Matt White
@treeandtroll.bsky.social
Screenwriter - BBC Voices 2024, BIFA Springboard '22/23. THE SIN-EATER (2024). PAUL DOOD'S DEADLY LUNCH BREAK on Sky (UK) and Shudder (US/AUS/NZ) now! Repping for rural Wales, and Neurodiverse for the win! He/him.
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Matt White
@treeandtroll.bsky.social
· Dec 7
Welcome to me! I write twisted, emotional genre stories, from meticulously researched folk horror to silly bullshit comedy. Writer/co-writer of two produced features and many shorts. Love me some selfless collaboration ... and some egotistical, award-winning pitching. Plus dogs.
#scriptsky #filmsky
#scriptsky #filmsky
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And can you imagine what it's like for those of us who don't have the cachet of fame...those of us who trudge through the trenches of shorts...us 'little' women with big ideas banging our heads against walls as we try & try again...what's the definition of insanity again? Oh yeh, a female director.
She's absolutely right. As a producer with several films in development with female directors, I can say it is an absolute uphill battle to get execs to fund their projects. Great scripts are sitting on shelves while a generation of our most talented women sit idle.
www.avclub.com/kristen-stew...
www.avclub.com/kristen-stew...
Kristen Stewart declares "state of emergency" over gender inequality in film
Kristen Stewart declares "state of emergency" over gender inequality in film
www.avclub.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:44 PM
And can you imagine what it's like for those of us who don't have the cachet of fame...those of us who trudge through the trenches of shorts...us 'little' women with big ideas banging our heads against walls as we try & try again...what's the definition of insanity again? Oh yeh, a female director.
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It was an honour to be asked to write the introduction for this beautiful new hardback volume - with gilded edges, no less - of Welsh Folk & Fairy Tales by Flame Tree Publishing as part of their Collector’s Editions series.
Available in all good bookshops as of today 💫
Available in all good bookshops as of today 💫
January 20, 2026 at 10:07 AM
It was an honour to be asked to write the introduction for this beautiful new hardback volume - with gilded edges, no less - of Welsh Folk & Fairy Tales by Flame Tree Publishing as part of their Collector’s Editions series.
Available in all good bookshops as of today 💫
Available in all good bookshops as of today 💫
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I am interested in working with an artist on a graphic novel on soil and/ or global environmental change. The lab would have money to fund this.
Do you know of any graphic artists that would be interested?
Do you know of any graphic artists that would be interested?
December 28, 2025 at 9:35 AM
I am interested in working with an artist on a graphic novel on soil and/ or global environmental change. The lab would have money to fund this.
Do you know of any graphic artists that would be interested?
Do you know of any graphic artists that would be interested?
In 2025, I wrote two short films. I planned and outlined loads, but nothing got past the start line.
There are good reasons for this, and I don't feel bad about it.
But some of those reasons are no longer there, and I'm buzzing to get something new written.
#scriptsky
There are good reasons for this, and I don't feel bad about it.
But some of those reasons are no longer there, and I'm buzzing to get something new written.
#scriptsky
December 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
In 2025, I wrote two short films. I planned and outlined loads, but nothing got past the start line.
There are good reasons for this, and I don't feel bad about it.
But some of those reasons are no longer there, and I'm buzzing to get something new written.
#scriptsky
There are good reasons for this, and I don't feel bad about it.
But some of those reasons are no longer there, and I'm buzzing to get something new written.
#scriptsky
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Over on the BBC iPlayer we have Fisitor, a short about the Mari Lwyd, set on Christmas Eve and with some strong Ghost Stories for Christmas vibes: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Two - Beacons: Short Films from Wales, Series 4, Fisitor
Stalked by grief and a nightmarish creature, Ioan must survive Christmas Eve.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Over on the BBC iPlayer we have Fisitor, a short about the Mari Lwyd, set on Christmas Eve and with some strong Ghost Stories for Christmas vibes: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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With Christmas drawing near, it's time to share my annual thread of Ghost Stories for Christmas Eve...
👻🎄❄️
Starting, somewhat self-servingly, with my own THE DEAD OF WINTER, which is now available to watch on Amazon Prime as part of this ShortsTV compilation:
watch.amazon.co.uk/detail?gti=a...
👻🎄❄️
Starting, somewhat self-servingly, with my own THE DEAD OF WINTER, which is now available to watch on Amazon Prime as part of this ShortsTV compilation:
watch.amazon.co.uk/detail?gti=a...
December 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM
With Christmas drawing near, it's time to share my annual thread of Ghost Stories for Christmas Eve...
👻🎄❄️
Starting, somewhat self-servingly, with my own THE DEAD OF WINTER, which is now available to watch on Amazon Prime as part of this ShortsTV compilation:
watch.amazon.co.uk/detail?gti=a...
👻🎄❄️
Starting, somewhat self-servingly, with my own THE DEAD OF WINTER, which is now available to watch on Amazon Prime as part of this ShortsTV compilation:
watch.amazon.co.uk/detail?gti=a...
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À la Mort Subite (2025) photograph by Anne Billson
December 16, 2025 at 10:25 AM
À la Mort Subite (2025) photograph by Anne Billson
Consultancy opp - scripted film and TV, UK: www.climate-spring.org/latest/were-...
We're hiring - Scripted Film & TV Consultant
We are looking for a motivated and passionate Scripted Film & TV Consultant to work with us to identify film & TV projects which address the climate crisis.
www.climate-spring.org
December 12, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Consultancy opp - scripted film and TV, UK: www.climate-spring.org/latest/were-...
