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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Television |
| Genre | Television production |
| Founded | 2008; 18 years ago (2008) |
| Founders |
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| Headquarters | Sydney ,Australia |
Area served | Australia |
Key people | Alastair McKinnon (managing director) |
| Services | Film and television program production |
| Parent | Universal International Studios (2011–present) |
| Subsidiaries | Big & Little Films Tony Ayres Productions[1] |
| Website | matchboxpictures |
Matchbox Pictures is a film and television production company headquartered inSydney with production houses inSydney,Melbourne, andSingapore.[2][3] It was formed in 2008 byTony Ayres,Penny Chapman, Helen Bowden, Michael McMahon and Helen Panckhurst. In 2011,NBCUniversal took a majority stake in Matchbox Pictures, and full ownership by January 2014.[4]
Matchbox Pictures is led by Alastair McKinnon (managing director), Matthew Vitins (COO), Debbie Lee (Director of Scripted Development), Penny Chapman (Producer), Helen Panckhurst (Head of Production), Michael McMahon (Producer), and Kate O'Connell (Finance Director).
On 16 July 2018, Matchbox Pictures and NBCUniversal backed co-founder Tony Ayres' new company, Tony Ayres Productions.[1]
Programs with a shaded background indicate the program is still in production.
| Title | Network | Years | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anatomy | ABC TV | 2008–2013 | |
| Darwin's Lost Paradise | N/a | 2009 | Documentary |
| Saved | N/a | Tele-movie | |
| My Place | ABC Me | 2009–2011 | |
| Miss South Sudan Australia | ABC TV | 2010 | |
| Leaky Boat | 2011 | ||
| Sex: An Unnatural History | SBS | ||
| The Slap | ABC TV | ||
| The Straits | 2012 | ||
| Underground: The Julian Assange Story | Network Ten | Tele-movie | |
| Next Stop Hollywood | ABC TV | 2013 | |
| Camp | NBC | co-production withBermanBraun, Selfish Mermaid andUniversal Television | |
| Formal Wars | Seven Network | ||
| Zuzu & the Supernuffs | KidsCo | ||
| Nowhere Boys | ABC Me | 2013–2018 | |
| Young, Lazy and Driving Us Crazy | Seven Network | 2014 | |
| Old School | ABC TV | 2014 | |
| Devil's Playground | Showcase | 2014 | |
| The Real Housewives of Melbourne | Fox Arena | 2014–present | |
| The Slap US | NBC | 2015 | co-production withUniversal Television, P+M Image Nation and Scratchpad Productions |
| Room 101 | SBS | ||
| Maximum Choppage | ABC TV Plus | ||
| Deadline Gallipoli | Fox Showcase | Limited series. Co-production with Full Clip Productions | |
| Glitch | ABC TV | 2015–2019 | Second season co-production withNetflix[5] |
| The Family Law | SBS | 2016–2019 | |
| Wanted | Seven Network | 2016–2018 | co-production with R&R Productions |
| Secret City | Fox Showcase | 2016–2019 | |
| The Real Housewives of Auckland | Bravo | 2016 | |
| The Real Housewives of Sydney | Arena Binge | 2017, 2023–present | |
| Mustangs FC | ABC Me | 2017–present | |
| Australian Spartan[6] | Seven Network | 2018–2019 | |
| Safe Harbour | SBS | 2018 | |
| Everyone's a Critic | ABC TV | ||
| The Heights | 2019–2020 | co-production with For Pete's Sake Productions | |
| Stateless | 2020 | ||
| Hungry Ghosts | SBS | ||
| Young Rock | NBC | 2021–2023 | co-production withWorld Wrestling Entertainment, Grit & Superstition, Fierce Baby Productions,Seven Bucks Productions and Universal Television |
| Clickbait | Netflix | 2021 | Co-production with Tony Ayres Productions,Heyday Television and NBCUniversal International Studios |
| Making It Australia | Network 10 | co-production withEureka Productions | |
| Fires | ABC TV | co-production with Tony Ayres Productions and NBCUniversal International Studios | |
| La Brea | NBC | 2021–2024 | co-production with Bad Apple,Keshet Studios and Universal Television |
| Joe vs. Carole | Peacock | 2022 | co-production withUniversal Content Productions andWondery |
| Irreverent[7] | Netflix Peacock[8] | ||
| Bad Behaviour | Stan | 2023 | |
| Class of '07 | Amazon Prime Video | 2023–present | |
| Turn Up The Volume[9] | ABC Me | co-production with Film Camp | |
| House of Gods | ABC TV | 2024 |
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