Matthew Bird

Producer · Born November 15, 1971 (54) · Shipley, Yorkshire, England, UK

Award winning Drama Producer – Matthew Bird has been working in TV drama for over 35 years and producing primetime series, serials and one offs for over 30 years. Throughout his career he has always looked for innovative ways to create, develop and deliver projects, with credits varying from Jimmy McGovern’s acclaimed BBC series ‘The Street’ through popular one off pieces such as ‘Worried about the Boy’ to international co-productions such as ‘Death in Paradise’, ‘Fortitude’ and more recently ITV’s ‘Strangers’. Matthew is currently shooting a 6 part anthology series in Madrid for AMC to be broadcast in mid 2020. His participation has been made possible through Speakers for Schools partnership with BAFTA.

What are Matthew Bird's films like?

Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.

Themes

share of theme weight

Self

28%

Morality

24%

Bonds

17%

Society

16%

Power

15%

Identity2 Family bonds2 Ambition2 Isolation2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense

5

Melancholic

6

Absurd

1

Thrilling

1

Romantic

2

Other

4

How their films linger

Thought-provoking4 Haunting2 Bittersweet2 Fun2 Unsettling2

How their films end

Bittersweet3
Tragic1
Ambiguous3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Matthew Bird's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Acorn TV2 titles, show their 2 titles on Acorn TV
Shout! TV2 titles, show their 2 titles on Shout! TV

Subscription and free streaming for Matthew Bird's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

22 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page.

The Turkish Detective (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Show 8 episodes · Producer
Boat Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Show 6 episodes · Producer · as Other Guy
Silo(2023)
Show 10 episodes · Producer
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
Soulmates(2020)
Show 6 episodes · Producer
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows
Isolation Stories(2020)
Show 4 episodes · Producer
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows
Strangers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Show 8 episodes · Producer
Decline and Fall(2017)
Show 3 episodes · Producer
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows
Fortitude (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Show 11 episodes · Producer
Blackout(2012)
Show 3 episodes · Producer
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows
Death in Paradise(2011)
Show 8 episodes · Producer
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
Bedlam(2011)
Show 6 episodes · Producer
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows
Worried About the Boy(2010)
Producer
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Plus One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Show 5 episodes · Producer
Inspector George Gently(2007)
Show 4 episodes · Producer
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
New Street Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Show 14 episodes · Producer
The Street(2006)
Show 6 episodes · Producer
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
Warrior Queen(2003)
Producer
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
The Project (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Show 2 episodes · Producer
Linda Green (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Show 10 episodes · Producer
Anna Karenina(2000)
Show 4 episodes · Producer
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Human Bomb (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Producer
The Lakes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Show 10 episodes · Producer

Career shape

A full career of 22 titles from 1997 to 2023.

Biggest box office

Warrior Queen (2003)

$10K worldwide

Highest rated

Worried About the Boy (2010)

Midcredits 75^th

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting1 of 22Producing22 of 22 · 45^th

By decade

1990s2 · crew2000s8 · crew2010s7 · crew2020s5 · 1 acting · 5 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Who does Matthew Bird work with?

People who share at least 2 of Matthew Bird's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Nicola Shindler shares the most, 3.