Film you’ve seen more than six times. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
December 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Film you’ve seen more than six times. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
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This might be of interest to a few people
The Boring Fund: Small (£200) grants to UK non-profits, charities and voluntary groups who just need a bit of help to pay for boring running costs like web hosting, admin, insurance etc
Apply by 30 November
www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk/boring-fund
The Boring Fund: Small (£200) grants to UK non-profits, charities and voluntary groups who just need a bit of help to pay for boring running costs like web hosting, admin, insurance etc
Apply by 30 November
www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk/boring-fund
Boring Fund | Christina Poulton
Applications now open!
£200 grants available for small charities, CICs and voluntary groups towards some of those boring but hard-to-fund costs.
www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
This might be of interest to a few people
The Boring Fund: Small (£200) grants to UK non-profits, charities and voluntary groups who just need a bit of help to pay for boring running costs like web hosting, admin, insurance etc
Apply by 30 November
www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk/boring-fund
The Boring Fund: Small (£200) grants to UK non-profits, charities and voluntary groups who just need a bit of help to pay for boring running costs like web hosting, admin, insurance etc
Apply by 30 November
www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk/boring-fund
This show is beyond sublime. If it wasn't for Chernobyl it would still be - IMO - the best show ever made.
Great news - one of the best mini-series ever with a dazzling & eccentric screenplay by Troy Kennedy Martin & superb direction by Martin Campbell is back on iplayer.
If you haven’t seen it then you’re in for a real treat.
Come for Bob Peck, stay for Joe Don Baker.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
If you haven’t seen it then you’re in for a real treat.
Come for Bob Peck, stay for Joe Don Baker.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Edge of Darkness - Series 1: 1. Compassionate Leave
Thriller set in a world of obsessive state security. Ronald Craven is haunted by the murder of his daughter and begins his own investigation into her death.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 6:50 PM
This show is beyond sublime. If it wasn't for Chernobyl it would still be - IMO - the best show ever made.
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Looking forward to Boxing Halloween dinner. I prefer my Miniature Heroes cold with pickle.
November 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Looking forward to Boxing Halloween dinner. I prefer my Miniature Heroes cold with pickle.
Show me one of your favourite horror movie title cards
youtu.be/Fw-i7B5YuHE?...
youtu.be/Fw-i7B5YuHE?...
October 24, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Show me one of your favourite horror movie title cards
youtu.be/Fw-i7B5YuHE?...
youtu.be/Fw-i7B5YuHE?...
One of the awesome things about living in a fixer-upper is you get to recreate moments from your favourite feelgood films!
#filmsky #blairwitch
#filmsky #blairwitch
October 24, 2025 at 7:29 AM
One of the awesome things about living in a fixer-upper is you get to recreate moments from your favourite feelgood films!
#filmsky #blairwitch
#filmsky #blairwitch
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Alan Garner is 91 today. A brilliant and unique author. His books have inspired and enchanted me since I read The Weirdstone of Brisingamen at the age of 11. Here is my treasured copy of Red Shift. The Le Guin quote on the cover is wholly accurate.
October 17, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Alan Garner is 91 today. A brilliant and unique author. His books have inspired and enchanted me since I read The Weirdstone of Brisingamen at the age of 11. Here is my treasured copy of Red Shift. The Le Guin quote on the cover is wholly accurate.
Copenhagen Airport - home of the breakfast ramen.
October 15, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Copenhagen Airport - home of the breakfast ramen.
Currently trying to remember how to say "do you like potatoes?" in Danish. #Denmark #kartofler #Jylland
a potato with arms and legs has a cartoon face on it
ALT: a potato with arms and legs has a cartoon face on it
media.tenor.com
October 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Currently trying to remember how to say "do you like potatoes?" in Danish. #Denmark #kartofler #Jylland
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We expect to hit 55k signatures in support of our open letter this week, perhaps even today. Thank you to everyone who has signed or shared. Let’s keep this going:
notinourname.org.uk
notinourname.org.uk
Home - Not in our name
As women we reject the narrative that trans+ people are a threat.
notinourname.org.uk
October 2, 2025 at 7:43 AM
We expect to hit 55k signatures in support of our open letter this week, perhaps even today. Thank you to everyone who has signed or shared. Let’s keep this going:
notinourname.org.uk
notinourname.org.uk
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With The Mandalorian getting its film trailer this week, here's a recap of every episode of The Mandalorian
September 23, 2025 at 10:26 PM
With The Mandalorian getting its film trailer this week, here's a recap of every episode of The Mandalorian
In Aberystwyth there is a tradition that you kick the railings at either end of the promenade. Example attached. We were there this morning but I couldn't get it right.
#aberystwyth #wales #railings #fail
#aberystwyth #wales #railings #fail
September 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
In Aberystwyth there is a tradition that you kick the railings at either end of the promenade. Example attached. We were there this morning but I couldn't get it right.
#aberystwyth #wales #railings #fail
#aberystwyth #wales #railings #fail
Someone VERY close to me still dislikes The Martian because it's 100% human.
I like my movies to be honest like with the Vampire in Brooklyn, which told the story of a Vampire. In Brooklyn.
Axel Foley was not, in fact a Beverly Hills Cop. He was a sworn officer of the Detroit Police Department. But I surrendered myself over to ~movie magic.
September 17, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Someone VERY close to me still dislikes The Martian because it's 100% human.
"Think back to your childhood. Do you remember when the anxiety started?"
September 15, 2025 at 7:46 PM
"Think back to your childhood. Do you remember when the anxiety started?"
His lips get stuck
September 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM
His lips get stuck