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MATTHEW SAWYER

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Beyond The Reef | Feature Film

Join Shuang Hu on a giant screen adventure of a lifetime as she travels to one of the oldest and most beautiful ecological habitats in the world. Traveling by land, air, and sea, Shuang discovers the area’s history, its secrets, and humanity’s relationship with the region in a journey best experienced on the big screen.

Produced by Steve Jaggi Company

Starring Shuang Hu
Director: Luke Wheatley
Writer: Georgia Harrison
Produced by: Beckie Adams, Steve Jaggi
Cinematography by: Jake Koning
Edited by: Matthew Sawyer

Saturday Night Fever | TVC

Client: The Gordon Frost Organisation

Production Company: TPR Media
Creative Director / Choreographer / Stylist: Mitchell Woodcock
Director: Dean Law
Producer: Lauren Panrucker
Director of Photography: Brian Loewe
Camera Operator: Phil Scanlan
Steadicam: David Aponas
Gaffer: Steve Schofield
Best Boy: Tobias Andersson
Post Production: Matthew Sawyer
Music Supervisor: Matthew Prain
Makeup: Pablo Morgade
Hair: Jason Birch
Stylist: New Ground Collective / Makers of Belief
BTS: Scott Robert Mitchell
Executive Producer: Scott Nelson

The Brighton Miracle | Feature Film

Production Company: Eastpool Films, Shogun Productions, Syn Entertainment

Producer: Tim Farmer, Max Mannix, Andrew Marfleet, Lisa Shaunessy, Jack Wareham, Nick Wood

Film Editors: Matthew Sawyer, Daniel Warner, Cameron Hales

Envoy: Shark Cull | Feature Film

Off the beautiful beaches, among breathtaking coral reefs of Australia lurks a deadly and indiscriminate killer. It's thirst for blood kills 1000s each and every year. It's not sharks. It's the Government Shark Control Program

Narrated by: Eric Bana

Produced by: The Hype Project
Director: Andre Borell
Producer: Andre Borell
Associate Producer: Reese Lowe
Cinematographer: James Kable
Cinematographer: Keoni TeTawa Bowthorpe
Cinematographer: Andy B. Casagrande IV
Film Editor: James Kable
Consulting Film Editor: Matthew Sawyer
Colourist: Matthew Sawyer

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Inferno | Short Film

When a family man tears down the remains of his burned-out childhood home in attempt to bury his family’s tragic past, he finds himself tormented by something sinister uncovered in the demolition.

http://www.sway.film/projects/inferno/


Nominated for Australian Screen Editors Award 2020


STARRING SAM COTTON AND KEIRAN MCGINLAY WITH KAREN PUDLYK, JOHN MCNEIL AND MELINDA JOAN REED

DIRECTED BY KATHERINE CHEDIAK PUTNAM

PRODUCED BY BRENTON PINSENT AND DEAN W LAW

WRITTEN BY DEAN W LAW AND KATHERINE CHEDIAK PUTNAM

CINEMATOGRAPHY BY BRIAN LOEWE

CREATURE DESIGN BY STEVE BOYLE

EDITED BY MATTHEW SAWYER

VFX BY TIM BAHRIJ, MATTHEW SAWYER AND NICK MOORE

SOUND DESIGN BY DAVID BUTCHERINE

ORIGINAL SCORE BY BRIAN WHITE

PRODUCED IN ASSOCIATION WITH SCREEN QUEENSLAND




Frozen Musical | TVC

The Australian production of Frozen The Musical has landed in Australia and to promote the launch 2 TVCs and an extended web commercial were produced.

Working with the fantastic team over at TPR Media, this production was created with a highly skilled and creative team.


