8.5
TV
Production
Matthew Read
- Credits
- 56 titles
Biography
Matthew Read is known for Only God Forgives (2013), Peaky Blinders (2013) and Valhalla Rising (2009). Adapted the screenplay for Pusher (2012), the remake of Pusher (1996), the original film by his often collaborator, Nicolas Winding Refn.
Signature work
Known For
8.5
TV
6.5
Movie
The Neon Demon
5.8
Movie
Only God Forgives
7.9
TV
Taboo
6.1
Movie
Valhalla Rising
7.9
TV
The Gentlemen
8.0
TV
Happy Valley
7.5
TV
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
7.3
TV
McMafia
6.8
TV
Gunpowder
6.5
TV
Obsession
7.4
TV
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
4.4
Movie
Hammer of the Gods
7.1
TV
Doctor Foster
5.8
TV
Troy: Fall of a City
7.4
TV
Wallander
7.8
TV
Agatha Christie's Marple
7.5
Movie
Ethel & Ernest
Crew credits 56
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Leopard TV | Executive Producer (6 ep) |
| 2024 | A Good Girl's Guide to Murder TV | Executive Producer (6 ep) |
| 2024 | The Eye of the Sunrise Film | Writer |
| 2024 | The Gentlemen TV | Executive Producer, Writer (16 ep) |
| 2023 | The Curse of Kirrin Island Film | Writer |
| 2023 | The Famous Five TV | Executive Producer, Writer, Creator (5 ep) |
| 2023 | Obsession TV | Executive Producer (4 ep) |
| 2021 | The Pursuit of Love TV | Executive Producer (3 ep) |
| 2021 | Intergalactic TV | Executive Producer (8 ep) |
| 2019 | Curfew TV | Executive Producer, Creator (8 ep) |
| 2018 | Watership Down TV | Executive Producer (2 ep) |
| 2018 | Troy: Fall of a City TV | Executive Producer (8 ep) |
| 2018 | McMafia TV | Executive Producer (8 ep) |
| 2017 | Gunpowder TV | Executive Producer (3 ep) |
| 2017 | The Last Post TV | Executive Producer (6 ep) |
| 2017 | King Charles III Film | Executive Producer |
| 2017 | The Replacement TV | Executive Producer (3 ep) |
| 2017 | Taboo TV | Executive Producer (8 ep) |
| 2016 | To Walk Invisible Film | Executive Producer |
| 2016 | The Witness for the Prosecution TV | Executive Producer (2 ep) |
| 2016 | Ethel & Ernest Film | Executive Producer |
| 2016 | New Blood TV | Executive Producer (7 ep) |
| 2016 | The Neon Demon Film | Executive Producer |
| 2016 | Murder TV | Executive Producer (3 ep) |
| 2015 | Doctor Foster TV | Executive Producer (10 ep) |
| 2015 | Partners in Crime TV | Executive Producer (6 ep) |
| 2015 | Sword of Vengeance Film | Writer, Executive Producer |
| 2015 | Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell TV | Executive Producer (7 ep) |
| 2015 | Tatau TV | Executive Producer (1 ep) |
| 2015 | Roald Dahl's Esio Trot Film | Executive Producer |
| 2014 | That Day We Sang Film | Executive Producer |
| 2014 | Our Zoo TV | Executive Producer (6 ep) |
| 2014 | Happy Valley TV | Executive Producer (12 ep) |
| 2013 | The Escape Artist TV | Executive Producer (3 ep) |
| 2013 | Peaky Blinders TV | Executive Producer (12 ep) |
| 2013 | Hammer of the Gods Film | Writer |
| 2013 | Only God Forgives Film | Executive Producer |
| 2012 | Restless TV | Executive Producer (2 ep) |
| 2012 | Last Tango in Halifax TV | Executive Producer (24 ep) |
| 2012 | Pusher Film | Writer |
| 2012 | The Best of Men Film | Executive Producer |
| 2011 | Holy Flying Circus Film | Executive Producer |
| 2011 | Case Histories TV | Executive Producer (6 ep) |
| 2011 | Outcasts TV | Executive Producer (8 ep) |
| 2011 | The Sinking of the Laconia TV | Executive Producer (2 ep) |
| 2011 | Zen TV | Executive Producer (3 ep) |
| 2010 | Lip Service TV | Executive Producer (12 ep) |
| 2010 | Valhalla Rising Film | Additional Writing |
| 2009 | Jane Hair Film | Director, Writer |
| 2008 | Wallander TV | Executive Producer (12 ep) |
| 2008 | Apparitions TV | Executive Producer (6 ep) |
| 2008 | Fiona's Story Film | Executive Producer |
| 2008 | Phoo Action TV | Producer (1 ep) |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's Marple TV | Producer (12 ep) |
| 2004 | Fallen Film | Producer |
| 1998 | The Wolves of Kromer Film | Screenplay, Casting Director |