Matthew Barry

Writer and producer · Born February 16, 1986 (40) · Cardiff, Wales, UK

Matthew is a Welsh screenwriter living in London and Los Angeles. He studied History and Politics at Warwick University. Matthew was voted a Broadcast Hot Shot in 2011, he was a recipient of BAFTA Rocliffe Comedy 2012 and is an alumni of the BBC Writers' Academy. Credits include: Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, EastEnders, Casualty (including 30th anniversary special), Stella, Banana, Waterloo Road and Death in Paradise.

What are Matthew Barry's films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight

Bonds

43%

Self

33%

Society

13%

Morality

11%

Community2

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Romantic

1

Tense

1

Hopeful

1

Dread

1

Joyful

1

Other

4

How their films linger

Feel-good2 Hopeful2

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 Barry's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 8 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on BritBox (2).

Also on these channels

Acorn TV1 title, show their title on Acorn TV

Subscription and free streaming for Matthew Barry's titles on Motif; 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

11 credits, 8 with a Motif page.

The Guest(2025)
Show 4 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows
Dope Girls(2025)
Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all shows
Men Up(2023)
Producer · Writer
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Industry(2020)
Show 1 episode · Writer
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina(2018)
Show 20 episodes · Producer · Supervising Producer · Writer
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
Banana(2015)
Show 1 episode · Writer
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
Death in Paradise(2011)
Show 2 episodes · Writer
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
Mine All Mine (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2004)
Show 5 episodes · as Leo Vivaldi
Dalziel and Pascoe(1996)
Show 1 episode · as David Lyttelton
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
Marriage Test (not in the Motif catalog yet)
Executive Producer
The Trial of Louise Woodward (not in the Motif catalog yet)
Show 1 episode · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer

Career shape

A full career of 11 titles, 9 of them dated from 1996 to 2025.

Highest rated

Men Up (2023)

Midcredits 74^th

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting2 of 11Writing7 of 11 · 74^thProducing5 of 11Other crew2 of 11

11 titles, 3 with more than one role — writing and producing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

1990s1 · acting2000s1 · acting2010s3 · crew2020s4 · 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 Motif, shown from 5 scored.

Who does Matthew Barry work with?

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