Matthew Cooper

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1974-04-23 (50 years old)

Place of Birth Leeds, England, UK

Also Known As Matt Cooper

Matthew Cooper

Biography

Matthew had his first credit on TV as a scriptwriter in 1994 aged 19. He was the youngest ever scriptwriter on the Emmerdale writing team, and has written for nearly all the UK soap operas - including the iconic episode of Eastenders where 'Alfie' told 'Kat' he loved her for the first time. After leaving soap writing behind Matthew started a career as a director of innovative low budget genre films, shot digitally and released online. The first three films 'Markham (2020) -'At The Mountains of Madness (2021) and 'When the Earth Gives up The Dead (Due 2022)' where all based on stories by H.P. Lovecraft.

Known For

Director

Writer

2020
Markham

as Writer

1995
Hollyoaks

as Writer

1993
Family Style

as Writer

1985
EastEnders

as Writer

1972
Emmerdale

as Writer