A dedicated, personable and unflappable self-shooting Producer/Director with over 15 years' experience across broadcast and digital platforms, I specialise in visually rich, editorially rigorous factual storytelling. My work spans arts, collectables, science, history, natural history and documentary filmmaking, and I bring a calm, collaborative approach that consistently brings out the best in contributors, experts and production teams. In recent years, my focus has expanded into digital content creation and social-first storytelling, including shooting, directing, and producing 'Future Makers', UKRI's YouTube mini-series exploring innovation and science research. Prior to this, I worked as a Producer/Director on BBC's 'Fake or Fortune?', leading complex editorial investigations and filming across Europe and North America. Alongside my broadcast work, I've increasingly embraced independent online production - launching my own YouTube channel focued on the world of film, music, and pop culture collectables, as well as directing and producing music promos and short-form digital content. Exploring these new creative spaces has allowed me to experiment with faster-paced storytelling, audience engagement, branding, and platform-native filmmaking in a way that feels creatively exciting and highly adaptable to the evolving media landscape. Moving into online production has reignited my love of filmmaking from the ground up - developing ideas, shooting, editing and building audiences directly around stories and subjects I genuinely care about. Equally confident directing talent, collaborating with specialist contributors, or operating the camera myself, I bring strong editorial instincts, a keen visual eye and a genuine curiousity that drives engaging, accessible storytelling across any platform.

Matt Smith

A dedicated, personable and unflappable self-shooting Producer/Director with over 15 years' experience across broadcast and digital platforms, I specialise in visually rich, editorially rigorous factual storytelling. My work spans arts, collectables, science, history, natural history and documentary filmmaking, and I bring a calm, collaborative approach that consistently brings out the best in contributors, experts and production teams. In recent years, my focus has expanded into digital content creation and social-first storytelling, including shooting, directing, and producing 'Future Makers', UKRI's YouTube mini-series exploring innovation and science research. Prior to this, I worked as a Producer/Director on BBC's 'Fake or Fortune?', leading complex editorial investigations and filming across Europe and North America. Alongside my broadcast work, I've increasingly embraced independent online production - launching my own YouTube channel focued on the world of film, music, and pop culture collectables, as well as directing and producing music promos and short-form digital content. Exploring these new creative spaces has allowed me to experiment with faster-paced storytelling, audience engagement, branding, and platform-native filmmaking in a way that feels creatively exciting and highly adaptable to the evolving media landscape. Moving into online production has reignited my love of filmmaking from the ground up - developing ideas, shooting, editing and building audiences directly around stories and subjects I genuinely care about. Equally confident directing talent, collaborating with specialist contributors, or operating the camera myself, I bring strong editorial instincts, a keen visual eye and a genuine curiousity that drives engaging, accessible storytelling across any platform.

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A dedicated, personable and unflappable self-shooting Producer/Director with over 15 years’ experience across broadcast and digital platforms, I specialise in visually rich, editorially rigorous factual storytelling. My work spans arts, collectables, science, history, natural history and documentary filmmaking, and I bring a calm, collaborative approach that consistently brings out the best in contributors, experts and production teams.

In recent years, my focus has expanded into digital content creation and social-first storytelling, including shooting, directing, and producing ‘Future Makers’, UKRI’s YouTube mini-series exploring innovation and science research. Prior to this, I worked as a Producer/Director on BBC’s ‘Fake or Fortune?’, leading complex editorial investigations and filming across Europe and North America.

Alongside my broadcast work, I’ve increasingly embraced independent online production - launching my own YouTube channel focued on the world of film, music, and pop culture collectables, as well as directing and producing music promos and short-form digital content. Exploring these new creative spaces has allowed me to experiment with faster-paced storytelling, audience engagement, branding, and platform-native filmmaking in a way that feels creatively exciting and highly adaptable to the evolving media landscape.

Moving into online production has reignited my love of filmmaking from the ground up - developing ideas, shooting, editing and building audiences directly around stories and subjects I genuinely care about.

Equally confident directing talent, collaborating with specialist contributors, or operating the camera myself, I bring strong editorial instincts, a keen visual eye and a genuine curiousity that drives engaging, accessible storytelling across any platform.

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Language

English
Fluent
French
Beginner

Work Experience

Self-Shooting PD at Future Makers
October 1, 2025 - March 1, 2026
Spearheaded the self-shooting production of UKRI's YouTube mini-series Future Makers, guiding concept development through to final delivery, including on-location shoots, interviewing and post-production coordination.
Producer/Director at Fake or Fortune? (BBC Studios Bristol)
January 1, 2023 - April 1, 2025
Produced and directed episodes, coordinating editorial research, archival investigations across the UK, Europe and the US, and managing self-shot segments and post-production storytelling.
Producer/Director / Self-Shooting PD at Antiques Road Show (BBC Studios Bristol)
May 1, 2019 - August 1, 2025
Long-standing producer and self-shooting PD on Antiques Road Show, delivering location-based stories around valuations, social history and personal narratives across valuation days and special episodes.
Self-Shooting PD at Countryfile (BBC Studios Bristol)
April 1, 2018 - October 1, 2025
Long-standing Self-Shooting PD on Countryfile, producing location-led factual stories and coordinating shoots, contributors and on-site production across multiple episodes.
Self-Shooting AP at Deadly Predators (BBC Studios Bristol)
June 1, 2021 - February 1, 2022
Produced action-driven wildlife content for a Deadly Predators spin-off, blending wildlife storytelling with practical effects, stunts and controlled sequences while coordinating on-set safety and post-production.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Film and Television Production at University of Westminster
January 11, 2030 - May 25, 2026
Diploma in Media Production with Triple Distinction at London Burton College
January 11, 2030 - May 25, 2026

Qualifications

A-Levels, English Literature (Grade B)
January 11, 2030 - May 25, 2026

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Education