Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
About
A love letter to the great British filmmakers, narrated and executive produced by Martin Scorsese.
Premiered
Berlinale 2024
Partners
BBC Film / Screen Scotland / Altitude Films
Produced By
Matthew Wells and Nick Varley
Directed by
David Hinton
Frank Capra: Mr America
About
The story of Frank Capra, a young and penniless immigrant who rose through the ranks of early Hollywood to become one of the Great American mythmakers.
Premiered
Venice Film Festival 2023
Partners
Sony Pictures / Ten Thousand 86
Produced By
Nick Varley
Directed by
Matthew Wells
Misha and the Wolves
About
The dramatic tale of a woman whose holocaust memoir took the world by storm, but a fallout with her publisher – who turned detective – revealed an audacious deception created to hide a darker truth.
Premiered
Premiered Sundance 2021
Partners
Netflix / BBC Storyville
Produced By
Matthew Wells, Poppy Dixon, Al Morrow
Directed by
Sam Hobkinson
Never Just a Dream
About
Stanley Kubrick died within days of completing his long-awaited film Eyes Wide Shut. In Never Just a Dream, Kubrick’s closest collaborators recall this final chapter of his life and career in moving detail.
Premiered
Venice Film Festival 2019
Partners
Park Circus / Warner Bros
Produced By
Matthew Wells, Mark Hirzberger-Taylor
Directed by
Matthew Wells
Matthew is a producer and director based in Bristol, UK. In 2024 he produced MADE IN ENGLAND for BBC Film and Screen Scotland. The film is a love letter to the films of Powell and Pressburger from its Executive Producer Martin Scorsese. It premiered at Berlin Film Festival and went on to play at Telluride, Tribeca and others, and was acquired by Mubi.
His most recent film as a director is FRANK CAPRA: MR AMERICA for Sony Pictures, which premiered at Venice Film Festival in 2023. Matthew also served as producer on MISHA AND THE WOLVES, a feature documentary for Netflix and BBC Storyville, which premiered at Sundance in 2021. In 2018 he was executive producer of DAMIEN HIRST: TREASURES FROM THE WRECK OF THE UNBELIEVABLE and brokered its sale to Netflix.
Between 2017 and 2019 he directed and produced a series of three short documentaries about the life and work of 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 Film Festival in 2019, and all three played theatrically with reissues of Kubrick’s movies around the world.