Matthew Wells

Matthew is a producer and director based in Bristol, UK. His most recent film as a director is FRANK CAPRA: MR. AMERICA for Sony Pictures, which premiered at the Venice International Film Festival in 2023. Between 2017 and 2019 he directed and produced a series of short documentaries about Stanley Kubrick, with rare access to the filmmaker’s archives, family members and inner circle. The films were made for Park Circus in partnership with Warner Bros., Sony Pictures and the Kubrick Estate. The most recent, Never Just A Dream, premiered at Venice in 2019, and all three played theatrically with reissues of Kubrick’s movies around the world. 

As a producer, Matthew’s latest film, made in partnership with Nick Varley, is MADE IN ENGLAND: THE FILMS OF POWELL AND PRESSBURGER, a love letter to the films of Powell and Pressburger from executive producer Martin Scorsese. The film premiered at the 2024 Berlinale and has sold around the world. He also served as producer on Misha And The Wolves, a feature documentary for Netflix and BBC Storyville, which premiered at Sundance in 2021. In 2017 he was executive producer of Damian Hirst: Treasures From The Wreck of the Unbelievable.