---
name: "Mat Whitecross"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mat-whitecross"
fi1m_id: "mat-whitecross"
imdb_id: "nm1475971"
tmdb_id: 182
wikidata_id: "Q3298143"
roles: ["Editor","Director"]
born: "21 September 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-10-01T21:02:17.539390+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Mat Whitecross

## Identity

Mat Whitecross

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mat-whitecross
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mat-whitecross
- **IMDb ID:** nm1475971
- **TMDB ID:** 182
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3298143
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mat_Whitecross, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3298143, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1475971/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/182

Editor and director. Born 21 September 1977 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor, Director
- **Born:** 21 September 1977, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- **Active:** 2004–2010
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mat_Whitecross, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3298143, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1475971/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/182

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll*](https://film.one/film/sex-and-drugs-and-rock-and-roll.md) (65)

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## Biography

Mat Whitecross (born 21 September 1977) is an English film director, editor and screenwriter. He began his career at Revolution Films, working with director Michael Winterbottom and producer Andrew Eaton. He started as a runner on *24 Hour Party People* (2002) and soon took on shooting and editing duties.

Whitecross co-directed and co-wrote the docudrama *The Road to Guantánamo* (2006) with Winterbottom; the film won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the Berlin International Film Festival. He edited *9 Songs* (2004) and directed the Ian Dury biopic *Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll* (2010). Other credits include the documentaries *Moving to Mars* (2009) and *The Shock Doctrine* (2009, co-directed with Winterbottom), as well as the features *Ashes* (2012) and *Spike Island* (2012).

He is a frequent collaborator with Coldplay, directing music videos for the band and the documentaries *Oasis: Supersonic* (2016) and *Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams* (2018). Later work includes the television series *Fleming* (2014) and the documentaries *The Sound of 007* (2022) and *Ídolos* (2026).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll* (2010), Fi1m 65, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/sex-and-drugs-and-rock-and-roll.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Idols* (2026), Director
- *The Sound of 007* (2022), Director
- *This England* (2022), series, Director
- *The Kings* (2021), series, Director
- *Bauhaus 100* (2019), Director
- *Coldplay: Live in São Paulo* (2018), Director
- *Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams* (2018), Director
- *Red Nose Day Actually* (2017), Director
- *Supersonic* (2016), Director
- *Game of Thrones: The Musical* (2015), Director
- *Fleming* (2014), series, Director
- *Spike Island* (2012), Director
- *Ashes* (2012), Director, Writer
- *Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll* (2010), Director — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/sex-and-drugs-and-rock-and-roll.md)
- *Moving to Mars* (2009), Director
- *The Shock Doctrine* (2009), Director
- *Spooks: Code 9* (2008), series, Director
- *The Road to Guantanamo* (2006), Editor, Director
- *Job Street* (2005), Director
- *9 Songs* (2004), Editor, Additional Camera
- *Sleeping Lions*, Director
- *Untitled Lily Allen Documentary*, Director

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- European Film Award for Best Film 2006: European Film Award for Best Film (nominated), for *The Road to Guantanamo*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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