Agency: TPR Media
Producer: Scott Nelson
Producer: Lauren Panrucker
Director: Dean Law
Editor: Matthew Sawyer
Colourist: Matthew Sawyer
VFX: Tim Bahrij

NDIS Carers Recruitment | Commercial

Production Company: Stranger films
Director: Tony Walsh
Producer: Genevieve Larin
Cinematography: Brian Loewe
Editor: Matthew Sawyer

RCS | TVC

As an experienced editor, I was thrilled to work with RCS Australia and Tourism Media on a TVC promoting the benefits of regenerative farming. With a focus on sustainability and eco-friendliness, this project was a perfect fit for my skills and values. On-location consulting allowed me to work closely with the client to ensure their vision was brought to life. The end result was a gorgeous and humble message teasing the importance of regenerative farming.


Director: Matthew Cassidy & Nick Joy
Writer: John Danalis
Editor: Matthew Sawyer
Colourist: Matthew Sawyer
Production Company: Tourism Media

The Con & The Liar | Music Video

The Con & the Liar | Like Velociraptors

Directed by: Harrison Norris
Cinematography by: Brian Loewe
Editing and Visual Effects by: Matthew Sawyer

Norfolk Island | Commercial

The Norfolk Island Tourism Campaign was designed to be a flexible campaign of advertisements and social content to help reinvigorate the tourism industry post-COVID19 on Norfolk Island. The production was headed by the highly passionate and creative team at Tourism Media who focus on travel based media packages.

Producers: Nick Joy & Matthew Cassidy
Creative Director: John Danalis
Lead Editor: Matthew Sawyer

Total Pace | Music Video

Very loud, wild, and soaked in beer, Total Pace’s Just One More music video is a love letter to being charmingly “a little too drunk” and a bit “rough around the edges”


Director: Nick Moore
Cinematographer: Brian Loewe
Editor: Matthew Sayer
Colourist: Matthew Sawyer
VFX: Matthew Sawyer
B Camera: Jake Ryan
Post Audio: David Butcherine


Expedia | Travel Series

The Expedia Vacation Travel Guide series is produced by the dedicated team at Tourism Media. The series highlights key travel destinations around the world to promote global tourism through Expedia. 

Video Editing and Color Grading by
Matthew Sawyer



41st Annual Telly Awards: Best Editing Silver Winner

For A Good Cause | Series Pilot

What happens the team tries to "fix" diversity in a political ad?

A new Australian satirical comedy following a digital media agency that creates progressive social change content -- but betrays all their values in the process.


Directed by Tony Walsh
Produced By Genevieve Larin & Mary Duong
Cinematography by Brian Loewe
Editing by Matthew Sawyer



40th Annual Telly Awards: Silver Winner for Best Editing.
Melbourne Web Fest 2019: Official Selection
Melbourne Web Fest 2019: Best Editing Nomination
SXSW Lineup 2019

BMW x QUT | Promo

A promo designed for the launch of the BMW/QUT partnership design academy showcasing the BMW M8 vehicle.

Agency: Stranger.Film

Directed: Tony Walsh

Produced: Genevieve Larin

Cinematography: Brian Loewe

Gaffer: Jono Voyce

Edited: Matthew Sawyer

The Chats | Music Video

The Chats Suburban Excursion Tour
Presents Drunk N Disorderly.
A Tour Music Video and Show trailer for The Chats


Directed by Nick Moore

Editor Matthew Sawyer

Beyond The Reef | Feature Film

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Beyond the Reef | Official trailer

Saturday Night Fever | TVC

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SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER | TVC

The Brighton Miracle | Feature Film

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The Brighton Miracle Trailer

Envoy: Shark Cull | Feature Film

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Envoy: Shark Cull

Inferno | Short Film

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Inferno Clip

Frozen Musical | TVC

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Frozen The Musical | Extended Commercial

NDIS Carers Recruitment | Commercial

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RCS | TVC

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RCS | TVC

The Con & The Liar | Music Video

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Norfolk Island | Commercial

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Total Pace | Music Video

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TOTAL PACE - JUST ONE MORE (official video)

Expedia | Travel Series

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For A Good Cause | Series Pilot

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BMW x QUT | Promo

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QUT BMW M8

The Chats | Music Video

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Brisbane, Australia
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