Political Filmmaker for Progressive Campaigns

”I really enjoyed working with Matt and I was immensely pleased with what he produced. Thank you Matt for your excellent and inspiring films! I would encourage anyone who wants to share a powerful message of hope, equality and peace to work with Matt.”

Jeremy Corbyn MP

“Matt is always my first call when I need to do a video on a particular issue or campaign. He’s excellent at his job, and a joy to work with. From helping with the script to editing material, I’ve seen him pull together excellent short films again and again. One video we did together was watched over a million times, and even retweeted by Stormzy. I’m always trying to find ways to bring Matt into the projects and campaigns I’m working on, because I know he’ll produce work that will both further my objectives and wow our audiences.“

Faiza Shaheen, Economist and Independent Parliamentary Candidate

“Matt has been a wonderful and versatile collaborator for the NEU. He is our go-to film maker, producing video content for many policy and campaign areas, from our national conference, to equalities work, from campaigns on pay, school funding and Ofsted, to international films on subjects such as the genocide in Srebrenica.

Matt’s great strength is that he “gets it” – what the union is trying to do, our ethos and aims and the pace and tone of our communications – often by the first take.

We have been pretty spoilt working with someone so full of ideas and such an all-round understanding of the labour movement in all its energy and complexity. I would highly recommend his work to others seeking high quality video content to enhance their comms offer.”

Helen Watson, Head of Communications, National Education Union

“Matt O’Brien was a key member of Jeremy Corbyn’s General Election 2019 social media team which, despite losing the election, produced the most viral social media campaign in British political history.

He shot and edited Jeremy’s campaign launch video which was viewed by 2.5 million people on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Youtube.

From shooting to editing, Matt is a very talented filmmaker. He covered on the road shoots, speeches, testimonies and Facebook News Videos. He was extremely hardworking, exceptional attention to detail and a team player who was a pleasure to work with.”

Jack Bond, Head of Social Media 2019, Labour Party

“Our director, Matt, was enthusiastic about the project from the outset, clearly engaged with our vision and remained committed to achieving the very best results from beginning to end.”

University of Nottingham

”Matt was an absolute pleasure to work with. He managed to transform a very rough brief into five original, professional films. Each film had a powerful and neat narrative – testament to his creativity and political nous. He did all this within a very tight timeline, and his work was essential for the genesis of an historic political project. His most popular video was seen by 1.1 million people – and all of them directed huge amount of traffic to yourparty.uk. Huge thanks to Matt for your incredible work.”

Oly Durose,
Senior Communications Officer, Jeremy Corbyn MP

“I have worked with Matt on several work and personal projects. Thanks to his incredible skills, expertise and knowledge, we have delivered cutting edge engaging films which have been seen by hundreds of thousands of people.

Matt is so easy to work with, understanding what you are trying to achieve with no effort at all. I cannot recommend his work highly enough.”

Henry Fowler, Head of Organising, GFTU