRONMENTAL & HUMANITARIAN WORK

Matt has been a lifelong advocate for both environmental and humanitarian issues.

Over the last 20 years, he’s spent much of his spare time travelling to remote parts of the world photographing and filming ‘forgotten’ or ‘unknown’ local stories of importance.

In 2004 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society for his educational work promoting the protection of pristine environments in Antarctica.

Since then he has given educational talks at the British Museum, Peruvian Embassy, Wetlands Centre and numerous other festivals and public events.